Matthew Hutson 09-13-2008 Professor Miclot Phase 3 Individual Project The principle of comparable worth also known as sex equality and pay equality‚ is easily defined as “the principle that men and women should be compensated equally for work requiring comparable skills‚ responsibilities‚ and effort.” (britanica.com). Comparable worth has been an issue of debate since it was introduced in the 1970s by people looking to counter act the inequities of pay for occupations typically held by men and
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Comparable Worth Glenn Reid Empire State College Race‚ Class and Gender According to The Free Legal Dictionary Comparable Worth is the idea that men and women should receive equal pay when they perform work that involves comparable skills and responsibility or that is of comparable worth to the employer; also known as pay equity. Many jobs are segregated by sex. For example‚ approximately 80 percent of all office secretaries are female‚ and approximately 99 percent of all construction
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Comparable Worth I see comparable worth as an illegitimate device that derails the labor from achieving fulfillment from their employment. I believe the person would always worry about their job performance; the use of fear as a motivator is inappropriate and detrimental to production and morale which I feel could affect safety as well. One could argue that if a person does their job well that they should have nothing to fear at time of review. Again this is a problem‚ the evaluator is human
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HR challenges: global perspective Corporates across the world are changing. They are changing faster than ever before. During the last one and half a decade such changes have assumed a huge proportion and almost all the functions in the corporates have been swamped by such changes. HR is no exception. Traditionally‚ HR has always been considered as a support function in the business and continued to play this role for a long time. Naturally‚ questions which were raised about this kind of
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Chapter 1 Meeting present and emerging strategic HR challenges Types of Employees Environmental challenges Organization challenges Individual challenges Planning and implementing strategic HR choices Benefits/Challenges of HR planning Strategic HR Choices Work flows Staffing Employee separations Selecting HR strategies to increase firm performance Fit with organizational strategies Corporate strategies Business Unit Strategies Fit with the environment Fit with Organizational Characteristics
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successful. To maintain the standard of a company HR has to face many challenges and come up with strategies to face those challenges. With many changes happening in work area‚ it must be extremely challenging for Human Resource Management to maintain the standard of a company. With many questions in mind such as what can be the reasons human resource facing challenges‚ what kind of challenges they are facing‚ and how to overcome those challenges‚ I started researching on these topics and came up
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Challenges in implementing CSR Corporate Social Responsibility can be separate into internal dimension and external dimension. Internal dimension and external dimension Internal dimension focuses on organizational practices with respect to internal stakeholders that should be aligned to corporate social responsibility standards. It includes human resource management‚ safety and health‚ environmental impact and corporate change. External dimension focus on an organization practices towards external
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CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS IN HR IN THE MODERN ERA Author: K.Gandhimathi Student‚ III B.Com CA Department of Commerce Don Bosco College. mani.rmkannan@yahoo.com Mobile:9025858686 Co-Author: Prof. I.James M.Com.‚ M.Phil.‚ Assistant Professor Department of Commerce Don Bosco College Dharmapuri. jamesmanoher@manil.com Mobile: 9865408445 Abstract
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.2 Challenges facing HR managers in managing HRs in MNCs in Tanzania.3 The Challenges of Workplace Diversity 3 Retention challenge 4 Loyalty challenge facing HR managers 5 Challenge of employees high Expectations5 conclusion6 Reference…………………….………………………………………………………………………..7 Introduction. (Sharon‚ 2005) views Multinational Corporation as an enterprise operating in several countries but managed from one (home) country. Generally‚ any company or group that derives a quarter of its revenue from operations
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Assignment Task From a Human Resource Management perspective‚ and with reference to the motivational theories covered in the module‚ provide a reasoned and academically underpinned critical analysis of the reasons behind the lack of morale and motivation among the employees at Canzalian Credential. Evaluate the effectiveness of pay as a method of motivation in this case. Further recommendations should also be made outlining suitable changes to the HR strategy and practice in the future and these
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