Absenteeism

Introduction: “We like to give people the freedom to work where they want, safe in the knowledge that they have the drive and expertise to perform excellently, whether they [are] at their desk or in their kitchen. Yours truly has never worked out of an office, and never will”. This has been quoted by Richard Branson, Founder and Chairman of Virgin Group who worked a lot for the freedom of his staff. Workplace flexibility refers to the changing working patterns that is different from the normal…

transmission of microbes. Ineffective hand hygiene is a nationwide problem. Despite practice recommendations, effective hand hygiene continues to remain a problem, affecting absenteeism rates from school and transmission of microbes among school age students. Almost half of school aged students have acquired an infection causing absenteeism from school. Frequent hand-to–mouth and close contact activities without proper hand washing, put school age students at a higher risk for acquiring or…

What approaches to justifying the investment might Sylvia consider? To justify IAs investment of an HRIS, Sylvia can consider the risk avoidance strategy. This strategy is used when investments eliminate or mitigate significant future risks faced by the organization (pg. 340). Sylvia’s task was to complete the Equal Employment Opportunity Report. If she was unable to complete the report, the company could have faced a huge penalty. The HRIS was also out into place to process employee records and…

unfavorably affect safety and quality of care. Moreover, healthcare organizations are struggling with an ongoing nursing shortage, which is projected to grow in the near future based on nurses retiring (Center for American Nurses, 2015) According to the American Nurses Association (2015), lateral violence is one of the main reasons nurses leave or plan to leave the profession; negative effects, such as (a) decreased job satisfaction, (b) reduced organizational commitment, (c) decreased personal…

sick, and vacation leave. Telework has many advantages including increase in work productivity, quality of life, and it reduces employee’s personal costs. Organizations see a reduction in real estate costs and a decrease in employee turnover and absenteeism (Benefits of Telework, 2015).Employees who work for organizations who offer telework are more productive, happier, and are less likely to leave for other…

When children hear the term "year-round schools", their faces may become full of disgust. However, year round school can be a major benefit to not only students, but also teachers and the school itself. A year round school calendar should be mandatory because it improves academic performance, teacher job satisfaction, and the financial state of the school. Year round school has been proven to improve students' attitudes towards school. Many students prefer year-round school as opposed to the…

Antibiotics have saved more lives since the early 1900’s than almost any other medication. (HealthyChildren.org, 2016) It can be observed that antibiotics have several benefits and disadvantages. They’re quite effective, reducing the number of absenteeism from school and work but also the overexposure to antibiotics causes strains of bacteria to survive the exposure and pass on their resistance trait. Therefore the suitable solution would to reduce inappropriate antibiotic use in patients and…

Project Strategy and Planning When planning for the Alliance Prototype Project, we took a very structured approach. Group members were assigned formal roles, which were then used to delegate portions of the planning document. Each section of the planning document was completed individually, but was revised at a follow up meeting where the group discussed their rationale behind each of their decisions. When formulating the scope statement, our Quality Manager focused on key deliverables and…

If someone has a Body Mass Index (BMI) between 25.0 and 29.9, he or she is considered overweight, while a person with a BMI of 30.0 or higher, is classified as obese. Poor nutrition and physical inactivity contribute significantly to being overweight and obese. During the past 20 years, there has been a dramatic increase in obesity rates in the U.S. In 2014, no state had a prevalence of obesity less than 21%. Forty-five states had a prevalence of 25% or more; Texas was one of those states,…

My ADDIE project will cover diversity and equality. I want to teach individuals about the importance of diversity and equality in the workplace. Many people in contemporary society are not fully educated about how diversity and inclusion is the fundamental way of shaping employees’ and its organizations. As the workforce demographics progress and global markets emerge, workplace diversity growths closer to becoming an enterprise necessity that companies want to display their commitment to…