Miscommunication in the Workplace Communication is a two-way street. Making assumptions and drawing conclusions based on only one frame of reference will usually fail and cause miscommunication between the parties involved. This can be because of differences of gender‚ culture‚ age or even education levels. Changing the fundamental way in which a person thinks or feels can lead to better communications between the parties involved. "Due to the rapid changes brought about by globalization it
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economic benefits of workplace diversity. 1. A diverse workforce drives economic growth. Our nation’s human capital substantially grows as more women‚ racial and ethnic minorities‚ and gay and transgender individuals enter the workforce. A McKinsey & Company study‚ for example‚ found that the increase in women’s overall share of labor in the United States—women went from holding 37 percent of all jobs to 47 percent over the past 40 years—has accounted for about a quarter of current GDP. 2. A diverse workforce
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Miguel Medina UNV-104 Information and Communication Literacy 2/24/2013 Sarah Robertson Internet in the Workplace Using a PC at work to browse the web can have both positive and negative effects on the productivity of a company. There are many reasons for using the internet at a place of business‚ from giving the brain a break from the stressful everyday tasks that are required to perform at work and also for using the web as a way for communicating with business contacts and acquiring useful
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Introduction – Ethics and the Workplace Ethics play a very important role in the running of a business. All firms and companies will have a set of ethical standards and practices that is suitable to their culture and nature of business. Ethics address duty‚ obligation‚ fairness‚ justice‚ altruism‚ and moral responsibility. Business ethics can be defined as right or wrong actions taken by corporations. Firms and companies are managed by people‚ from the very top management to the very bottom; any
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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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strengthening communication between management and employees. So why not put the low cost‚ (if not free) remedy of humor in place? Laughter is contagious. It can make the workplace more pleasurable by easing tension‚ reduce risk of employee burnout‚ improve productivity and creativity. The key to the success of implementing humor in the workplace is to make sure that no one oversteps boundaries or cause injury to anyone. It is crucial that no one is offended by joking; steer clear of religious‚ political
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Gamification in the Workplace The paper examines a new trend in workplace design called “gamification”. Gamification is defined as using concepts derived from video games and applying them in businesses to enhance motivation‚ raise productivity and lower turnover. The areas of effect discussed are motivation‚ cooperation‚ productivity and employee happiness. The text looks at which characteristics of video games make them so engaging and translates them into examples from the workplace. It presents
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Title: WORKPLACE INEQUALITIES Every person has the right to be fairly treated in their daily lives and the workplace is no exception. Discrimination in the workforce has always been a well debated topic. Throughout history many different groups have faced inequalities in the workplace‚ and over time‚ with the changes in social views‚ different measures have been undertaken‚ by the different levels involved in employment‚ to eradicate these adversities. Unfortunately inequality during employment
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Change in the Workplace: Understanding People in Change Reich (2000) states that change is sudden‚ nonlinear‚ and constant. Radical changes in the workplace are those changes that have a dramatic and sometimes traumatic effect on the work environment and personnel. Asking someone to take a different action than what they are used to does not mean they will want to do it. Resistance to change in the workplace means loss of productivity. As a change insurgent‚ it is important to get personnel
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Obesity in the Workplace: Human Resource Goals Carol Cook HRA-330 June 18‚ 2012 Obesity in the Workplace: Human Resource Goals You can lose 12 inches in less than thirty days! A person can’t help but notice all the Nutri-System and Weight Watcher commercials on television‚ or the late night infomercials for that DVD that help a person look like a bodybuilder by exercising in the comfort of their own home. Obesity has become a hot topic in today’s society
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