Essays on Absenteeism

Ergonomics refers to the process of changing the job making it easier for the workers. It enables the matching of equipment, work methods, and tools with the workers. The ergonomic application should be practiced in a way that it benefits, workers through the betterment of work procedures and task designs. Adding the consciousness of personnel to the importance of implementing ergonomics paves the way for both the employees and the management to work together and acquire primary benefits for the employees’ health. Many researchers have discovered that ergonomics is more efficient when the employees and the management work hand ...

Abstract

The paper involves studying the importance of Work-life balance to enhance employee productivity. The aspect of this paper is importance because labor is one of the essential factors for a company’s success and managers should know how to tap into that resource efficiently to achieve overall success. The study will detail a brief introduction regarding WLB, its importance and benefits to both employees and employers.

Introduction

Work-life balance is a combination of three words work, life and balance. Work is the physical and mental activities one does on a daily basis to attain a salary at the end of ...

The Contingency Theory of Leadership was developed by the psychologist Fred Fiedler in the 1950s initially as a series of measurements and then formalized as a theory in the late 1960s (Fiedler, 1967). The essential tenet of the Contingency Theory of Leadership is that there is no one single best model of leadership, but the situation will dictate the method and leadership style (Mills & McKimm, 2016). The focus tends to be on the leader being able to correctly read the situation and adapt the style of leadership accordingly. The theory states that the effectiveness of a leader is dependent ...

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Introduction Organizational stress, commonly known as work stress, is one of the top reasons for stress among people. In a survey conducted by Pleiter, it was found that 64% of the stress can be attributed to financial problems and 60% of the stress can be attributed to organizational issues or work related stress (Pleiter, 2015). Organizational stress and its impact on employee productivity and organization’s profitability has been a topic of research for many decades. Causes of ...

Situation

- Kim needs to arrange medical help for the female staff worker who had fallen from the chair and enquire if she could work. If she is not in working condition anymore, it is important that she is replaced by someone temporarily from Public area. - Talking to the afternoon shift supervisor and informing about the added activities and need to allocate staff for housekeeping for achieving their targets timely. - Ensuring the Level 5 rooms are ready for the group of Japanese Tourists before they arrive back from their bus tour. - Checking the performance of staff working ...

Managing organizational behavior is an approach to create effective human behavior in the organization. It investigates the actions and attitude of the employee towards each other and organization. It affects the individual and organizational performance and may create complexities in the organizational culture. I have chosen the case study of HealthSouth Corporation that covers the impact of ethical leadership on employee job performance and the company growth. HealthSouth Corporation is providing health care services and based in the United States. The organization is serving the nation with the team of best employees. It is specialized in different health care ...

Introduction

Job Attitudes remains to be a critical element in any setting to assess the employee perception, feeling and commitment to the organization. Organizations undertake assessments to assess job attitudes in order to understand their perception regarding the job. WS Inc. The company has undergoing higher turnover in the past. There are relative changes that are implemented by the organization to enhance employee’s satisfaction. In this report, analysis of job attitude working at WS Inc. The company is determined. For this data is gathered through survey questionnaire and analyzed using quantitative analysis techniques to summarize job attitudes of the ...

I would like to bring your attention to two of the most pressing concerns that we have been facing in our organization with regards to our workforce: absenteeism and employees reporting to work late. After extended internal research, I have compiled this report to identify the internal and external factors contributing towards these problems. Towards the end of the report I have included certain recommendations that can be implemented to resolve these issues and improve the company’s bottom line.

Employee Absenteeism

As Figure 1 illustrates, transportation and poor health are the primary reasons due to which the company has been ...

Emma Williams’s Case

Arbitration is a formal process for determining a grievance between parties in a conflict. A labor arbitration process involves an employment-related dispute between an employer and employee. The authority of an arbitral award comes from the binding arbitral clause in a contract of employment or the authority given by the parties through the appointment (Walras, 2013). An arbitrator has quasi-judicial powers to investigate, listen to the grievances of the parties and provide a decision, which is binding on all parties involved in dispute. However, arbitration must be launched on time to have a force of law. The dispute in ...

