...Workplace Internet Leisure Browsing – Help or Hindrance? Does workplace Internet leisure browsing help or hinder workplace productivity? This was a question posed by, researcher and lecturer of Marketing at the University of Melbourne, Brent Coker in his study titled “Freedom to Surf: the positive effects of workplace Internet leisure browsing.” The organization of this study looked at the relationship between the behavior, frequency and duration of workplace Internet leisure browsing (WILB) on workplace productivity. Key research indicates that “blocking or controlling Internet access in the workplace is viewed by many employees as a restraint impinging on their sense of control”1, thus, compelling those being restricted to perceive lower levels of autonomy. Procedure Coker conducted an online survey of two thousand and seven hundred randomly selected office workers from a data base of market research panelists. Of the 2,700 surveys sent two hundred and sixty eight were completed. Through a preliminary analysis, made by Coker, data was collected and recorded into a data base from a web survey to determine the types of WILB activities being conducted in the workplace. Participants were asked questions relating to the frequency, duration and incidence of each activity and their responses determined the questions that followed (“question piping”2). With an aggregate analysis of the data Coker was able to identify seventeen types of WILB activities, as well as, calculate...
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...the two variables i.e. work life balance and teachers’ performance. The whole of the report tries to draw conclusions about to what extent both of the variables are correlated and in which direction these two variables are linked. Survey research method is being selected for this study along with self administered questionnaire to collect relevant and needed information. Researcher has remained successful in gathering valid and reliable data and then to critically evaluating the data. Univariate and bivariate tables are used to access the results of the study i.e. to study the relationship between level of work life balance and level of teachers’ performance. At the end Resercher has found the two variables linked closely together and moving in the same direction. That means the research hypothesis has been proved and it is concluded that there exists a strong relationship between the two variables under study. In more simple words, one may conclude about the study that a teacher having high level of work life balance performs better as compare to the teacher who has low level of work life balance. So, High level of work life balance causes high performance. . 1. Introduction This study of relationship between work life balance and teachers’ performance, explains the factors affecting the work life balance and teacher’s performance. Work-life balance for any person is having the 'right' combination of participation in paid work and other activities...
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...and an evaluation of training programmes Training refers to acquiring job specific skills and abilities, learned at work or somewhere else and provides employees with new skills and knowledge. There are 3 methods of training that can be used in the business and these are: * Induction * On-the-job training * Off-the-job training Induction Training is a programmed designed to introduce new employee to their job and it is used to explain the roles of the staff, familiarise the worker with their job, explain the procedures used in the business, make the employee as efficient as possible and encourage the new workers to be committed to the organisation. During the training, the new workers will have the opportunity to; ask questions, find out what goes on and where to go, meet the people they will be working with and familiarise themselves with the workplace. On-the-job Training is where a worker remains at their usual place of work and learns how to do their job (e.g. doctors). The advantages of this type of training are that, it is easy to organise, specific to the job and the business and it is relatively cheap. However, workers may disrupt the normal working of the business and depending on the trainer having the correct skills can be a disadvantage. On the other hand, off-the-job training is where a worker is being trained outside the workplace and this can occur at a training centre or at a college. The advantages of this type of training is, it is run by a...
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...in a more traditional setting, one befitting the guy in charge of an operation with 28,000 employees and $5 billion in annual revenue. But it drove him crazy, Devine says, to sit in his resplendent office and see people lining up in the hallway outside, as if waiting to be granted an audience with the pope. So for Devine, the open floor plan he instituted at Insureon conveys a message that extends far beyond any interior design aesthetic. It goes to the heart of the company's management style and workplace culture. It symbolizes an openness of spirit and Devine's availability to everyone in the company, no matter their station--and no waiting required. "For me it says a couple things about leadership," he says. "One is: No walls, no barriers, no hierarchy. Everybody can talk to everybody. Everybody can participate in a decision. We work together, and that's very important in leadership." In his eagerness to tear down the literal and figurative walls that have divided the workplace classes for generations, Devine is not alone. More businesses, especially those that employ large numbers of young workers, have sought to reshape their internal dynamics, ditching their long-standing, top-down, my-way-or-the-highway management structure in favor of a management structure that encourages collaboration. In many...
