Employment classifications

Introduction In 2003, Nicholas Carr wrote an article that made huge waves in the business world called “IT Doesn’t Matter”. The article’s main premise is that modern IT has evolved into a necessary infrastructure, that it no longer serves the purpose of giving companies a distinct competitive edge, but remains a necessary commodity (Carr, 2003). The paper highlights the business trend adopted by many companies, that of saving resources by moving away from internally developed software and…

As workers were mistreated during the late 19th century, the labor movement was then created to have better working conditions, such as reducing their hours, forming workplace protections, and increasing wages. Since workers were being mistreated, they came together to form labor unions such as the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor. With the creation of labor organizations, the involvement of corporate power, as well as the idea of nativism, it affected the formation of the…

Introduction Human resource policy is a way an organization can protect its employees from themselves and from other employees. A policy manual should include all areas that an employee needs protection or education. The four policies that take precedence are equal pay, internet and e-mail use, workplace bullying, and sexual harassment. Each of these policies derive from the basic ethical guidelines of human nature. Romans 12:10 states, “Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one…

The Key to Scoring a Job The phases of receiving a job is simple. The applicant looks for a job, fills out an application, gets a call from the hiring manager if they are interested, schedules an interview, get hired or the interviewee has to wait around the telephone for a few days to see if they got the job or not. Several individuals fail to prepare on the upcoming events and happen to lose out on the opportunity of a job due to several reasons. One reason is not having a resume when…

How someone is treated in the workplace will impact on how professional they are in their job. While working at a previous educational setting I felt, although the school worked well, information was not shared well with every member of staff. good communication is, in my opinion, a key component to professionalism. You feel a more valued member of the team if information and decisions are shared with you. Although I understand not all information can be shared due to confidentiality, it is…

their tour and welcomes them to the company. This type of welcoming environment is one of the reasons Bayer scored a 92 per cent in employment engagement in 2014; it starts at day one. They focus on work-life balance, encourage community involvement and employee participation. The amount of rewards offered has made it a highly sought out place to work in its 2014 employment engagement survey, keeping their employee 's happy means they don 't want to leave. Recommendations to the Wilson Brothers:…

The Real-Life MBA Within the book, The Real-Life MBA by Jack and Suzy Welch, there are a great number of takeaways that can be used within the business world, whatever sector that may be. Within the ski industry these same principles of business apply. Being invested within the ski industry for the greater portion of my life I was able to apply much of the advice provided within the book to my career. Core structuring and investments are critical steps in creating a lasting successful business…

Diego Andrade Mrs. Williams English 73x October 10, 2016 Drive In the book Drive by Daniel F. Pink he talks about how the use of rewards and punishments to control our employees prediction is an antiquated way of managing people. Pink advocates that one way on how to maximize the employees enjoyment and productivity of 21st century work is by upgrading our philosophy so that it can include autonomy, mastery and purpose. Pinks theory of moving from motivation 2.0 to motivation 3.0 is extremely…

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is self-actualization, which is the need to fulfill potential, and to have meaningful goals (Gerrig & Zimbardo, 2010). Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is relevant to employment because a vast majority of people rely on their job to achieve goals. In today’s society, many people use their employment as a source for their ability to eat (biological), as well as being capable of providing a home (safety), and can also satisfy an employee’s need to belong or to affiliate…

Avoiding Negative OB Impact The idea behind all of this is to understand what should be the organization position and how to promote and apply OB to keep a positive OB and eliminate any negative effect of OB that may arise from company position in certain area or aspect of the organization. On the one hand, a motivated individual who is cost-effective with the job, will always perform beyond expectations and therefore employee productivity will not be affected. On the other hand individual who…