Leadership entails the ability of an individual to apply his leadership Knowledge and skills to influence his follower’s so as to accomplish the organizational goals. A good leader is one who has high regard for his employees and always sees the best out of their abilities. According to Surllivan (2013) an effective leader is one who has specific knowledge and skills about the about an organizations working condition and is always confident while dispensing his duties. Kershaw (2013) in his submission reiterated that most people have a misconception about what effective leadership is all about. A good leader ...

INTRODUCTION

With the changing business dynamics, one has to be on top of their game to make the best out of every opportunity. For maximum profitability, one has to maximize all the resources and most especially the human resource which is the main core of any industry. Human resource constitutes part of the high expenditures. If not carefully handled, one will be running the business at massive losses. The only way to make maximum use of the human resource is to adapt more competitive and cost efficient methods to manage the human resource. It should be noted that they are ...

Fantasy Organization

Workplace safety is paramount in every organization, and OSHA requires that there should be OSH standards that have to be complied to ensure that the work environment is safe for the employees. Companies lose millions of dollars every year due to work-related injuries and penalties due to lack of compliance with this standard (Safety and Health Add Value, 2016). The US Department of Labor formulates safety policies, requires that every company comply with those regulations. Employee safety is often a priority for every company, and it is the role of the management to ensure that attaining the safety goals ...

Improving Organization Retention: A Case Study

Introduction In any business organization, it is important to keep the employees motivated and willing to work. By extension, it is necessary to keep their morale high so that the work atmosphere becomes positive, thereby encouraging productivity and efficiency in the workplace. Because of this, there are specific theories in business and work that focus on motivating employees and making them happy and contented with regard to their work environment. This includes addressing any problems and issues in the overall work environment, identifying all factors associated with employee productivity and working around them, and improving the work atmosphere and ...

Stakeholders Relationships and Company Performance

Employees are valuable assets to the company as they determine the fate of the company success. The management of any business needs to treat their employees in the best way possible so that they remain loyal to the enterprise. In the marketing department, the employees in this department are vital as they sell the image of the company to the public. Personnel in this department have a direct interaction with customers to the organization. Marketing and hospitality tend to be similar as customer loyalty depends on the treatment they receive when they interact with the company employees or agents. ...

Absenteeism in Workplace

Introduction Absenteeism is one of the reasons that have a negative effect on the employee and the workplace. As the majority of businesses are dependent on their employees working in teams and completing tasks assigned, it becomes challenging for completing work tasks when employees are absent. Employee absenteeism can be expensive when it it becomes habitual as businesses suffers from the non-completing of tasks and increased burden on other employees. Absenteeism is also linked directly to the fall in productivity of teams within businesses, and organization uses other employees and hires supplemental employees to ensure their work is not ...

Training Program

Lorraine Sutton & Donna Piromalli Leaders in Relationship Training Can you afford to lose talented staff, valuable time and money? Workplace disputes, which are ignored or mismanaged, cause emotional stress and harm to people. They are costly and damaging to your organisation. Disputes erode company’s culture and staff morale. If an organisation suffers loss of productivity and profitability, organisation and management can be at risk of litigation.

Investing in “Tools4Life - Developing People 4 Success”

What propels your organization, managers, and staff to achieve your goals? “Tools4Life” offers a unique program that cuts through predictable politics, working with people to find the root cause of the disputes ...

Describe three contemporary views of leadership. Which view do you think is the most important? Why?

Leadership is perceived as behavioral, contingency and charismatic (Goertzen). The behavioral theory perceives a leader's personality traits to determine performance as well as other results. The behavior of a leader is the central point in this model of leadership. The situational contingency leadership ties leadership to both traits and behavior. A leader’s traits and their relevance to a particular situation determine the effectiveness of the leader. This leadership model is subject to other factors such as the leader-member relationship between the leader and the members, position and task structure. The charismatic leader is also referred to as the ...

According to Mittal, and Vikas (330), a business continuity plan is an outline that an enterprise develops about the core activities to undertake after an emergency or disastrous event happen to the organization. Let us take for instance when a company is faced with fire outbreak, the plan that it would write down to follow after the incident is a business continuity plan. It involves planning for the essential goods or services that the company can continue to offer for the market. It also sets up the departments that need to be operational as the company recovers towards the ...

