...Imagine being employed by a company that lets you work whenever you want. You can work a one-hour week or a 50-hour week. You can take a 10-minute lunch or a 10-hour lunch. You can turn up at 7am or you can rock up at 3pm. You can work whatever hours you like … and still get paid a full-time wage. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, it actually exists. It was a trend that was started in 2004 by Best Buy, a retail chain in the US. The organisation introduced a system in their head office of 3000 workers called ROWE – Results Only Work Environment. In essence, it meant one thing: employees were judged on their performance, not their presence. The result was a 35 per cent increase in productivity as employees started working at more convenient times and during periods when they were more energetic. Since then, ROWE – or variations of it – has been rolled out in just a few companies. It is an innovation so radical, for now at least, that the vast majority of businesses prefer to stick with what they know, the nine-to-five grind. Only the brave attempt it, and one of those that's taken the plunge in Australia has been BigCommerce, a fast-growing SME of 65 employees, specialising in online stores. Advertisement: Story continues below BigCommerce’s co-founder and co-CEO is Eddie Machaalani. I asked him why he put such an extreme version of flexibility in place. “From day one we set about creating a supreme company culture in order to attract the best talent and keep our people...
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...Balance Between Work and Life “Balance is beautiful.” - Miyoko Ohno, Japanese bridge designer Article by Leo Babauta I have a close friend named Norm who is a great photographer and a great person in general … recently he was telling me that all he does is work. That might sound familiar to some of you — I’ve certainly been there at different points in my life, although these days I have to say that I’ve found a pretty good balance between all the important things in my life, including work, family, and other things I’m interested in. Norm asked me to write a post about work-life balance, because although I think Norm is pretty happy with his life, he’s interested in expanding his life beyond work. I think it’s an interesting question that most of us have to address at some point or other. Work *Is* Life, To Some Extent The first thing to point out is that work isn’t separate from life — it’s a part of it. For some people, it’s not a fun part of life, but for others, it’s a passion. Either way, it’s a part of our lives, good or bad. Of course, when people talk about a work-life balance, they mean that we should find a balance between work and our personal lives, which is definitely true. But it’s important to realize that if work is really something you love, you don’t need to cut it short in order to spend more time at home in front of the television. So the key is to remember that what we’re looking for is a balance between the things we love — not just work and the rest...
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...not like for things to go wrong, and I like to keep people happy. Working is much easier if people feel like they are working in a positive environment, and, in turn, has a higher rate of productivity. Staying on task when I need to, helps me be able to get my work done in a timely manner, while still being able to balance my working relations with others. This keeps me on good terms with others....
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...For a very long time, many people believed that men should work harder than women because they are responsible to feed and support their family. Most jobs required muscles strength therefore men thought to be responsible for it and they were treated more than women. Women main tasks were to watch over their children and look after their house, families and husband. I agree with the statement that men and women should be treated equally as they were born equally. Nowadays, we can see that women have many more choices and opportunities compare to years ago; they can do anything and get involved in all areas. To get started, justice is probably the most significant factor that shows why men and women have to be equal. For instance, when men wake up in the morning and go to work, and while women stay at home to clean, cook and look after the children, they might feel abandoned and frustrated that they would want to work too. This is unfair for both of them because women can be just as useful as men and they can be helpful outside the home. Next, together, men and women can raise their children in a better environment if both of them do what they like. I believe that happiness is another factor for being equal. Women were not satisfied enough because they felt that they could not live without their men, they could not be independent and they had to live in this way although they did not want to. I think satisfaction is important to make life easier and nicer. For example, women...
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...painters? Why? (increase, decrease, stay the same) - Student answers will vary. Some may feel that production will decrease during the initial training period because it is a new, unfamiliar process. Others will believe that production will increase, because the work has been simplified. Still others may feel that production levels will stay the same, because the faster production process is offset by the need to learn new procedures. • What other predictions regarding the behavior of these painters do you make, based upon the situation described so far? - Student answers will vary, but should touch on such things as discontent over having to learn new procedures, simplified jobs, and have a group bonus rather than an individual incentive. □ Part 3 Questions • What changes do you now expect in the level of output of the painters? Increase, decrease, stay the same? Why? - Student answers will vary. Whatever choice they make should be backed up with reasoning. Example: I expect output to increase because the painters are now more comfortable performing their jobs, and they have been given input into the decision-making process. • What changes do you expect in the feelings of the painters toward their work situation? More positive, more negative, or no change? Why? - Student answers will vary, depending on their perspective of the situation. • What other predictions do you make about the behavior of the painters? - Student answers will vary, depending on their...
