...personnel with differing skills sets, commonly referred to as solvers, to provide solutions to those who desire particular skills for their problem, called the seekers. Common value propositions: For seekers: • Efficient and effective completion of specified tasks. • Employment on a ‘need’ basis for cost savings. • Vast skills pool to find the most suitable candidates for the job. • ‘Open Innovation’ (Chesbrough, H. 2003). For solvers: • Vast job opportunities. • Specified workload and financial reward. • Flexibility of working hours and location. • Gain experience in various fields of work according to own preference. 1.2 Crowdsourcing Platforms Analysis Platform Website Specific Value Propositions Mechanical Turk Seekers – Individuals and companies seeking extensive labour. • Opportunities open to the general public as jobs focus on the division of labour for simple tasks requiring minimal innovation or technicality. • Fixed payment, easy to calculate based on ‘HITS’ (Amazon Mechanical Turk Inc. 2015). Solvers – any individual with free time. Freelancer Seekers – Individuals and businesses seeking innovative fashion design. • Requests of design announced gaining response from various designers to choose from (Freelancer Technology Pty Ltd, 2015). • High degree of communication between seeker and solver for idea...
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...of the important tasks that are done through the internet is e-recruitment. E-recruitment is the process of employing or choosing the right person for a particular job through the internet. This can be done when a particular organization is doing online job advertising then finding, attracting, assessing, interviewing and hiring the right person for that particular job. These jobs advertisements show the requirements of that particular job like the needed certificates, expertise, personality and talents. Many companies are already started e-recruitments but others still feel that it’s unsecured to do this task online. This essay will be discussing the pros and cons of e-recruitment. The purpose of e-recruitment is to make the process of recruiting easier and faster. Therefore, some companies find that e-recruitment is a good process to be done for affective recruitment. There are many advantages that come under e-recruitments. The most important advantages of e-recruitment is that it’s considered as a faster, easier and less expensive way to recruit. Job seeker can send his\her CV through the internet to the address provided in the organization’s website. By this way, job seeker is not required to go to the organization itself. It also helps the recruiters to have more time to select the most qualified job seeker who match the organization's requirements. Moreover, e-recruitment helps in attracting more audience in a short time. E-recruitment reduces the cost of employees required...
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...company, and is distributed widely in markets and around the world. The business model of crowdsourcing pioneer INNOCENTIVE is quite similar to a question-answer web forum on the web. Main stakeholders in this model • The “Seeker”- The Company, organization or individual who is looking for an answer to a problem or a question. • The “Solver” – Individuals who are willing to answer to the questions or problems, usually giving a good solution based on experience or their idea • The “Observer” –Though this does not appear on their company page, INNOCENTIVE acts as a moderator to guide the two parties. The “Seeker” (it can be a corporation, governmental entity, nonprofit organization or partners) registers to INNOCENTIVE site and sets: 1. The question or problem to ask, 2. Set the amount of reward when the problem is answer to the “solver” 3. And, set the deadline, by when the problem would like to be solved. The “Seeker” will also pay a fee each time the problem is posted. The amount of the reward will be decided by the “Seeker” and INNOCENTIVE, based on such criteria as how effective the answer/idea was, or by how much profit it would bring to the “Seeker”. On the other hand, the uniqueness of this model is that the “Solver” and the “Seeker” remains anonymous, and the “Solver” could have various backgrounds not necessarily linked with the “Seeker’s industry. This has been proven effective in the past when the 2007 Exxon oil spill removal method was suggested...
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...In the process of switching jobs to better suit my career field I found that Careerbuilder.com is more accurate and reliable. CareerBuilder offers tons of vacancy options as wells as tools to search for a desired job and job field. Whereas Riley Guide offers limited and a less variety of jobs as well as job search options. “CareerBuilder is an employment-based site that helps job seekers to search for job openings by keyword, location and career category”. Whereas Riley Guide serve as an online source designed to help jobseekers find employment websites. When using CareerBuilder.com job seekers have the ability to post resumes and apply to job openings after creating their own online profile. Whereas Riley Guide servers as a search engine which allows visitors to browse through multiple lists directly from the website. The list is only a blueprint that provides links to other sites where visitors can search for employment. Also Riley Guide does not give visitors the option to create their own online profile or upload any resumes. Riley Guide is only a guide to other resources that can help jobseekers find employment. CareerBuilder.com offers career advice information and a resume writing service. The writing service can assist you with writing your resume as well as critiquing the resumes you may post to your online profile. Whereas Riley Guide offers only articles as a guideline when writing or posting your resumes to other employment sites. Careerbuilder.com is more...