Introduction

Background of the Study Hospitality companies constantly require to ensure the satisfaction level of its employees. It is due to the fact that the companies are more effective when they take steps to satisfy their employees (Langton, Robbins & Judge, 2007). The satisfied employees are considered an effective labor force and they become the key asset for the company’s effectiveness (Tepper, Lockhart & Hoobler, 2001). Various authors have identified the organizational performance as well as the willingness of employees to have sound working conditions. According to Jin-Zhao and Jing (2009) human resources are one of the key parts of the ...

Introduction

The Sustainable Organizational Change project asked members of the class to form groups of 3-4 people. I teamed up with 3 other members of the class, Cameron, Taylor, and Nathan. This essay is a reflection of my experiences working in a team for this project. According to Tuckman’s stages of group development (Wood at al., 2006), we are in the forming stage, in which ‘the team meets and learns about the opportunities and challenges, and then agrees on goals and begins to tackle the tasks.’ Our group expressed these goals in the Team Charter. These goals centered on ...

HRM Issues in an Insurance Company

The Cases discussed below are related to Human Resource Management, experienced by the author as a human resource manager in an Australian Health Insurance firm. Each case has some distinct features typical of HR function and are addressed by the author using the relevant theories and practices on the issues. The cases are presented below

Scenario 1

This case represents a situation where a young male employee GS has been promoted as the manager in a regional office which is comparatively smaller than his previous location. His team consists of mainly part time female members, with similar and educational backgrounds and ...

Synopsis of the chapter on essential elements of individual behavior in organizations

The section on essential aspects of individual behavior in organizations is a critical overview of the features and attributions of an employee and the practices within the organization. The case that forms the baseline of the chapter relates to individuals such as Bernie Madoff whose psychopathic behaviors and narcissism attributes contributed to the fall of the NASDAQ corporation. The case exemplifies on the different elements of behavior in workplaces that motivate people and propel their success or failure to perform. The chapter illustrates and highlights all the personal features that make up productive or unproductive behaviors in organizations. First, ...

Under this section, the impact of Occupational Health and Safety Legislation on both the behavior of an employer and employee is discussed. When both the employers and employees fully understand the need or importance of health and safety programs, they become alert in their behavior since awareness about the potential hazards, to which the office staff is exposed, among all organizational members increases. Resultantly, employers and employees can now prevent illness and injury at the workplace. When employers get to know about the legislation concerning health and safety programs, they tend to display a responsible behavior. Not only they ...

Essay Questions

Essay Questions 1. Within the classroom over the past 12 years of my experience, I have experienced numerous challenges due to the fact that I have worked with students with disabilities from age birth to sixth grade. Teaching within itself can be met head-on with challenges but when throwing the added factor that many of the students with whom I have worked with have had some sort of physical, mental or emotional disability, one instructional challenge I have faced is teaching a child who was not only disabled but could barely speak Spanish, which was used primarily in the ...

Chapter 1: Introduction

Education is one of the most appreciated element in life and most often than not, people struggle to put in their best to ensure that they achieve the best from education. Parents strive to take their children to school so that they get a quality education and even input a lot of resources such as finances and time so that their children can have the best education can offer. Teachers are also trained in different institutions that enhance their qualification so that they produce skilled individuals who can teach students professionally and help build their future through the subjects ...

In healthcare sector, evidence-based practice is currently one of the most growing applications and trend in nursing informatics (Kaminski, 2014). Its application can be witnesses in various areas such as nursing education, administration, research, and practice. The main aim of the evidence-based practice is to promote the patient care by deciding on the most suitable nursing practice as well as increase the numbers of solution for health providers to choose from in giving care to patient. The overarching goal of evidence-based practices is to transfer health care choices, actions, and decisions to more of research, theoretically-based and scientific level ( ...

