Essays on Holzmann

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The organizations have to incorporate the decision of layoffs in order to ensure its profitability in the long terms. These decisions support the strategic direction of the company which requires the organization to remain consistent towards minimizing the cost by means of dismissing the employees. The current paper enlightens the ways that managers need to incorporate in order to hinder the negative emotions caused by the dismissal of the employees and enlightens the formal procedure to conduct the dismissal meeting. Moreover, the compensation mechanism for the dismissed employees is also discussed in this paper.

Ways to Cope with Negative Emotions

The manager is required to ...

Infections in hospital settings are a challenge in nursing because of the potential dangers that they pose to a wide number of patients. Bloodstream infections from central lines are particularly hazardous as they affect patients that are already vulnerable, meaning that they contribute to morbidity and mortality in the hospital setting (Rinke et al., 2012). Although the rates of central-line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) can be reduced by up to 67% through the introduction of checklists (Schulman et al., 2011), the issue continues to be important in a wide number of hospital settings. It is also important to understand the ...

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Employer sponsored retirement plans are broadly classified into two categories; defined benefit pension scheme (DB) and defined contribution plans (DC). As the name suggests, in a defined benefit pension scheme, a defined pension is paid to employees every month/quarter after the retirement till the end of life. On the other hand, in a defined contribution plan, employees and employers contribute and invest funds over time to build a retirement fund. Both the schemes are different from the perspective of who bears the risk, growth opportunities of funds and administration and distribution of funds (JCT, 2002). Defined benefit plans are ...

The English law and U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions regarding authorization of copyright infringement seems to differ. This is evident from the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc v Grokster Ltd and treatment of a similar case under English law. This paper will critically examine how this case could have been viewed under the English law. The paper will, first, review the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court and then compare these views with Judgments of a similar case under the English law. The judgment of the U.S. Supreme Court in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc v Grokster ...