Individual Essay: Work-life Balance In today’s work environment a better balance between work and life is increasingly desired by workers. Desire for a better work-life balance has become one of the growing concerns in contemporary society (Wood and de Menezes (2010‚ p.1575). Therefore it is essential for organisations to incorporate work-life balance strategies with job design and employment policies. According to Wood and de Menezes (2010‚ p.1575)‚ work-life practices have come to the front position
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1. Introduction A work-life balance policy is the one of the much talked theory in the recent workplace environment dialogue between employers & employee. So we have to know first what it is - Work life balance is about people having a measure of control over when‚ where and how they work. It is achieved when an individual’s right to a fulfilled life inside and outside paid work is accepted and respected as the norm‚ to the mutual benefit of the individual‚ business and society. But the employers
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2003 Research Quarterly ❶y❸❹ Work/Life Balance Challenges and Solutions Nancy R. Lockwood HR Content Expert y SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SHRM Research ❶y❸❹ 2003 SHRM®Research Quarterly Abstract In organizations and on the home front‚ the challenge of work/life balance is rising to the top of many employers’ and employees’ consciousness. In today’s fast-paced society‚ human resource professionals seek options to positively impact the bottom line of their companies
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concept of Work-Life Balance‚ models‚ importance‚ advantages disadvantages a factors influencing and its outcome. It also insights about need‚ purpose and objective of the study. 1.1 INTRODUCTION The Work-Life balance has its importance from the ancient days and the concept is very old from the day world creation. After the completion of work in six days‚ the fabulous world has created by god. He had rest in seventh day and enjoyed the life. It denotes that man have a rest and enjoy the life after the
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M-B2-4419 Michelle Wong M-B2-4449 Abstract Extensive research reveals that achieving work life balance can help to improve employee’s performance (Tsui‚ Pearce‚ Porter & Tripoli‚ 1997)‚ employee’s job satisfaction (Namasivayam & Mount‚ 2004) and employee’s organizational citizenship behavior‚ which incurred as a result of social exchange (Lambert‚ 2000). The increasing intensity and complexity of work with the advances in information technology and information load‚ the need for speed of
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Life and work of Dr. Maria Montessori Dr. Montessori is known as the founder of Montessori Method‚ who played an important role in the development of early childhood education. She was born in middle class family on 31st August 1870 and was the only child of her parents. Her father‚ Alessandro Montessori was a conservative military man. But her mother‚ Renidle Montessori was a liberal lady. Although in those days whole Europe was very conservative but Montessori got medical and scientific education
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the age of seven‚ he was sent off to boarding school‚ as was common for boys of his social status. In his work Separation: Anxiety and Anger‚ he revealed that he regarded it as a terrible time for him. He later said‚ "I wouldn ’t send a dog away to boarding school at age seven".[2] Because of such experiences as a child‚ he displayed a sensitivity to children’s suffering throughout his life. However‚ with his characteristic attentiveness to the effects of age differences‚ Bowlby did consider boarding
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The importance of mathematics to everyday life Written by Tuesday‚ 22 December 2009 10:30 - Even though Mathematics undoubtedly has universal applications to life and is an essential tool in science‚ technology‚ economics‚ business‚ commerce and of course in computer design and functioning there is a general tendency for people to shy away from it for various reasons-some feel it is too difficult while others do not see its practical connection to everyday life. Consequently‚ we find just
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all start life as a baby and a our main role is to grow‚ in other words we must eat in accordance to our physical needs. At dinner time‚ without chemistry we wouldn’t have a cup to drink‚ the spoon and the plate to eat. The chemicals in each make it just right for the jobs they have to do. Thanks to a slippery and tough chemical called Teflon‚ our mothers can cook tasty dishes with ease due to food not sticking to the pan and therefore preventing burning of the food. Teflon also makes life smoother
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Importance of chemistry in our daily life Importance of chemistry in our daily life Everything is made of chemicals. Many of the changes we observe in the world around we see that caused by chemical reactions. Chemistry is very important because it helps us to know the composition‚ structure& changes of matter. All the matters are made up of chemistry. In our every day like various chemical are being used in various from‚ some of those are being used as food‚ some of those used
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