Policy about Tardiness

Lateness policy in the organization is a fundamental human resource tool that will ensure that it is perceived by the employees as fair and considerate to them. Thus, an organization must have a policy document that enlists circumstances under which lateness for work can be condoned, Lateness can be defined as reporting to work at a time later than the conventionally- stipulated time, and this must be supported by viable sets of reasons (Secord, 2003). On the other hand, the policy statement should not have loopholes that would allow employees to be late, and make flimsy reasons with regards ...

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Absenteeism is an additional cost for a business. It can bring about unnecessary operational and financial cost for an organization Therefore, preventing and reducing absenteeism tends to produce improved organizational performance, higher profitability, and better revenues. Excessive absenteeism among employees can bring about several serious organizational issues such as declined employee productivity, reduce organizational performance, delayed target accomplishment and trail profitability of the organizational at large. Absenteeism could result in a numerous implicit and explicit factors that may range from an individual’s personal life issues to organizational settings and job structure. Some of the ...

Introduction

Incidences of horrific violence such as the 2012 shootout in Chardon, Ohio, has put immense pressure on the local agencies as well as states to provide the students with learning environments that are conducive and safe. The fatal day ended with three students dead (Losinski, Katsiyannis, Ryan & Baughan, 2014). The education system has been accused of being marred by inequalities in terms of socioeconomic conditions, race, and ethnic affiliations. These factors have been listed as some of the reasons that have led to incidences such as the above mentioned (Teske, 2011). Gage, Sugai, Lunde and DeLoreto (2013) suggest that ...

Section 1. The Problem

Asthma is a chronic airway condition affecting 6.3 million children or 8.6% of the population younger than 18 years (CDC, 2016). School-age children spend 6-7 hours of each day in school for 171-182 days per year (NCES, 2011). As such, the school is a suitable environment for asthma prevention and management. For instance, there are schools which have implemented asthma programs to educate students about asthma and self-management, develop asthma action plans, and create safe environments for learning (CDC, 2015). The chosen setting is a school district in a county in a northcentral U.S. state. It is composed of ...

1. Apply Behavior Modification to change Luke's behavior to what you would think is appropriate from your perspective. Luke is suffering from lack of attention and concentration in doing his work. Besides, he is addicted to using tobacco which may also make him have a withdrawal syndrome that might accelerate his lack of concentration. Use of reinforcement is one way through which behavior modification can assist Luke to change his behavior. It is worth noting that Luke needs more encouragement in his work to help him develop the interest and the passion to perform his duties and responsibilities without ...

Scenario 1

What theories of team behavior might assist GS in taking on his new role? In the given scenario, GS has been given a team of 24 employees who all have been working in the office for more than 5 years. This shows that all the team members are completely familiar with the organizational culture and norms, and are also well adjusted to their job roles. Furthermore, GS’s active interest in promoting conformity and harmony is also well-liked by all the team members, which also indicate that everyone is on the same page. These factors indicate that the team ...

Introduction

Most Organizations that employ a work force to reach their business goals are concerned about the performance of their staff. A good performance guarantees a good output and enhances the chance of realizing organizational goals. Human Resource Management is therefore assigned the challenging task of incorporating such features in a job that provide the operator with the necessary motivation to perform the assigned task to the best of his abilities. HR experts are of the view that unless an individual experiences a sense of fulfillment from his job he isn’t motivated sufficiently to perform well. Hence job satisfaction ...

Definition of Employee on Employee Abuse

Employee one Employee abuse has been given many names in different academic literature such as mobbing harassment, but workplace bullying seems to be most used term. According to Matthiesen and Einarsen, Workplace bullying of employee abuse can be defined as: “a situation in which one or more persons systematically and over a long period of time perceive themselves to be on the receiving end of negative treatment on the part of one or more persons, in a situation in which the person(s) exposed to the treatment has difficulty in defending themselves against this treatment” (Branch, Ramsay & Barker 280).

Forms of Employee Abuse

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Introduction to the literature review

Working mothers have called for UAE companies to be more flexible. They want companies to establish flexitime, a system that allocates the number of hours a woman would work in a week. For a long period, Emirati mothers have always dedicated their child-rearing duties to their nannies. The flexitime is said to help women balance between home and work responsibilities. In situations where women are expected to work for longer hours, they are constrained to perform domestic roles. According to Khoori (2015), the new system guarantees job satisfaction and improved productivity in the workplace. There are numerous uncertainties associated ...

