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Having healthy relationships with coworkers and managers is very important. When things aren’t going well with them at work it will carry over into other areas of your life. One characteristic of an unhealthy relationship with a coworker would be them always complaining and telling you all of their problems. This not only is unpleasant to listen to but will drag you down and stress you out unnecessarily. It’s important not to dwell on your own personal problems and struggles in the workplace;…

Argyris studies how machine workers left the factory because they could work out of the factory for almost the same wage. They interviewed eighteen people and eleven of them work full or part time out doors. All of them were rate above average workers by management. An interesting thing was that all the people had seniority and were not new hires. An interesting thing that Argyris says that conflict can lead to people work harder to climb the latter and become the leader. This is an interesting…

Lucy McCormick, of ‘GET IN THE BACK OF THE VAN’ (GITBOTV), influenced my practice through her solo workshop and subsequent conversations because I found her style and attitude towards creative work particularly stimulating and we share an enthusiasm for pushing theatrical boundaries. Her approach demonstrates that, “the question of boundaries and extremes is always in the room” (McCormick, 2014). In our workshop on ‘The Importance of Being Ernest’ Lucy got one of my classmates, Laura, to chew…

This presentation fits into our class because it talks about why people at work are not as productive as they should be. This is important because many bosses assume that many of their workers are wasting time online and on social media such as Facebook and Twitter when in actuality, the biggest productivity killers are meetings and managers (M&Ms). In addition, it is also important because so many companies waste money on building offices when many people do not even prefer working at an office…

Being out of the office can have many other positive effects with 57% of employees feeling much higher levels of morale (Hughson & Goodman, 1986) which in return can help increase productivity. There are many reasons that this increase in morale can be noticed, this includes anything from avoiding stress to greater autonomy (Dahlstrom, 2013). In an office setting there can be many distractions that can pull employees' attention away from work. This can make getting back to work difficult for…

not monetary value, that is the reward. Monetary value, such as money, has a finite term of life; in other words, it’s scare and the scenario of it running out is always inevitable. However, the intrinsic valuable commodity, such as respect, that is shown through the degree of autonomy and freedom that is bestowed upon the employee never runs out. When a manager gives the full degree of freedom to his or her employee, they are telling the employee that they’re not only competent enough to…

From my interview, I focus on employees in residential restaurants. Neener has basically two teams in the restaurant: professional team and student team. Professional team includes Neener, a unit manager, a chef, other lower managers and supervisors, and professional staffs. Student team includes student managers, student supervisors, and student staffs. Neener will get reports from the unit manager and the chef who are responsible for daily operations. For student employees, there are student…

all go free and scare them off. One day, Sherman asked Lincoln if he wanted Jefferson Davis to be captured or allowed to escape when the time came. Lincoln replied with a short story about an old lecturer who was very by the book. One day, while out on a ride in the hot son, he stopped by a friend’s house. The friend offered him a drink of lemonade and even offered to add in a little something stronger. The man replied saying he was opposed to it on principle, but if he added some in…

Slowly, both the Indian, as well as foreign companies, were started adopting the work culture of each other (Prasad, 2012). Consequently, Prasad (2012) suggested that the condition is making a balance between Indian and foreign work cultures, even though it is forcing the government to make changes in the labor legislations accordingly for the inclusion of more diversified workforce and culture. In summary, we could see that the values of acknowledging the diversity in religion, ethnicity, and…

victims complain about chores, homework or work; also they are always making excuses to not do what they are supposed to be doing. In my case I had to experience with a Suendy a classmate of mine refused to help out her team. She always had an excuse to why she was not able to help us out. All started last semester on fall 2015 in Reading class. Everything was going fine at the beginning of the semester; the instructor explained well all the lecture, work and homework. Then she started asking…