The effective management of employees’ work-life balance requires organisations to recognise and account for the array of non-work roles that impact their working-lives. Despite the literary attention given to the ‘work-life balance’ in recent years‚ however‚ contemporary authors still note the concept’s inadequacy both in terms of its definition and administration. In order to explore the boundaries of contemporary ‘work-life balance’‚ this paper adopts an Organisational Role Theory (ORT) perspective
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Work/Life Balance Steady by Jared Shelly | HRE Online June 04‚ 2008 The uncertain economy hasn’t negatively affected work/life balance policies on the whole‚ according to a recent study. But not all of the news is positive. Paid-time off for maternity leave has decreased and some of HR’s focus has shifted from work/life to wellness initiatives. Although the United States is in the midst of an economic downturn‚ the frequency of policies that promote work/life balance has not only held steady
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Balance of Payments: Meaning and Components The Balance of payments of a country is a systematic record of all economic transactions taking place between the country and other countries over a given period of time. It includes both exports and import of goods as well as services. Many confuse Balance of Payments (BoP) with Balance of Trade (BoT).However‚ BoT only takes into account the transactions arising from imports and export of goods. Transactions recorded in BoP account can be classified
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Even if a prostitute is being tested every week for HIV‚ she will test negative for at least the first 4-6 weeks and possibly the first 12 weeks after being infected. This means that while the test is becoming positive and the results are becoming known‚ that prostitute may expose up to 630 clients to HIV – Jeffrey J. Barrows‚ Health Consultant on Human Trafficking (September 9‚ 2005) Prostitution creates a setting whereby crimes against men‚ women‚ and children become a commercial enterprise
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government‚ to prevent tyranny of the despot‚ as well as checks and balances. Limitation in the government is where the governmental power is restricted by law. No one has ultimate power so that we can all live in a free and equal society. The second principle‚ checks and balances‚ means that the three branches can check on the other two branches making sure they don’t seize control. The constitution keeps
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GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF DISORDERS OF WATER BALANCE (HYPONATREMIA AND HYPERNATREMIA) AND SODIUM BALANCE (HYPOVOLEMIA AND EDEMA) Literature review current through: Sep 2013. | This topic last updated: ene 15‚ 2013. 1. INTRODUCTION — The plasma sodium concentration is regulated by changes in water intake and excretion‚ not by changes in sodium balance. hyponatremia is primarily due to the intake of water that cannot be excreted hypernatremia is primarily due to the loss of water that has not
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The Balance of Power Theory The most critical and obvious feature of international affairs is its state of anarchy. The international stage features many indepent actors each seeking their own best interest and security . With no sovereign body to govern over these actors it would seem that the system would never be capable of attaining any control. However this is not the reality of the system‚ we have seen in history that it is possible to restrain the players. It is said to be as
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“Immigration: Positive or Negative for the U.S. Economy” There has been migration to the United States of America‚ ever since founded. Since the majority of American people are not from Native American descendants‚ it is safe to say that the majority of people in America are the product of immigration. The United States is a nation of immigrants‚ as reflected in its motto e pluribus Unum (from many‚ one). Ever since the United States was founded‚ it has had a magnetic force to all sorts of people
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Negative Feedback Negative feedback is the process by which the outputs tend to reduce the inputs‚ which causes the system to stabilize. It is found in many functions that organisms carry out on a daily basis‚ most notably homeostasis. Negative feedback can be seen during the menstrual cycle‚ during days 5-10 oestrogen levels slowly rise‚ this increase causes the release of the hormones FSH and LH to be inhibited. Also in low concentrations progesterone has a negative feedback effect on FSH
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are interested in the balance of power between the sexes in Shakespeare’s play Othello. Discuss this statement with close reference to at least 2 key scenes. The spread of power within society is not one of equality with some being able to exert more on others. The role‚ importance and especially the power of men in Shakespeare’s play Othello has come from the values and beliefs of society at the time of Shakespeare‚ however Shakespeare in the play has evened out the balance of power experienced
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