WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE A Research Proposal by Miral Saad‚ Joud Hudhud‚ Dana El-Badawi and Firas Farhat October 13‚ 2014 Introduction Women in the workplace has become a popular topic due to women’s’ sudden rise of employment in the workplace. The reason as to why the rise was perceived as sudden is because back in the day‚ the culture that women were surrounded by did not encourage women to join the workplace nor did it associate adjectives such as “independent”‚ “leadership” and “manager” to
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employers needed to change their approach to employee relations if they were to avoid costly‚ and sometimes violent‚ labor strikes. Early motivational theories set the foundation for the development of 20th century concepts‚ including the move to get “Googled” and motivational techniques based on business strengths found in the corporate toolbox. Early Motivational Theories George Elton Mayo‚ an Australian-born psychologist and Harvard Professor‚ began significant research in 1927 in an attempt
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Bullies in the Workplace One of the common issues that workers have to deal with is workplace bullying. There is a difference between workplace bullying and harassment. “Workplace bullying is a persistent pattern of mistreatment from others in the workplace that causes harm. It can include such tactics a verbal‚ nonverbal‚ psychological‚ physical abuse‚ and humiliation (Wikipedia‚ 2016)”. Bullies intimidate people whom they perceive as being weak; in fact‚ they believe that they are better than their
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and Disadvantages of Collaboration in the Workplace In this global economy in which organizations are driven by technology‚ processes and the need to share information‚ collaboration is important. Rosen (2007) defines collaboration as "working together to create value while sharing virtual or physical space" (p. 9). Collaboration has become a standard in today’s organizations. Teams are working together virtually or face-to-face on projects or on problem solving. Sharing experiences between corporate
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Obesity in the Workplace: Human Resource Goals Carol Cook HRA-330 June 18‚ 2012 Obesity in the Workplace: Human Resource Goals You can lose 12 inches in less than thirty days! A person can’t help but notice all the Nutri-System and Weight Watcher commercials on television‚ or the late night infomercials for that DVD that help a person look like a bodybuilder by exercising in the comfort of their own home. Obesity has become a hot topic in today’s society
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Discrimination can be expressed in many different ways‚ which n no matter can be very hurtful to a person. Discrimination itself means making a distinction in favor of or against‚ a person or thing based on the group‚ class‚ or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit (Merriam-Webster). One way of expressing discrimination is denying one a job because of his/her race or gender‚ or treating others unfairly because of his/her race or gender. Discrimination can
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environment. Every person in our society would love to be over-paid and under-worked; however‚ every company would love to have employees over-worked and under-paid‚ while still providing an optimum level of production. This provides the base problem of negotiating and makes finding a satisfactory middle-ground being important to increasing production while reducing turnover. It is the role of the human resources professional to enforce the policies set forth by the company while still watching
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Interpersonal conflicts in the workplace are very common because they inevitably arise when groups or teams perform. This essay critically discusses the view that these conflicts can in certain circumstances be a positive factor in improving the individual performance. The approach used to address this issue is a combination of literature review and interviews of employees working at the chosen business‚ which is the PTA GmbH. T he four levels of conflict in the workplace and the explanation of the
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SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM GOALS Setting personal goals in my life are important to me because I want to strive for personal Excellence. I hope that as long as I live I will strive to excel and learn. Achievement of a short term goal leads to a long term goal and it never ends unless I will it to end. Since I’m passionate about learning and setting goals I believe I will continue to learn and achieve new goals. One goal I am working on now is learning how to write an excellent paper‚ in proper
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at workplace. The research was started through secondary sources which resulted in acquiring the actual image of creativity at workplace. This report also includes some benefits and barriers that organizations experience while adopting creativity at their workplaces. We have also included some innovative programs of successful organizations who have gained benefits from creativity at their workplaces. The report concludes that there are many benefits of adopting creativity at workplaces which override
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