Women in higher education: Exploring historically and in the present, the links between educational achievement, feminism and struggles for workplace equality
Thesis - 8 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The continued discrimination against women in higher education, and in the career path after graduation, is the topic of this essay. It is based upon a review of literature covering the subject of women's acceptance into higher education programs, the kinds of programs they excel in, and the...
Diversity at the workplace
Thesis - 35 pages - Human resources
Ways to maximize benefits of an increasingly diverse workforce and client base is a continuing concern for organizational leadership. The current processes for managing diversity continues to be necessary but are not sufficient enough to result in effective outcomes in 21st century organizational...
Examine critically the advantages of a culturally diverse workplace in a global business world: Essay
Thesis - 7 pages - Management
Today the business world is becoming global. The interaction between countries and ventures, all around the world. Multinational companies have never been this important or powerful. Because of the augmentation of the interaction between different nationalities different cultures, people are...
Diversity of the workplace
Tutorials/exercises - 34 pages - Human resources
Ways to maximize benefits of an increasingly diverse workforce and client base is a continuing concern for organizational leadership. The current processes for managing diversity continues to be necessary but is not sufficient to result in effective outcomes, in the 21st century's organizational...
Reforming the workplace
Thesis - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences
The study of the sociology of work reveals that work plays a very significant role on our society, and over the last few centuries the nature of work has changed drastically, thus changing the nature of society along with it - from an industrial to a post-industrial society. The nature of work in...
Organizational behavior: Communication in the workplace
Thesis - 5 pages - Management
Communication theory presupposes the ability of different members in a conversation, the interlocutors, to be able to exchange language with each other which leads toward a comprehendible meaning. Unfortunately, if neither of these individuals speak the same language, or are not suitably...
A closer look at corporate productivity: Reducing occupational stress and enhancing team effectiveness at workplace
Essay - 5 pages - Management
Developing productive workplaces has long captured the attention of many organizations. Issues such as occupational stress and lack of teamwork can, however, hinder corporate development. Occupational stress has been researched extensively within the industrial-organization psychology...
Key cases of corporate ethics in the workplace
Essay - 7 pages - Management
Organizational leadership requires an understanding of organizational goals, the ability to reach these goals without violating the law or ethical standards, and the ability to communicate these goals to employees and the public. The issue of diversity is also important as it relates to ethics...
A Multigenerational Working World
Essay - 1 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Today's workplace is multigenerational. Indeed, for some decades, we can identify 5 generations who have to work side by side within a single workplace. This co-living isn't only due to the put off of retirement age, but also to the fact that younger generations start...
Gender inequality and work/life balance
Summary - 1 pages - Labor law
Individuals spend most of their time in the workplace; therefore an appropriate legal framework should be put in place to protect their rights but also quality of life, regardless of their sex. In this report, women's rights in the workplace will be tackled first, then the...
Employee Motivation - All About Analytics
Case study - 4 pages - Management
Cultural diversity in the workplace is not just a trendy topic; it is a fact that organizations have to face in order to remain competitive in the global market. Like many organizations, All About Analytics acknowledges that the correct way of managing diversity can lead to high levels of...
Reassessing Global Supply Chains: Challenges and Reshoring in the Wake of a Pandemic
Essay - 2 pages - Purchasing & supply chain
The global supply chain is a highly integrated system, which consists of a heterogeneous network of several partners that are situated in different countries and continents. The first key task to overcome in managing the wide area of cultural diversity is to understand cultural diverse...
Community-oriented Policing, Multicultural Community Relations, and Law Enforcement
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
Community-oriented policing (COP) explains the principle that promotes institutional strategies that back the general utilization of unions and problem-resolution methods to actively deal with the direct circumstances causing public safety problems. Law enforcement refers to the activity of...
Office Politics and Sexual Harassment
Essay - 6 pages - Human resources
The workplace provides a platform in which different personalities come together and work towards a common goal. However, the performance of these individuals and the entire corporation may be derailed by sexual harassment. Within the corporate world, sexual harassment is recognized as a...
Questions on Management and Leadership
Tutorials/exercises - 5 pages - Management
This document is made of five questions regarding management and leadership, and how important the latter is in a workplace environment.
Noordhoek's Nectar
Business plan - 7 pages - Startup, entrepreneurship
Noordhoek's Nectar is my community plant project that provides customers with access to locally grown, organic fruits and vegetables, aiming to offer a healthy alternative to supermarket chains. Unemployed individuals will assist with projects, learning how to grow, maintain, and harvest...