It is only logical that companies make their employees’ health their business. This is because their productivity is highly dependent on the ability of their employees to complete certain tasks. Moreover, many had adapted wellness programs in the workplace. This paper will likewise provide the pros and cons of the programs.

PROS: REDUCE ABSENTEEISM

Absenteeism is the habitual or intentional absences made by employees. Among the many causes of absenteeism are harassment, stress, depression, illness, and injury (Forbes). Absenteeism is clearly unproductive and may compromise the profits of a company. As such, wellness programs that are implemented in the workplace were observed ...

According to W.H.O. the importance of worksite health promotion has always been understated in the past. This is rather unfortunate because the reason behind such an act is not based on credible or pragmatic studies. They are simply acts of ignorance . The truth can be understood by considering some of the health related facts of modern world. Nearly 50% of Americans have one chronic health condition and nearly half have multiple chronic ailments. More than 80% of medical spending goes toward the care of such health issues . The reciprocations of such problems usually hit, even though indirectly, mostly the ...

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Literature review Several works can be cited in the study of workplace nurseries with researchers exploring the same field to seek for evidence in support of the need for workplace nurseries. This section seeks to review the data as presented by various authors.

Necessity for workplace nurseries

Workplace nurseries serves a very crucial role in the work life of a woman. They not only encourage the women's productivity, but also motivates the women to perform even better, the presence of such centres in the workplaces will minimize the challenge of balancing life with work. Gives more time to attend to the kids and ...

Question 1: Explain the qualities associated with human resources that help an organization gain a sustainable competitive advantage?

The most important driving force in a business operation are the 4 Ps which include product, place, promotion and price. Human resource forms a great pillar in determining the successful combination of the same. For a business to be successful, it must have favorable human resource qualities that not only drive the organization towards its mission but also participate in joint development. The following qualities of human resource can help a company to gain a sustainable competitive advantage. Employing highly skilled human capital is a priority fact that can help the firm to attain an image advantage in the ...

Introduction

Basically, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) helps the employees balance their and family life. The FMLA entitles the eligible employees of the employers to take the unpaid and job-protected leave with the specified family and medical reason. The act emphasized that the covered employers offer up to twelve weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave to the certain eligible employee. A job-protected leave means that after returning from the FMLA leave, the employee has the right to go back to the equivalent job with the same benefits, pay, and job description. Correspondingly, the employee is entitled to ...

Writing Assignment 2

Revising the brainstorming list of the effects of stress on production at the work place reduces the original brainstorming list to the following effects; leads to absenteeism, high cost of compensation for stress-related illnesses, proper nutrition, numerous stress reduction techniques, good idea to carry out interviews so as to find out causes, levels, and extend of stress in the work place, low morale caused by stress, myth to see stress leading to success resulting to greater productivity (stress management workshop very successful in Carlifornia ), counseling, work overload, , wellness campaign, skills to relax (physical activity to relieve stress, setting priorities, ...

Quebec has been a notable leader in the struggle against climate change (Gouvernement du Québec, 2009). It has employed effective management strategies that have made it achieve higher targets than any other province in Canada. For instance, the average greenhouse gases emission per person is the lowest in the Quebec Province. Relevant policies, however, are essential in the adaptation of climate change. Quebec has found that it has been essential to integrate public administration of this course considering the achievements it has had so far. The government, in this context, is concerned with the social programs that have ...

The researchers have selected their organization Gap Inc. based in Ottawa to conduct research on the prevalent HR issues pertaining to employee compensation system and performance management. It should be highlighted that the major HR problem across GAP is their flawed remuneration system that result in poor rewards for employees despite their dedication and inclination for job. It should be emphasized that poor reward system adversely impacts employee financial targets and job fulfillment, which in turn leads to lack of job motivation, low confidence and trust relationship with employers, reduced desire for growth in existing organization, greater absenteeism and ...

