Casual employment

Strategic Plan Employees unionize when wages are low, working conditions are unsafe, and leadership treats them unfairly (Timur, Taras, & Ponak, 2012). The General Materials and Fabrication Corporation (GMFC) Smallsville, Kentucky manufacturing plant is tasking the human resources (HR) department to develop a strategic plan to avoid unionization. The plan will target the three areas of contention between employers and employees, as well as alternative employee initiatives and staffing…

Structure and Culture to Achieve Job Performance and Satisfaction When a person is looking to make a change in employment, they look at where their expertise or domain of knowledge can be utilized while gaining to better himself or herself. In that quest, I believe that there are two key deciding factors, how a prospective company is structured and the manner in which the employees interact and perform their work together. When these two factors are satisfied, then the employee will…

Corporations are a vital need in today’s global society. People need corporations due to the global scale of trade and supply and demand of all products. Yes we need corporations, but laws should be implemented to limit their control of power. Corporations make a lot of money and in doing so they look at the bigger picture. In other words: corporations break laws to gain a much larger profit and if they get caught they just pay a fine with their much large profits, and this means nothing to them…

Women are disrespected in the workplace. Women have struggled a lot to find their self-worth and identity in the workplace, women feel as if they have to keep proving themselves Every time to these male - dominated jobs and never getting the credit that they deserve at the end. Women feel discriminated and unappreciated because nobody is giving them support that they need in the workplace this is why women have struggles with finding their identity in the workplace. The speaker in "the…

Introduction New employees require a level of training and introduction to a new position or company, onboarding is that vehicle. Onboarding is, among many things, the socialization and introduction for new employees (Nifadkar & Bauer, 2015). The onboarding process allows newcomers to develop social bonds, master task-related components, and enhance adjustments and increase performance (Bauer, Bodner, Erdogan, Truxillo, & Tucker, 2007). For a positive, productive workplace environment all…

As I approached him I noticed my language towards the customer was still casual but respectful. This however, would not be as casual as I would communicate to a family member or with my friends. I was attentive and supportive towards the customer, suggesting which products would be helpful with the existing products he had; for example he wanted to purchase…

Many high school students have a difficult time making the crucial decision of which career they want to invest their life in. Luckily, if a student wants to make an impact on the world, one option is to save people’s lives by operating on their brains. However, if a student wants to enjoy the life of a neurologist, he/she should have specific skills and knowledge and certain personal styles. Furthermore, a student should ponder whether they have the courage, confidence, and dedication needed to…

Does the United States truly support its citizens and allow them to prosper? In Barbara Ehrenreich’s book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America, Ehrenreich investigates this question by living as a low-wage worker for three months in cities around the United States. Her experiences teach her that as her jobs change, so does her place in society. Nickel and Dimed effectively argues that low-wage jobs severely restrict the workers’ mobilities and that American society does not properly…

This summer, I interned for Stonegate Mortgage Corporation’s Information Technology Department, located in Carmel, IN. During the duration of my internship I was exposed to things I had not experienced from my prior internship at Pacers Sports and Entertainment, nor from classwork at Butler University. Overall, the experience at Stonegate Mortgage has been a positive one, filled with mistakes I learned from; the primary lesson learned during the internship was that some projects may seem perfect…

The staff turnover rate within the UK is ever changing and poses a continuous problem for UK organisations. A rate in which changes with economic conditions and the ageing population (CIPD factsheet 2013) makes organisations have to adapt and employ certain strategies to combat difficulties which could leave a company at a disadvantage. It is these strategies employed which is the focus for evaluation as some are more beneficial than others and some are industry dependant as to how effective…