Telecommuting

Woman role in the American workforce has changed dramatically since the late 1900’s. World War II revolutionized societal stigmas, where men are no longer seen as the primary “breadwinners” and women as just “homemakers“. Today an increasing number of women have ignored the traditional path of getting married and having kids before 30 to seek paths that can lead to career and educational advancements. As a result, many laws have changed to allow both married and unmarried working mothers the…

Every day I probably spend about four hours or more on my electronic devices. Those devices consist of my smartphone, laptop, and IPad. I frankly use all of those devices to do multiple tasks throughout my day. I am frequently on my laptop everyday so that I can do my homework. However, I also check my Facebook at least twice a day. On my Facebook account I usually communicate with my friends who I don’t see that often. Therefore, electronics and social media are a huge part of my everyday life.…

Due to the negative impact our company has made to the local traffic, I have thoroughly analyzed our workforce's transportation methods and provided potential solutions. I've conducted an employee survey discussing employee carpool habits, public transportation, and telecommunication. Employee Carpool Habits In the following chart, I recorded how many employees carpool and divided the responses into four categories : Every day , Certain days , Randomly , Never . As shown in Figure 1, out of…

well-being. Workers who have worked via telecommuting have reported higher strategic planning skills as well as higher self-reports of productivity. They tend to have higher satisfaction levels for work and higher levels of family and life satisfaction. Even with the possible negative side effects of telecommuting, such as feelings of alienation due to lack of face-to-face interactions, there are many positive outcomes that could happen because of telecommuting. From personal experience, my aunt…

increasingly available for use by the public. One major advantage to the internet was that people could work from home by telecommuting, or working with a group or boss over the internet (Mallus, "Telecommuting: the Workplace of the 90 's"). With telecommuting, women could still have a rewarding and stress reducing job while also raising kids and running a household. The Internet and telecommuting greatly increased the ways that women could enter and participate in the…

at the computer screen. And individual that takes unpaid leaves, which are broken away from the workforce without getting any sort of payment. Paid leave is basically getting paid for the time you have taken off without doing any work. Whereas telecommuting is working from home either by e-mail, the Internet or by telephone and getting paid for that which is totally different from paid leave because the person is working from home and getting paid the same way they would if they were coming into…

Davis should take into consideration in order to avoid turnovers, for example, provide transportation to employees so they do not have to pay for parking, offer a 4 days and 10 hours shift, or 3 days and 12 hours shift, and last but not least, telecommuting. Transportation could play a significant role in this regards because employees have expressed their frustration about paying a high cost for parking in downtown. When employees notice that employers care about their needs and provide them…

Other important motivational theories include Herzberg’s motivation and hygiene theory that divides motivation among two different factors such as hygiene factors – pay and job benefits and motivation factors – achievements and acknowledgment. The presence or absence of these four subcategories in motivation and hygiene theory directly or indirectly result in dissatisfaction among employees. However, in a case of Rainbow Trust Children Charity, it is observed that it would be appropriate for the…

1. Have you ever worked with anyone like Jenny (in the opening case of the chapter), either in school or at a job? Discuss your experiences and how you handled working with this person. They say there is always that one person who acts a certain way if you don’t know that person, you are that person. This situation applies to me because honestly I am the Jenny in the situation. I do not mean to act standoffish or come off as cold however I suffer from anxiety. At social settings I tend to stick…

mainstream and shockingly successful -the workstation most company head honchos oblige individuals to report to consistently really frustrates workers ' capacity to carry out their employment. A mixture of game plans, such as a 60/40 split between telecommuting and working in the workplace, permit representatives to collaborate with work colleagues in the workplace, while additionally picking different areas for work where concentration is…