Nurseries for Emirate women workers

Introduction The increasing need for nurseries for Emirati women underscores the centrality of childcare centres among these women. Workplace nurseries enable women to go to work and have their children care for. A study conducted by early childhood consultancy reported that many Emirati women have embraced the idea of taking their children to nurseries. Most of these women do not have an option because failure to utilize workplace nurseries implies that the must leave their children with people whose background they do not know (Nerein, 2011). The United Arab Emirate have 311 nurseries. Out of this number, only 26 ...

Introduction

The effective compensation and benefit system contributes to optimize the organizational effectiveness. The organizational effectiveness enhances with the effective performance of the employees as it directly impacts on the business performance. The system of compensation is very important to contribute to attract and retain the strongest performers from the market (Abdullah, 2009). The compensation and benefits system serves the needs of the organization to attract and retain the best employees and the motivation of these employees are very important for the growth in the productivity of the business. No one wills to work for such company lacking compensations and ...

Introduction

Anywork is a medium sized firm based in South West of England. It was formed in 2003 and specializes in providing services in plumbing and maintenance. Over the years, the business has built a strong customer base in the areas of its operations. Every fourth house in Devon returns to Any work for their repair service needs. The company has successfully evolved over the years due to its best practices in customer services making it easier for the customers to register complaints and get the solutions 24 hours a day. The company has efficient and well-drawn HR policies for ...

Obesity in Australia

Abstract This paper deals with the problem of obesity in Australia, which has been increasing through years and has a lot of negative impacts, notably not only on health, but also on economy and social sphere. The purpose of this study is to analyse opinions of the employers and employees about where the responsibility for addressing obesity lies and what obesity-related programs are expected to offer and are really offered in companies. The paper contains the statement of the obesity problem, reviewing of some previous researches, the evaluation of necessary special anti-obese measures in firms, significance of its importance, ...

Importance and Impacts of Mentoring

Abstract In the present paper, the impact of mentoring on students and employees has been investigated. It has been hypothesized that mentoring positively impacts their overall well-being if provided considering the specific conditions of mentees. Development Mentoring is an approach to school-based mentoring in which high school students work with junior elementary school mentees. Rhodes (2002) stated that around 50 percent peer-mentoring meetings end within initial three months. However, there is a lack of research conducted on premature meetings termination and mentors' absenteeism. Karcher study, though, makes a significant contribution to the literature does not answer the reasons for ...

Management

The article “Role of ‘‘haraam’’ practices on behavior and performance of employees: a case study of business organization” reveals the story of Maryam who was employed as a customer support specialist at People’s Services Inc. The female employee was suspected for using ‘haraam’ products such as drugs and alcohol, which are not allowed for Muslims who are followers of Islam. Resultantly, the researchers reveal that use of ‘haraam’ products affected Maryam’s personal life and job performance as it could attitudinal, behavioral, emotional and psychological changes. Although, it was unclear that Maryam had either become addicted to drugs and alcohol ...

The success of a company is dependent on several factors and one important factor is its people. Considering that the employees constitute the core of a company’s business, they should be treated with high regard, protected and respected. Management should take into consideration the basic needs of its employees and should learn to adapt to the dynamics of a changing work environment. Managers should be mindful of an employee’s rights including the right to be heard, to be productive and to contribute to the goals of the company according to the best of their abilities. When an employee feels that ...

As the case begins, we find that, Cameron Mechanical & Automation, Inc. (CMA) is a company that has been operating into the Information and Technology sector since 1998. It is providing various products to the computer manufacturers all around the world. The company structure was divided into different product divisions. Each of the divisions was focusing upon various components. However, the adverse impact of the Economy in 2008 affected the company in many ways. The CEO of the organization Jared Smith was facing several issues within the organization, such as related to the work design, structure, conflict, motivation and company ...

A Comparison between UK and India

Abstract

Stress has been part of human life ever since the beginning of mankind. Initially, people stressed themselves out hunting for food, finding places to rest, and inexplicability of natural phenomena. With the globalisation of industries and the presence of multinational companies all over the world, organizations may need to consider adopting certain policies to match up to other similar organizations. Stress in organisations has become a major issue in the UK and most organisations now have policies and procedures to help employees avoid this and interventions are often in place to support them. It is not known whether ...