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...“The Men We Carry in Our Minds” Journal #3 In the essay by Schott Russell Sanders, “The Men We Carry in Our Minds”, Sanders expresses his opinions towards the differences in men and women’s lives, specifically work. He believed that women were the homemakers and men did the dirty work. Sanders describes his childhood and how he grew up learning about the work that men went through. Several men were carpenters, steel-workers, coal miners, etc. He explains that the hours that the men went through were extensive and tiring. Many men would get up “before light, worked all day long whatever the weather, and when they came home at night they looked as though somebody had been whipping them” (348). The work that these men would do physically drained them day-to-day and resulted in life-long injuries. The men didn’t think much of these health concerns because they did not know of different working environments. They thought that was what was expected from them. Next, Sanders defines the life of a soldier. Unlike the previously described workers, soldiers often suffered from extreme boredom. Their days consisted of waiting, but it was occasionally they would practice for war. These men work lead up to “killing themselves or preparing to kill others” (349). Once Sanders went off to “rich-kids” college, he ran into many people with opposing opinions on this subject. One girl believed that “men were guilty of having kept all the joys and privileges of the earth for themselves” (349)...
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...Experience Reflection Interviewing a manager was a great experience and I have learned a lot from it. I had interviewed a former manager and owner of a sewing shop called Alterations and her name was Norayda Bautista. It was a great learning experience by getting to know the manager’s duties and perspectives. Being a manager requires a lot of work, skills, and determination. The first question asked on this interview was about their day-to-day duties. Bautista’s daily tasks were to assign loads of work and give instructions to get things done in time. She signed a subcontract with a clothing company and she received orders from them to sew clothing and it would be picked up on a certain day of the week. Besides assigning work and giving instructions, she also worked on scheduling employees. I also asked her what goals she and her team members had set. Bautista had set a quota to just finish all of their work by the end of the week. Their tasks depended on what their contractor from the subcontract has asked for them to sew and alter. Bautista’s strategy to achieve the goal was to teach her employees how to work and keep them on track to get work done faster. It seemed that Bautista focused on speed since schedules were usually tight. Timing and speed were two important factors. Next question of this interview was asking if the manager had any challenges. Bautista answered that as an owner and manager she deals with challenges every day. Manager, owner or not, people face challenges...
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...of my teachers from elementary school gave me the techniques I needed to be successful and since then my fear for speeches has been long gone from the picture. I came to school seeking a degree that would help me better my chances in getting a job that would help me provide for my family. My little son is my motivation and I don’t plan on letting him down, each school day that passes I plan on giving it my all, In order to achieve the goal I have set. I loved the fact that the teachers were all so generous and are willing to give us their time to help us succeed I’m the type of person to always be humble or funny at times, I say at times because if were doing a team work I focus on the work to get whatever is needed to be done with it. I say a joke here and there but when it’s time to grind, I get my work done. I apply any knowledge I learn from school to the real world every chance that I get. I get the chance to sound smart and be right about something I’ve been studying or have done research on, school gives us great information and it’s all on yourself if you want to store it in your mind and be able to discuss about it to your fellow...
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...behalf and the ability to respond to any type of problem they needed for me to solve. If I didn’t answer to them it would mean a loss of capital on my part, which hurt me on the weekends. I needed to be my parent’s solution to my parent’s problems and as time went on they wanted more and more. I was an athlete/ driver/ business man/ babysitter/ student. All this things were done on a daily basis. I wake up everyday for school at 7 and attend all my classes and work as hard as I can. When I finish school I have practice with the varsity soccer team for 2 hours. We run, play, and work relentlessly to stay in shape and become better players. After I am done with my day in school I rush to my sister school and pick her up and take her home to eat. Depending on the day if my sister is scheduled to have any after school activities I take her and my laptop. The reason why I mention my laptop is because I work for my parents putting the client invoices into the system. I do this usually wherever I am at and if I don’t do the work of the day it becomes more and more the next day. This me working for my family and contributing to the family business, which sometimes seems to much, when I am all done with that I go home...
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...| SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY STATEMENT | These days online networking is accessible extra than any time in recent memory! Principally you can get to online networking from living arrangement, from school, and in addition even from inside the work environment. Yes, your laborers sneak in the uncommon look at the FACEBOOK channel and additionally the occasional tweet here alongside there. The react is yes, you most totally ought to. It is noteworthy for relationship and in addition organizations to monitor what their partners and laborers are tweeting and in addition posting about especially on issues that identify with the work environment. You might be asking essentially without anyone else's input: How precisely would this be able to be finished? Will you be blocking their benefits to generously post whatever substance they watch fit for their online networking systems? What precisely is the right approach in regards to this touchy issue? AEP Company is a world-understood brand with workplaces and in addition specialists arranged all around the globe. How precisely do they regulate their laborers' online networking missions? AEP Company takes a greatly reassuring other than strict strategy when it comes towards their Social Media mandates. Here are some underlines from AEP Company Social Media Policy: Specialists are permitted to associate themselves with the business when posting other than they should clearly trademark their online posts as individual...
