Criterion A: Describing the Issue A recent study conducted in April 2000, found that the number of companies conducting some form of "active monitoring" of their employees jumped from 45% in 1998 to 74% in 1999. E-mail monitoring rose from 27% to 38 % over the same period. Workers with Web acc...

Since the beginning of history, humans have worked together to perform tasks and ultimately stay alive. In this day and age most people work, to earn money, which in turn provides basic life necessities. In this essay I will explain how to decide and go aft...

Monitoring in the Workplace: The Right to Employee PrivacyFourteen million employees -- just over one-third of the online workforce in the United States -- have their Internet or e-mail use under continuous surveillance at work. Worldwide, the number of employees under such surveillance is at 27 mil...

The theory that the poor should work harder to get out of poverty is incorrect. Most families in poverty consist of one or two adults in the family working full or part-time. Most of the working poor would remain poor even if they worked 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year. In addition, of those who co...

On-line recruiting is the process of attracting and hiring applicants for positions within an organization through use of the internet. In this paper I will assess an on-line recruitment service, identify the advantages and disadvantages of this vehicle as a recruiting technique for an organizat...

The technological advances of new communication and computer technologies has generated a host of ethical problems, the moral notion of privacy in the workplace has become a major concern. Some of these problems or concerns arise from software for computer monitoring. With technology advancing a...

The Supreme Court ruled in 1998 (Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth, and Faragher v. City of Boca Raton) that as long as the harasser was not a supervisor, and there was not a tangible loss, the employer had an "affirmative defense." If the employer has policies that are consistent with what is...

Have you ever been unemployed or are you currently unemployed and trying desperately to get a job, but you are always unsuccessful? The process of searching for a job has come a long way in the past decade as the traditional modes of networking, job boards, recommendations are still parts of our ove...

In the article "Corporate Censors" the discussion is about businesses putting blocks on their employees Internet use. It is not just that companies are putting blocks on porn sites they are also concerned about employees using the Web to surf the net while they should be working. I feel that compa...

Existentialism Existentialism is about having the freedom to determine what is right for you in your lifestyle. Today's society seemed to have forgotten that the right to choose is a privilege. Past leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther King & John F. Kennedy fought hard for equality for...

As a Pharmacy assistant I will be able to learn how a real pharmacist does their job and what comes with that responsibility. Becoming a pharmacist has been a dream of mine for the longest time because I have always wanted a career in medicine. Helping others is something that comes easily to me. ...

Comments on article "One trait rises clearly above the rest for those who are successful leaders." I chose this article on the Internet because it gave me insight on what is required to be a leader, no matter a leader of a basketball team, a small business manager or the leader of a na...

Unemployment Unemployed? It is very hard to be unemployed and it is harder and more depressing when you know that you will be laid off from work .On a daily basis it also brings more conflicts at your home and job. Most of the time, when people know that th...

Chapter 10 1. What is total quality management? How does it affect the way employees function in their jobs? ....Total quality management is a companywide program for improving the quality of goods and services by achieving world-class performance and customer satisfaction. The employees will...

Name: Melissa Loh Sue-Yin Class: 3/5 Date: 26/12/2003 Subject: English Commonwealth Essay Machinery Machinery has always been an indispensable part of our lives. Originating as simple machines such as pulleys and levers, machines first came into existence thousands of years ago. These si...

Many companies today utilize cubicles in their offices. A cubicle, often called a cube, is a three-walled structure that usually measures about ninety-six square feet. Usually there is a desk along two walls that has drawers and filing cabinets built in. Cubes are typically constructed of a metal s...

Gone are the days when people read the recruitment sections of newspapers and applied to specific jobs called for by companies. These days, people network with lecturers, bosses, and peers. They visit and post their resumes on job sites on the Internet. However, there is one new avenue for finding j...

Directing: A Career ProfileDirecting is a difficult, yet exciting and creative career with a long history and a promising future. It's a career full of stress, but the end production is well worth it. With a little time and a lot of patience, someone could create a successful movie, TV show, or pl...

How an organization transforms its inputs into outputs is what I learned to \"technology\" to be. The term \"technology\" has been used by economists, managers, consultants, and business analysts to describe machinery and equipment that use sophisticated electronics and computers to produce those ou...

The staffing plan for Kellogg's is predicated on the state of the industry, the position of Kellogg's within the industry, the number and type of staff already on board, and the rate of attrition. The state of the cereal industry in the 2000's is not impressive. Although the United ...

In today's world, management is dynamically challenged by a vast number of external, as well as, internal forces. The shrinking of a qualified workforce, globalization, technological advances, and political tides only but scratch the surface of these challenges faced by modern day management. G...

Want that high-profile new job as a Fortune 200 company? Here\'s your cup, there\'s the bathroom. Give us a urine sample, then well talk stock options. Or do you want to stay employed in that construction job? Better watch what you ingest over the weekend because you maybe randomly selected to gi...

Managing Diversity When writing about a certain topic, the first thing to do is research how you will gather all of the information needed. In this fast growing technological age, we have plenty of options to choose from. Since continuing our Graduate Degree at the University of Phoenix, we thou...

There's no doubt that factory conditions, and even office conditions,in the nineteenth century and the first third or more of the twentieth weredangerous, stress-inducing in the extreme, as Carol Hymowitz and RachelEmma Silverman pointed out two years ago in an article for ITworld.com. Inaddi...

Perspectives on the Effects of Job Outsourcing from the United States to Asian countries: A Comparative Analysis The influx of outsourcing jobs from the United States to specific countries in Asia, or the practice of off shoring, is both a social and economic phenomenon that demonstrates how, in th...