course and wider reading have helped me to understand business in more depth and have given me the best possible background to tackle various problems. This course have helped me to accomplish various business disciplines‚ motivation theories‚ the concept and development of business‚ marketing and accounting .I have been inspired by various reasons to study business to a higher level‚ including my father who is a successful businessman. I believe this has given me an honest insight into the world of
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Generational Diversity: Generation= Generasjonsskifte‚ those who were born during a certain era. They share similar experiences growing up and their values and attitudes‚ particularly about work-related topics‚ tend to be similar‚ based on their shared experiences during their formative years. Diversity= mangfold Dealing with diversity in the workplace means understanding and relating effectively with people who are different than you. Generational Diversity: In any large organization‚ you are
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The Workforce Today A lack of understanding and acceptance in any industry causes prejudice and ethnocentric thinking to occur. The American workforce is not only made up of those who may be from a single minority‚ but from multiple minority groups. Harvey and Allard (2011) give the example of not only a black male‚ but a black‚ gay male. This is something that both employees (professionals) and managers must take into consideration. As noted in the text‚ although we like to say we believe that
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DEFINING DIVERSITY: THE EVOLUTION OF DIVERSITY by Camille Kapoor 1. INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS DIVERSITY? The concept of diversity encompasses acceptance and respect. It means understanding that each individual is unique‚ and recognizing our individual differences. These can be along the dimensions of race‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ socio-economic status‚ age‚ physical ability‚ religious beliefs‚ political beliefs‚ or other ideologies. It is the exploration of these differences
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Intercultural Communication in the Workforce Today’s organizations are doing business more and more in a global context. The people that count in any business from the suppliers to clients to employees are increasingly based in remote locations in foreign countries. The need for effective and clear intercultural communication is becoming vital in securing success in today’s global workplace. Managers of global corporations need to understand the role of intercultural communication competence in
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possible reasons why Kevar Travel Plc. wished to make its workforce more flexible? (18 marks) There are several possible reasons for why Kevar Travel Plc would benefit from a flexible workforce. Flexible workforces exist when businesses place less reliance upon permanent full-time employees and make greater use of part-time and temporary workers. Implementing a core and peripheral strategy is one way to make the workforce more flexible. This is because it allows them to gain
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Jamie Jordan Professor Burkett English 1123 September 13‚ 2012 Teenagers Working In the essay “The Fast Food Factories: McJobs are Bad for Kids‚” Amitai Etzoni argues that children should not work jobs during high school that will not be educational to them. He states many children are working fast food restaurants and these jobs are teaching them minimum skills to use in the world. Many high school students get used to the low-end jobs and the money they are making
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Globalization is the process by which markets integrate worldwide. Over the past 60 years‚ it has accelerated steadily as new technologies and management expertise have reduced transportation and transaction costs and as tariffs and other man-made barriers to international trade have been lowered. The impact has been stunning. More and more developing countries have been experiencing sustained growth rates of 7-10 percent; 13 countries‚ including China‚ have grown by more than 7 percent per year
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Workforce Management in Corporations [Name of the Writer] [Name of the Institute] Workforce Management in Corporations Introduction The corporations are sum of three elements which are resources‚ corporation structure and the employees. Basically‚ the employees are the most important factor in running the operations smoothly because these are the employees who used to design‚ implement and follow the corporation’s structure. Moreover‚ the employees undertake certain operation which
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Outline Goals and Objectives I. Who is the aging workforce? II. Identify the effects an aging workforce will have on business growth and productivity. III. Illustrate how an aging workforce and management can use available technology to retain its aging workforce. IV. What are other businesses doing to keep older employees from retiring? I. Who is the aging workforce? a. Baby Boomers * Baby Boomers Defined: "The 76 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964." (Mosner‚ Spiezle‚ & Emerman
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