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...really changed and got some focused off the movie. One of the main character difference that I found interesting was the Seeker. The Seeker from the movie was not what I expected after reading the novel. While reading a novel I always have interesting thoughts such as, what if there was a movie that portrayed this book? Would all the scenes be shown on the movie or would they take some out? Would the characters look the way they are described? As I was reading the novel ‘The Host” I imagined and made pictures in my head of how each character looked by the way the book described it. I would always have the picture in my head of how the characters looked to me. After finishing the novel and proceeding to watch the movie I expected the characters to look somewhat how I imagined. First of all Melanie looked somewhat how I imagined, young and innocent looking. I imagined Wanda like some sort of bright, flashy soul looking thing, and that’s how it kind of looked in the movie. Yet, I found one big difference in a character. The Seeker did not look nothing like I imagined or how it was described in the novel. In the novel ‘The Host” the Seeker is a small lady, dark-haired, and dressed mostly in black. I imagined her evil looking, with a serious face and a very dark person. Yet, in the movie it was a whole different appearance. In the movie “The Host” the Seeker is very blonde, stands regally on some serious wedge heels, dressed in a futuristic cream-colored pant suit and does...
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...Case 1: Heart Attack Managing People and Ethics 3/25/2011 Management 301- Business Organization and Management Eboni Thrower, Jennifer Jackson, Gerald Grant III, Taneisha Pryor Dr. Makamson 1.___________________________ 2.___________________________ 3.____________________________ 4.____________________________ I. Problem Statement Was Mr. Hamid wrong for firing Shauna? Mr. Hamid placed an ad for a part-time bookkeeper at a local college and Shauna came across it. The work Mr. Hamid needed finished for his company would only require the bookkeeper to stay in work with him for about two months. She applied for the job and received the job the same day. During the interview Mr. Hamid stated that he would pay her $150 per week. Realizing that if she accepted $150 per week she would not be making as much money as she would if she worked on an hourly rate; she had to come up with a plan. Shauna negotiated with Mr. Hamid and agreed to work Monday, Wednesday and Friday for seven hours a day for 21 hours a week at $10 per hour. In this agreement Shauna would be put on a three month probationary period, which consisted of no time off, vacation, sick days or holidays off. Shauna was a hard worker and an excellent bookkeeper for Mr. Hamid. She always completed every project and obligation that was ever asked of her beforehand. Shauna constantly asked Mr. Hamid for extra work to do in the office to keep her busy. She never took any time off from work, nor did she ever...
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...occurred? | My co-worker thought that I was trying to take over as the representative of his student. | How could the misunderstanding have been avoided? | The misunderstanding could have been avoided if the co-worker would have called me back before going to his supervisor. | In this situation, I was the one who made the first mistake; that being that I didn’t put my notes into our database when my student referred her husband as a possible student. My student’s husband then called the next day and spoke with my co-worker, Michael, who took all of his information and enrolled him. I received a phone call from my student the next asking why I had told her one thing and Michael had told her husband another. With Michael being new to the job, I thought he made a simple mistake, so I called and left him a voicemail suggesting that we talk about the students to make sure that we were on the same page in what we were telling our students. I then wrote my supervisor an email telling him what I did and said. Michael, upon hearing the message, went to his supervisor because he had the impression that I was trying to take his student from him. His supervisor went to mine asking what was going on. My supervisor explained everything and the matter was resolved. As a result, both the students did not complete the enrollment process or start school. The main thing I learned from this whole ordeal was to make sure that all of my notes are complete and to make sure...
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...benefits of tuition reimbursement to student-employees. She states that these companies help a student with their school costs as well as money in pocket. As well as filling your pockets the author explains how building a solid resume while in college is also important. Ramachandran sums up her article with explaining how important your schoolwork can be. She states some helpful tips; do not expect to pay off college while still in college. The author brings everything into perspective by explaining that students that work 10 hours a week on average have a much better GPA than those students that work 25 or more hours. With dealing with the financial stress of college jobs are not always the answer. Financial aid advisors can help you get money that you won’t have to pay off until later. “After all, the primary job for those in college is to be a...
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...director. The participant group was asked to self-report on perceptions of role ambiguity, experienced levels of anger, anxiety and workplace threat appraisal. In this study, participants were asked questions as to whether they fully understood what was expected of them at work on a day-to-day basis regarding particular tasks, or a range of tasks. This data was then compared with responses to questions which probed whether they had felt anxious or angry at work. Threat appraisal was determined by whether the respondent felt it was more or less likely that their work day was going to be a negative experience for them. Dr Searle’s study found statistically significant correlations between a lack of clarity an individual has regarding their job requirements and reported feelings of anger, anxiety and their threat appraisal. These findings reinforce earlier research conducted by Robert Pearsall from the University of Maryland which demonstrated that these increases in anxiety, anger and threat appraisal can...