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...poet. So the main question is what is the pros and cons of group work assignment? What does group work means? Based on my search on the internet, Wikipedia.org it shows me that group work brings the meaning a group of people working together temporarily until some goal is achieved. In supporting the effectiveness of a group approach to learning, Gatfield (1999) cites an empirical study conducted by Sorbral (1997) in one higher education setting which demonstrated that the students working in groups achieved a higher grade point average than those working in a control situation involving individual students If this point is viewed from students the temporary goal could be finishing assignments properly in a given time. Based on my view, group work assignment brings more benefits than disadvantages for university students. But despite its benefits, group work can be one of the most stressful, and emotionally exhausting part of a student’s life. According to Burns and Sinfield. “Many students see only problems associated with working in a group. Perhaps because they never get heard in the group, perhaps because they usually do all the work-whatever the problem, group work makes them unhappy.” One of the advantages of doing a group work assignment is that knowledge can be shared among students. By sharing knowledge, one student can generate or gain more ideas compared to students who works alone to complete certain assignments. To obtain knowledge by sharing...
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...XII. Conflict/Conflict Resolutions techniques When conflicts go unaddressed, they can have a negative impact on productivity and teamwork. Using conflict resolution strategies in the workplace will help maintain a healthy work environment. Conflict resolution requires specific leadership skills, problem solving abilities and decision making skills. There are six simple techniques to help reduce conflict in the work place. First employees should listen, and then speak out. The second technique is to gather the group together. Another conflict resolution technique is to be impartial. The fourth and the most important technique are to never postpone conflict resolution. Address the conflict immediately. Otherwise, the situation could escalate and could affect employee performance. Encouragement and motivation are powerful. Remind your staff of successful projects that required teamwork to complete. This is one of the most effective conflict resolution techniques and will really make the employees think about the importance of working in a team. Lastly, to resolve conflict, it is important for the company to take into consideration what both the management and the employees need. By doing this, the morale in the company will increase and the company’s productivity will increase as well. Conflict: As Hershey is beginning to expand out of Pennsylvania, the higher management and major shareholders of the company could not help but notice that the productivity of their employees...
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...Communications in a Workplace The work carried out by scientists and technicians relies heavily on the structure of the team they work in, and the way each team member acts. In most work places there is a hierarchy. This means the most senior person will have various levels of personnel reporting to them. How this is organised depends on: • How large the team is • The particular routines that are carried out in the workplace • Whether the team is spread over a large area or different sites • If the team is split into smaller groups carrying out a particular job or at particular times of the day or night. No matter how people are organised, the way they communicate within their team or outside of it is crucial to the safe and smooth running of the organisation. Hierarchy System Within almost every organization there is a hierarchy among the employees based on position, title, role, and function. In some sense, hierarchical distinctions create a class system in the workplace. Senior Technician(s) Senior Technician(s) Laboratory assistant Laboratory assistant Team Leader(s) Team Leader(s) Manager Manager Reporting of Results Results generated in a workplace will be specific to that workplace. They may be results of research...
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...Notes for using the Job Analysis template Job analysis is an in-depth study of a job (not the person in the job). It provides information for job descriptions. In doing the analysis, you will need to gather information about the job, eg by interviewing employees, observing performance of certain tasks, asking employees to fill out questionnaires and worksheets, and collecting information about a job from other sources such as related units of competency. Whatever sources you use to get basic information on what the job entails, the analysis should end up with written results that can be reviewed by the incumbent, or other employees who know the job. During the review, duties, competencies, knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics of the job can be added, deleted or modified. Job analysis is designed to provide a reliable method of quickly and effectively identifying critical competencies (ie knowledge, skills and abilities) and establishing the qualifications for a job or role. The step-by-step process below will assist you to complete a job analysis using the template provided. |Process |Explanation | |Step 1. Understand the job |Start by developing a complete understanding of the position. This is the foundation on which training (and | |including duties and tasks |other human resources processes) is based. The basis...
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...Business Communication 275 Kohl Fiarri 7 August, 2013 Week 1 Assignment 1.1 Choose 2 misunderstandings you experienced and fill out the chart for these. Message: (manager channel) “you are being insubordinate” Encode/negative comment Decode/joking Sender/supervisor receiver/myself Decode/misunderstanding Encode/misspoke Feedback- manger, supervisor, myself in office discussion First misunderstanding example took place on one of my last days of work where I was called into the office by my manager. The manager had heard a message from one of his supervisors that I made a negative comment during work. The supervisor contacted the manager and he called me into the work office. I came in, sat down and was told that I was being negative at work that day and that I must be unhappy. The manager proceeded to tell me what he had heard I had said from the supervisor on duty. The comment that I made was somewhat negative yet I had meant it as a joke. The supervisor heard it differently, not as a joke and was upset. So the comment that I had said was misunderstood first by my supervisor and then she proceeded to tell the manager my comment what she conveyed her perception of what I said rather than what I meant. The comment became all misconstrued by the time I went into the office. We all sat down. I was told what I did wrong before I had a chance to give...
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