Workplace Safety: Our Role By Collins Opara - Chief Chemist‚ MRS Oil Nigeria PLC. August 2011 Safety at the workplace has been a concern for many organizations. Most organizations have incorporated cultures and even metrics into their business scorecard to manage workplace safety. Even organization who were used to neglecting safety in workplace are beginning to embrace it. A research conducted in 2009 by the BUREAU FOR LABOUR STATISTICS US (2010) reported that in the US the number of days-away-from-work
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International Ergonomics Association‚ 2009 ). For us workers making sure that the machinery‚ tools‚ and furniture associated with a job fit the workers who do that job in a field of engineering called ergonomics‚ or human engineering. A properly designed workplace can reduce worker fatigue and increase safety on the job (Compton’s encyclopedia‚ 2009). ERGONOMICS CONTINUED As early as the 18th century‚ doctors noticed that workers whose jobs required them to maintain certain body positions for long
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Technology in workplace (surveillance) Definition of technology * The study and knowledge of the practical‚ especially industrial‚ use of scientific discoveries. (Cambridge Dictionary Online) * Technology also refers to tools‚ machines and control devices used to carry out tasks and the principles‚ techniques and reasoning which accompany them. (Tony Watson‚ 2008) * Many fields of science have benefited from technology‚ as well as commerce and industry over the many centuries of human
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Bullies in the Workplace One of the common issues that workers have to deal with is workplace bullying. There is a difference between workplace bullying and harassment. “Workplace bullying is a persistent pattern of mistreatment from others in the workplace that causes harm. It can include such tactics a verbal‚ nonverbal‚ psychological‚ physical abuse‚ and humiliation (Wikipedia‚ 2016)”. Bullies intimidate people whom they perceive as being weak; in fact‚ they believe that they are better than their
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have some basic skills in order to be successful in the workplace. If you look at most job applications today‚ what is the number one requirement that is listed‚ experience? With experience you learn skills that can help you succeed. I believe that in order to be successful you need to have the following skills‚ communication‚time management‚ and adaptability. The first skill that I believe is viable in order to be successful in the workplace is the skill of communication. You’ve heard the saying
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Introduction The focus of this paper is to better understand the factors that cause inequality in the workplace between men and women. Many women have difficulty advancing in the corporate world because of gender stratification. There are several factors that lead to the failure of women becoming authoritarian. For example‚ if a man were to demand his proceeding employees to complete a task in a harsh‚ almost barking manner‚ then each employee would listen. However‚ women have to find different
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brother was at the hindsight of my mind‚ consequences for me‚ my brother‚ and extended and nuclear family were an even more important consideration for me. Act-utilitarianism justifies what is right or wrong by the consequences of a situation; this explains why it is the main principle to use for my scenario. This traditional form of utilitarianism focuses on whether an act is morally permissible or required based on the predicted or actual consequences. Because my actual consequences were very similar
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WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE A Research Proposal by Miral Saad‚ Joud Hudhud‚ Dana El-Badawi and Firas Farhat October 13‚ 2014 Introduction Women in the workplace has become a popular topic due to women’s’ sudden rise of employment in the workplace. The reason as to why the rise was perceived as sudden is because back in the day‚ the culture that women were surrounded by did not encourage women to join the workplace nor did it associate adjectives such as “independent”‚ “leadership” and “manager” to
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creativity at workplace. The research was started through secondary sources which resulted in acquiring the actual image of creativity at workplace. This report also includes some benefits and barriers that organizations experience while adopting creativity at their workplaces. We have also included some innovative programs of successful organizations who have gained benefits from creativity at their workplaces. The report concludes that there are many benefits of adopting creativity at workplaces which
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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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