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...many organizations implementing the same. It provides flexibility to work part-time and work from home, which is a critical issue for many working females particularly and also among the male members where they can manage their family and work life very well. It provides a heightened sense of loyalty to the employees because they know that their boss trusts them to do their job sincerely, which in turn increases their pride and responsibility towards their work. It has been witnessed that productivity improves when the focus on work improves. It allows people to develop a better understanding of their job and eliminate office space time-wasters like "fake meetings" etc. ROWE also eliminates the illusion of productivity created by the "come early, leave late" mentality many firms require for promotion. Thus the focus is primarily towards results instead of punching the time clock or logging desk time. 2. Identify factors in the ROWE program that might make using it for retail employees more difficult than using it for managers and employees in corporate offices, technical centers, and nonretail jobs and locations. The ROWE-type program has been implemented by various organizations across a broad spectrum in different departments such as IT, back office, etc. But at places like retail stores or bank branches, where one to one customer interaction and service...
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...environment may cause can be detrimental to a person’s health. When anyone| | |is stressed, it can create a number of problems with their health. | |Identify a situation in which you experienced stress in the workplace or provide a |Fictional example: I had been scheduled to work 4 late shifts, out of 5 working days. Every other | |fictional example. |employee only had to work 1 late shift. I brought it to her attention and explained that it was not part| | |of the job requirements when I was hired on. She was visibly upset that I had brought it up and did not | | |want to discuss it at all. Instead, she changed the schedule and made it unbearably tense for the | |...
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...website. The matter of stress is serious and is an ongoing concern. As indicated by both articles that the tough economic times that lead to significant changes within the workplace, has contributed to the increased in stress factors among workers and greatly affect businesses. One major stress factor stemmed from the economic crisis is uncertainty or the fear for the lost of job. The American Psychological Association explains that bankruptcies are among the list of things that caused hundreds of thousands of workers their jobs. Additionally, while millions more have been shifted to unfamiliar tasks within their companies, this dramatic shifting has caused many to wonder how much longer they will be employed. Holmes-Rahe Life Events Scale, in the PDU Magazine Article, also pointed out that many of the most stressful events are related to the workplace and in addition to the lost of job, “firings” on the list mentioned, is the changes in financial status. Undoubtedly, being put out of a job has alarming effects on the individual. According to the American Psychological Association, “the loss of a job can be devastating, putting unemployed workers at risk for physical illness, marital strain, anxiety, depression and even suicide”. In the same light, the PDU Magazine Article has listed the same effects and more, but looked at these effects as a “heavy price” since they take a toll on the individual not only physically but psychologically. Employers and employees within various...
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...Effective Communication will help with better understanding of each other, and have a broader perspective. With effective communication bring more confidence, admiration, and a better work environment where we as people would be able to excel within the work place, having more creative thoughts, being able to problem solve more complex situations. Effective communication is good to have so that both parties will be able to convey the message in which each will understand. It will also help with everyday life setting whether it be dealing with work related relationships , or personal life. I have a experience a few times where I was to use effective communication in the workplace. One time I can recall, were there had been a discrepancy between a co-worker and I that was work related . I work for a Bank, within their retail card service department, lending for private label credit cards where I have to make decisions for financing based on a clients credit ratings, and my co-worker and I had a issue pertaining to lending of credit to the client. A few weeks had went pass where my co-worker and I had not spoken to each; although we were both on the same team, we had no form of communication towards each other, we were both stubborn when it came to issue at hand and wasn't backing down to each other opinions. It soon became a problem where it was becoming noticeable in the work place, and affecting my quality of work. Not only was the discrepancy affecting me and work-related...
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...limitations in the workplace, but older employees have more limitations than the younger workers. Many studies have been conducted on age and work performance, and there were no difference in older workers and younger workers performance. They both have positive and negative effects in the workplace, but there no research that will make the claim that one age group performance is better than the other (Warr, 1993). However, most people think that older workers are more stability, experience, productivity, and this is commonly not originate in younger workers. They believe with all the good work ethic that older employees have they should do well in the workplace. There has been a study that shows that older workers are more faithful to their job, more realistic and more responsible about their standing in a business, as contrasted to younger employees. Both younger and older employees have their advantages and disadvantages in the workforce. Both groups have some decline in the workplace, and it will be difficult to say which...
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...When thinking about transformational changes, many don’t know that if can be something that has happened to them in the past or even present. Transformational changes can be anything from recognizing a significant problem such as not being able to get promoted in a job that you are working for. When thinking about confronting it intensely can be you thinking of reasons on why you’re not getting promoted such as education wise. When finding the solution it could be to get back into school to earn a degree so that when a promotion comes up you are on top of your game and know what to expect. Integrating a new perspective and a new set of assumptions into your life pattern was to take the knowledge that the person has learned as used it in their career. Many people may take the transformational changes to make themselves better but to also make their job more of a career then something that they have to do on an everyday base to base. A transformational change that I did to myself was when working in a child care setting it is hard to want to move up the line to better yourself as a coworker. I had recognized a significant problem about my career and that was the promotion part. Being in the child care setting and working on post for the military they would like to have their co-\workers to have some sort of degree when working in that kind of setting. That was the confronting the intensely part was knowing that I didn’t have a degree. So what I wanted to do was to better myself...
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