Archive for the 'Work Environment' Category
Saturday, October 7th, 2006
Many of us choose our jobs based on the health insurance offered by the employers; or, we at least let the health insurance play a role in whether or not we apply for and accept certain jobs. However, how many of us go beyond just asking about health insurance and asking about disability insurance, too? Probably not many of us, if any of us, ask whether or not the jobs we are considering, or even the jobs we already have, offer disability insurance. (more…)
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Saturday, October 7th, 2006
Not being stressed at work isn’t a gift that some people possess; it is in fact an effort that only a few of us manage to put into our lives successfully. The truth is that we take more time thinking how to solve a problem we get into rather than thinking of how to avoid the problem from occurring in the first place. Stress at work has a similar story. (more…)
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Friday, September 29th, 2006
Due to the growing complexity and turbulence of the business environment and the related growth in research knowledge about behavior within organizations, managers of the 21st century have to take four themes as paramount: the necessity of managing the challenges of change; functioning within a global environment; being sensitive to the diversity among people; and behaving with ethical integrity. (more…)
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Sunday, September 17th, 2006
A common challenge for any organization arises when dealing with negativity in the midst of its workforce. During my employment at an Arizona based HR consulting company, I received numerous calls from employers seeking advice concerning negativity within their organization. People with very different personalities do not always get along. (more…)
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Tuesday, September 12th, 2006
For many Americans, the ideal job would include great pay, flexible hours, challenging and interesting work tasks, easily gained vacation time and sick leave, free onsite day care, and a very short commute. Unfortunately, by these standards not every job is the ideal job. But we still have to work, right? (more…)
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Monday, September 11th, 2006
Attempting to understand the nature of job satisfaction and its effects on work performance is not easy. For at least 50 years industrial/organizational psychologists have been wrestling with the question of the relationship between job satisfaction and job performance. (more…)
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Monday, September 11th, 2006
A few decades ago, nurses across the country and around the world wore uniforms. Typically, these professionals were noted for their solid white dresses, starched white caps and white uniform shoes. And all nurses conformed. (more…)
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Wednesday, September 6th, 2006
No time? Power struggles? Office Gossip? Lack of team work? Every business has a fair amount of drama. To some degree we can blame it on all the technological advances which were created to save time or make life convenient, however research suggests that the advances in technology only create higher demands not life balance. No one seems to have enough time and everyone is stressed to the limit. (more…)
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Wednesday, September 6th, 2006
Know the Rules
Employee stock options can provide you with a substantial source of deferred income and permit you to control the recognition of taxable income. You generally pay no tax when an option is granted because you are not receiving any shares of stock, only the option to purchase shares at a later date. (more…)
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Sunday, September 3rd, 2006
Technology relates to both the physical aspects of machines, equipment, processes and work layout, and the actual methods, systems and procedures involved in the carrying out of work. Technology is therefore a major influence on the general climate of the organization and the behavior of people at work. (more…)
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