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...such as internet in work performance. Does the ability to engage in leisure activities such as Facebook, Twitter and other social networking tools during work improve productivity, or does it act as a distraction? The significant increase of technology and connectivity in the workplace in recent years has lead to an unexpected, potentially negative, by-product of behaviours demonstrated by many employees, which is now commonly referred to as cyberloafing, cyberdeviancy or cyberslacking. While on the surface the initial response by most business owners and managers is that cyberloafing is a wasteful activity costing the company money through loss of productivity as a result of employees spending company time on personal endeavours, there has been another, more positive spin off, to the personal use of technology. These aspects have been investigated and expanded upon during numerous investigations into these behaviours. It has also been found that there are several factors within the workplace, such as technology use policies, that can contribute to employee behaviours in relation to use of company provided technologies that will be explored within this essay. 1 While many business owners and managers would like to see the occurrence of cyberloafing in the workplace eradicated completely there is plenty of evidence available from multiple independent studies that not all personal technology use in the workplace has a negative affect...
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...University work part-time Employment during school could improve grades if working promotes aspects that correspond with academic success, such as industriousness or time management skills, or instead reduce grades by reducing time and energy available for school work. Otherwise, working might be associated with academic performance, yet not directly influence it, if unobserved student differences influence both labor supply and grades. Unmotivated students might neither work for pay nor receive good grades because they put little effort into the labor market or school. In contrast, HRM students uninterested in academics might work long hours that would otherwise have been devoted to leisure. Students might misjudge the link between college achievement and future earnings when making labor supply decisions. If so, obtaining a consistent estimate of how such decisions affect academic performance is prospectively important for policy consideration. Some of HRM students in Taguig City University Students are more likely to work than they are to live on campus, to study full time, to attend a four-year college or university, or to apply for or receive financial aid. Students work regardless of the type of institution they attend, their age or family responsibilities, or even their family income or educational and living expenses. Most HRM students at Taguig City University face many challenges in their already busy everyday lives. Some students work full or part time while attending...
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...ILM Course Level 3 Understand How To Motivate To Improve Performance AC1.1, AC1.2, AC1.3, AC1.4, AC2.1, AC2.2, AC2.3 Table of Contents Define the term motivation 3 Define the factors that may affect motivation levels in the workplace 3 Explain how individual differences affect levels of motivation in the workplace 3 Explain the potential impact on organisational performance if employee motivation levels are low 4 Describe a recognised theory of motivation 5 Describe ways in which knowledge of a theory of motivation can be used to improve performance in the workplace 5 Explain how to use employee engagement to increase motivation levels 6 References 7 Bibliography 7 Understand How To Motivate To Improve Performance Define the term motivation The term motivation in my opinion is a strong desire to achieve something. The drive to be motivated I believe comes from aspirations or enthusiasm to achieve a goal or target (whatever that might be). More often than not though I think motivation or the desire to do great things can also be inspired by support from other individuals. Motivated people work with enthusiasm. Define the factors that may affect motivation levels in the workplace Salary Bonuses and incentives play an important role in keeping employees motivated, but usually work best as part of a comprehensive program that provides opportunities to grow. A carefully designed rewards program in my opinion will reinforce behaviours...
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...them how to relate to other employees and customers, and offering resources for training and increasing an employee business understanding. The Walt Disney Company is an organization commonly utilized as an example for the use of employee empowerment strategies with their associates. The Walt Disney Company has actually invested copious amounts of time and work in creating a strong organizational society to teach their workers on the Disney Company’s mission and values. According to Disney's corporate website, one of the five crucial characteristics of working for Walt Disney is the passion as well as devotion from actors and staff. Disney, in some cases, describes their workers as cast members in an attempt to break the regular boundaries of the manager/employee relationship. Disney likewise makes use of advancement, quality, community, positive outlook, and decency in their organizational culture for empowering staff members as well as making the Disney Company a unique workplace. Disney provides many numerous extras and benefits to its employees and cast members. Along with the normal advantages of insurance and paid time off, Disney provides complementary adventure park passports, education and learning compensation, specific advancement options, stock acquisition programs, service awards, employee stores, and childcare facilities at some locations. These perks empower...