Employee drug use is an expensive problem that American companies face. To compound the situation there are public opinions that support and dispute the ethical dilemma of employer drug testing. Employee drug use costs employers tens of millions of dollars every year. The Department of Labor(2004) states "70% of illegal drug users are employed." Drug use causes businesses to suffer losses due to theft, health care costs, work-related accidents, and absenteeism. Around half of American employers require employee drug testing. Employee drug use costs American businesses $75 - $100 billion dollars every year (2004).

The most common ...

Q 1 The coaching of an employee through progressive discipline is advantageous since preparation is prelude to the course of enacting and implementing discipline at work. This approach offers room for free and comfortable interaction with managers and their employees. One reason for coaching is to discover any underlying issues an employee might be experiencing for which they might have genuine reason, for example, personal issues, medical issues, or concerns with other workers being the root cause. This gives room for not making hasty conclusions until one gathers the facts. The major elements that support positive discipline are ...

An office worker had a record of frequent absence. He used all his vacation and sick leave days and frequently requested additional leave without pay. His supervisor and co-workers expressed great frustration because his absenteeism caused bottlenecks in paperwork, created low morale in the office, and required others to do his work in addition to their own. On the other hand, he felt he was entitled to take his earned time and additional time off without pay. Was he right?

The office worker is wrong is manifesting a behavior of frequent absenteeism. As an employee he is expected to be governed ...

Abstract

Operant conditioning is a form of learning where behaviors for individuals are modified by their consequences. Different occupations are associated with different behaviors. It is extremely fundamental to understand the difference between various situations and how they may be resolved. Following the uniqueness of various occupations there are solutions that are outlined to solve issues as they arise in different situations. Depending on the problem either Positive or Negative Reinforcement, Positive and Negative Punishment, Shaping, Extinction, Generalization, or Discrimination may be undertaken as a solution.

In most cases, related behaviors will attract similar solutions. Since different problems may be intertwined, they ...

Background

The article is a study conducted by Leona R. Zboril-Benson focusing on identifying the cause of absentee among nurses in Canada. It is apparent from the study that the country is experiencing the lack of nurses and the large number of employed nurses was shown to have higher probability of leaving their job, which manifests in the frequency of absenteeism based on the responses from the correspondences. The problem was attributed to the health-care restructuring in the public and private health-care sector in Canada. The problem in focus is the increasing number of nurses calling in sick, which in return ...

Final Essay Questions

At-risk children and youths are those children and youths that require interventions in order to perform better or succeed academically. Sometimes, the term at-risk youths may be used to refer to adolescents who are unable to transition well into adulthood to become economically self-sufficient. Most of the at-risk children and youth exhibit behavioral characteristics such as short spans of attention or general lack of attention. They will also exhibit truancy, chronic absenteeism and tardiness which could eventually lead to dropping out forever. As one grows older, active disengagement inform of delinquency, misbehavior and criminal tendencies would follow. This could ...

Indirect Health care cost of obesity

Total Cost of obesity

In this research presentation the author will discuss how obesity in United States of America impact health care costs. This topic will be approached from the perspective of direct and indirect costs. Direct cost is related to treating obesity as a health disorder in itself without accompanying complications. Indirect costs emerge from associating medical conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, heart failure and arthritis among other serious diseases medical science is now discovering. These add up to what can be considered the total health care costs of obesity in United States of America.

Research Paper: Impact of Obesity on Health Care Costs

Introduction

Obesity in United ...

Drug and substance abuse is a significant problem in the workplace. It is estimated that approximately 70% of illegal drug users are employed and of all working adults, 7% are heavy drinkers (Wickizier et al., 2004; Slavit & Reagin, 2009). In this paper, the issues relating to on-job drug use, employer responsibility in assisting drug-addicted employees and the type of workplace programs effective in curbing this vice will be explored.

Body

On workplace issues related to substance use, empirical evidence suggests that substance abuse is strongly correlated with the risk for occupational accidents and injury, absenteeism, turnover, reduced productivity and disciplinary ...