Ageism in the Workplace: A Cause for Concern Abstract The purpose of this paper is to discuss the problems faced by older employees in the workplace. The problems researched include age discrimination affecting promotions‚ forced retirement and problems employers face when dealing with older employees. Older employees are facing the same economic issues faced by all employees. Those older employees who do not have‚ or are unable to survive on savings or investments still need to work. Employers
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Fairness in the workplace American society is slowly‚ but surely‚ moving towards equality in the workplace. In the past decade laws have been passed that prohibit discrimination in hiring‚ retaining and promoting employees based on race‚ gender‚ disability and religious beliefs. Although not all groups have been included yet‚ the movement towards a more just workplace is evident. Nowadays‚ almost every single employer will have the sign "Equal Opportunity Employer" under the name of the
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Bullying in the workplace is one of the most significant challenges facing companies today. According to the Waitt Institute for Violence Prevention nearly half (49%) of all workers in the United States have been a victim or witnessed abusive behavior towards an employee (www.workplacebullying.org). Bullying in the workplace is similar to childhood bullying‚ but workplace bullies often operate within established policies of their companies. They commit deliberate acts against employees or co-workers
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LIFELONG LEARNING IN THE WORKPLACE CHRISTOPHER KNAPPER We live in times of unprecedented technological and social change that have profound implications for the nature of work‚ the workplace and our working lives. Adaptability to shifting circumstances and readiness to learn new workrelated knowledge and skills have become almost more important than competence at the tasks for which we were hired. Workers must now be able to deal not just with issues for which they were trained‚ but also to
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How could these social networking sites be a threat to a company’s security? In today’s world it seems the human race could not live without information technology in the workplace. More importantly‚ social networks like Facebook and Twitter are becoming very popular tools for business development in today’s world. There are dozens of social network sites and more popping up every day. It is astounding the number of hours that people waste on such sites. Updating‚ checking in and sending out
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December 15‚ 2012 Abstract “Workplace bullying is repeated‚ health-harming mistreatment of one or more persons (the targets) by one or more perpetrators that takes one or more of the following forms: (1) Verbal abuse; (2) Offensive conduct/behaviors (including nonverbal) which are threatening‚ humiliating‚ or intimidating; (3) Work interference/sabotage‚ which prevents work from getting done.” (Workplace Bullying Institute‚ 2011) “Workplace bullying undermines legitimate business
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Conduct a short literature review on the following topic as they relate to the workplace and work behaviour: diversity in terms of gender; sexual or religious orientation; You may move beyond these topic - with permission from your tutor. The topic of diversity in the workplace has been thoroughly researched and analysed. A variety of concepts and theories have been established to try and explain
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Research has shown that this statement can be true for some executives but not for all. Some experts believe that just having mentor relationships can or cannot affect someone’s career path and development. The purpose of this paper is to explain exactly what mentoring is and how it successful works within the workplace environment. Using support from various scholarly articles‚ I was able to discuss define the concept of mentoring and how it relates within the workplace setting. Using this concept‚ I establish
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Employee Resourcing Process: A Positive Part of Strategic Human Resource Management Ola Kazeem Falodun KINGSGATE Ireland 16th March 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 1 2. How the key stages of the employee resourcing process support strategic human resource management 2 3. Evaluate a range of methods of selection to support strategic human resource management considering their objectives and limitations. 6 4. Identify the legislation underpinning the
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right or wrong in the workplace and doing what is right this is in regard to effects of products/services and in relationships with stakeholders" (McNamara‚ 2006). In the past few years with the media highlighting business scandals and organization misconduct‚ a greater emphasis has been placed on organizations to conduct their business in an ethical manner and to develop formal ethics and compliance programs for all members of the organization. However‚ an organization can not rely on only
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