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...Introduction The University of California, Los Angeles, is world-renowned for research and education in many fields. The campus is located in Westwood area of Los Angeles, and was founded in 1919, and currently has about 40,000 students, 26,000 administrative staff and 4,000 faculty (UCLA, n.d.). The Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior is an organization that researches a number of psychiatric and behavioral topics. The researchers come from all across the globe to work at UCLA and publish papers into prestigious journals, which hopefully might change the way diagnoses are made and treatments provided. Researchers also need to hire assistants and volunteers to help with the workload and get a project initiated and running, and eventually finished to analyze results. In addition to hiring assistants, researchers also need to hire employees that will fill out grant paperwork, handle finances and purchases, and set-up meetings as needed. If the researcher has many projects going on at the same time, this could be very stressful for the most capable employee, and could lead decrease in motivation and productivity, eventually leading to either leaving the job or getting fired. California is currently in a budget crisis, and public schools are getting less and less money from the state government to hire more employees. The employees that are present must be able to be as productive as two or three employees put together and have quality results. My role in this is a volunteer...
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...Exploring Negative effects of social media in work places Muriithi, Mary Watetu A research term paper in econometrics submitted to Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the PHD degree in Business Administration Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture &Technology 2014 DECLARATION This report is my original work and has not been submitted or presented for examination in any other university, either in part or as a whole. Supervisor – …………………………………. Signature………………………….. Date……………………………………… Name: MURIITHI, MARY WATETU Signature………………………. Date: ……………………………… Table of contents I. Title……………………………………………………………………. 1 II. Declaration ……………………………………………………………. 2 III. Table of Contents……………………………………………………… 3 IV. List of Tables…………………………………………………………… 4 V. Symbols and Abbreviations…………………………………………… 5 IV Abstract…………..…………………………………………………. 6 1. Introduction…………………………………………………………….. 8 1. Background…………………………………………………….. 8 2. Statement Of The Problem……………………………………… 8 3. Purpose of the study………………………………………...…… 8 4. Specific Objectives……………………………………………… 8 5. Research Questions……………………………………………… 8 6. Justification Of The Study……………………………………… 8 7. Limitations of the study………………………………………… 11 2. Literature review…………………………………………………… ….. 12 1. Conceptual framework……………………………………….. 14 3. Methodology…………………………………………………………….. 15 ...
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...[pic] Work-life balance, employee engagement and discretionary effort A review of the evidence March 2007 Literature review by Dr Mervyl McPherson of the EEO Trust. Extracts from this publication may be copied and quoted with acknowledgement. ISBN No: 0-9582233-4-3 Equal Employment Opportunities Trust PO Box 12929 Penrose Auckland New Zealand Phone: 64 9 525 3023 Fax: 64 9 525 7076 Table of Contents Preface 3 Executive summary 4 1.0 Introduction 6 2.0 Definitions and evidence of relationships 6 2.1 Work-life balance 6 2.1.1 Productivity 7 2.1.2 Relationship between work-life balance and productivity 8 2.2 Workplace/work-life culture 11 2.2.1 Relationship between work-life balance and workplace culture 12 2.3 Discretionary effort and employee engagement: going the extra mile 16 2.3.1 Relationship between discretionary effort/employee engagement and productivity/profitability 20 2.3.2 Relationship between work-life balance and discretionary effort 21 2.3.3 Relationship between workplace culture and discretionary effort 23 2.4 Summary of inter-relationships of key factors 24 3.0 Changing a workplace culture 26 3.1 Case studies of culture change 27 4.0 Conclusion 29 5.0 References 30 Preface Employee engagement has been identified as critical to competitive advantage in a labour market where skilled, committed...