Business Communications
Essay - 3 pages - Communication
The paper emphasizes understanding the basic pillars of communication and how they apply in the professional world. The communication process comprises several stages, beginning with the sender formulating an idea and encoding it into a message (Guffey & Loewy, n.d.). The message then moves...
Dimensions of Culture
Case study - 5 pages - Human resources
Being an American worker at Quangtrongization makes it crucial to understand the cultural undertones of our daily work experiences. The US culture is noted chiefly for its individualistic, motivated, and democratic values. This value chart is instrumental in determining how we approach work, work...
Inequalities Against Women in India
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
The social framework of India is mainly responsible for the persistence of gender-based violence (GBV), as there are persistent gender disparities that stem from patriarchal practices. In India, dowry, child marriages, child murder, selective terminations of pregnancy, sex trafficking, sexual...
Toxic Leadership and its Effects on Employee Retention in Project Management: A Literature Map
Litterature review - 3 pages - Management
Leadership is very key to the successful running of organizations in today's fast-evolving business world, more so in project management. Then comes toxic leadership, of which the results can be very serious, such as but not limited to decreased morale and organizational effectiveness,...
Women and Society
Tutorials/exercises - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences
The gendered politics of housework have long been a focal point of unequal distribution of household chores and responsibilities based on gender roles within a household. The gendered politics phenomenon in the housework context has been extensively explored in sociology and gender studies,...
Description of a Cultural Conflict
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Culture, religion & civilization
The document is an English assignment that helps you prepare a description of a cultural conflict in the form of writing. Cultural conflicts mostly emerge when the values and rules of a cultural group substantially vary, but the cultural members keep coming into contact with one another. (...)...
The Role of Industrial Production in Labour Organizing
Tutorials/exercises - 3 pages - Modern history
A look back at the development of the labour movement in Niagara can be traced back to the commercial capitalism facilitated by the construction of the well and canal. In this period, the majority of waged workers involved in the construction were unskilled laborers. Their lack of skills became...
Pay and reward package benefit both employers and employees
Essay - 4 pages - Management
Reward describe by (Bloom and Milkovich, 1996: 25) as "bundle of returns offered in exchange for a cluster of employee contributions" is a combination of financial and non-financial components that is attributed to the employees depending on several factors such as the legal, ethical and the...
Best Fit and Best Practice Approaches in Strategic HRM
Case study - 9 pages - Human resources
The idea of an institution may mean different concepts to different people depending on the underlying professional and academic orientation. Nonetheless, the idea of an institution may get perceived as a discipline that involves regulations, politics, public administration, psychology, and...
Management of People and Organizations: Lessons from the Sinking of the SS El Faro
Thesis - 7 pages - Management
In an increasingly competitive business environment, companies are faced with the challenge of constantly adapting to ever-changing conditions. People in management positions ought to bring the most significant benefit to the organization, which entails the know-how of effective leadership (Gonos...
The globe and Mail, Canada's top employers raise the bar - Diane Jermyn (2018) - How Canadian employers work to make the lives of their employees better?
Law article commentary - 1 pages - Linguistics & languages
Employers are setting up programs to boost their employees' productivity from leadership training and formal mentoring to experiential initiatives. Personal development programs, which enable them to improve as individuals by developing good emotional intelligence, i.e. learning to manage...
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
Essay - 2 pages - Other law subjects
In the 1960's, our country went through many significant transformations. The Civil Rights Acts of 1964 which was passed by President Lyndon Johnson gave enormous rights to black people, women, all ethnic groups, and the Act made it illegal to discriminate against people for trivial reasons....
Contemporary Management
Tutorials/exercises - 5 pages - Management
In Westernized countries, and particularly in Europe, we are currently witnessing a demographic transition, particularly in the form of an aging population (Rudakova & al., 2023). Against this backdrop, the emergence of the silver economy demonstrates the stakes involved in this transition and...
Business Ethics and Social Responsibility - published: 08/03/2024
Case study - 17 pages - Business strategy
The paper discussed is written by Dirk Lindebaum, Deanna Geddes & Yannis Gabriel, under title 'Moral Emotions and Ethics in Organizations : Introduction to the Special Issue'1, published in the Journal of Business Ethics in 2017. The authors propose to introduce the reader to the...