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...How to Show Professionalism in the Workplace: 1. Adhere to your commitments - Live up to your commitments every time. 2. Realize the sensitivity of the work that you represent - Make sure not to jeopardize the confidentiality of your organization or misuse it any way. This will help make you trustworthy. 3. Treat everyone with respect. That means everyone - from upper management, peers, and administrative staff to vendors, clients and competitors, to the person on the phone and the stranger in the elevator. Respect and communication in a business environment gives all employees the feeling of safety and collaboration. 4. Value the time and effort spent by others - Do not take other members of the organization for granted. 5. Always maintain ethical conduct - Be honest and refrain from deceitful practices. 6. Smile and put your best face forward - Friendliness and understanding go a long way to creating an atmosphere of teamwork. Maintain a positive can-do attitude even during stressful situations. 7. Admit your mistakes - We all make mistakes. Admitting your mistake shows that you are not only human, but also a professional. Don’t be surprised at how understanding people will be when you admit that you have made an error. 8. Display competence - Competence is the culmination of what you say that you can do and what you actually can do. Competent employees know their job and which skills they are capable of. It is not arrogance. It is an honest...
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...My boss at Target would be a subscriber to this function, every week he has a plan for everything that needs to be done in my department, everything from sales planners to which area needs to be detailed that day. He is not very good at communicating his plans; he will leave a note that an abbreviated version of version of what he wants. Although, once he explains his ideas letting me know what he is thinking everything runs smoothly. Organizing (117 – 175 words) Organizing is the function of management that brings together all resources, human and informational, available to the manager so that specific goals are met. Organizing includes getting people to the company, allocating responsibilities, forming work groups, and making sure conditions are adequate for a working environment (Bateman & Snell, 2009). Good organizations skill will always help plans to run smoothly, poor organizations skills will generate frustration and conflict in the company. Effective organization can help identify problems early on, before they become a real issue and hinder the group from achieving their goals (Sawyer, 2009). Organization is a big part of daily routine at my store, everything from setting weekly sales planners to organizing volunteer...
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...Time Management Techniques – A Literature Review Kara Sterago Liberty University Dr. Wentlandt 12 December 2014 Time Management Techniques – A Literature Review Abstract The purpose of this literature review is to review various documented methodologies to approaching time management. Approaches to time management are reviewed from both a student and a professional (business) setting. This review finds that behaviors surrounding time management have a demonstrated relation to a student or professional’s perception of their ability to control their environment. This includes available time, response to stress in their environment, and level of performance. 1. Introduction One thing that can be heard ringing through any office building, college library or study hall, and many other professional settings is complaint. Complaint that there are not enough hours in the day, days in the week, weeks in the month, etc. How can we be expected to get all this done? All of these complaints lead to the discussion of managing one’s time. In order to manage your time, one must know what time management is. With a quick Google search, or a trip to the self-help section of the book store, you can find an abundance of resources ready at your fingertips, offering you various “must-have” guides to your time management success. One thing you will not find, however, is a consistent definition of time management. So what is time management? Time management is a concept that has...
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...Healthy Workplace Environment Option There are many different types of workplace wellness programs that can be offered to employees to encourage them to take steps to adopt healthier lifestyles. Some employers provide a comprehensive workplace wellness program; while others have very few activities that promote healthier lifestyles. Some workplaces may lack to provide and promote a healthy lifestyle. Investing in a company's employees, by providing a wellness program within the workplace, would benefit performance on the job immensely. Workers tend to be happier and more productive when they are feeling well, both physically and mentally. The welfare of employees has a fairly large and direct impact on the success of the company, since they are the company’s greatest assets. Workers are also more likely to remain with and appreciate an employer that values them. As stated in an article for Purdue University, “Numerous studies show that promoting wellness and disease prevention in work settings is effective in many ways, including increasing employee wellness and providing companies a return on their investment.” Companies can average a $3 return for every dollar spent on wellness programs. 1 Using a wellness program can make a positive change happen to each person who utilizes it. One will have more energy from eating healthy and working out to give more attention to their family and friends when arriving home from work. Not only will one be more able to complete their job...
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