WORK ORGANIZATIONS Group Directed Study Fall 2003 Book Title: The Joy of Not Working. A book for the retired, unemployed, and overworked. ... After reading Zelinski's book, "The Joy of Not Working", I have a better appreciation for my reasons of working. ... Zelinski's book highlights some very important and wise ideas regarding my situation. ... We surround ourselves with unneeded negativity, whether it is in the form of a person or in the form of an unfulfilling job. ...

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Jurgis went to look for a job. ... Jurgis was so excited that he had a job. ... During this time, many workers vowed to help the laborer and ended the book by stating, "Chicago will be mine!" This book was very enlighting. ... Not until reading this book, has made the realization of the trauma that people went through. ...

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In GA Cole "personnel Management- are mentioned such components: The employee's scale or rate of pay The intervals at which he will be paid The entitlement to holidays Sick pay arrangements Pension scheme arrangements The terms of notice The title of the job Specify the rules relating to the job, or indicate where they may be found Specify the procedure for voicing any grievance and obtaining redress State whether there is a contracting-out certificate in force for the job II. ... In Van Fleet book "Contemporary management- it is described: "Collective bargaining -...

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In their book Women on the Line Cavendish and Glucksman (2009) write about the shocking division of labour in a Smiths factory in the UK in the 1970's. ... They expose the very rigid division between women and men and a strict demarcation between women's jobs and men's jobs. All women were assemblers, doing the same job regardless of their age. ... Factory work, like that written about in Cavendish and Glucksman's book (2009) is less common in the UK today. ... Due to this, women are paid lower wages than men in equivalent jobs. ...

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In a booming economy, job stability and job security have deteriorated. ... When they do find work, their new jobs pay, on average, thirteen percent less than the job they lost. ... This program provides funds for basic skills and literacy instruction, job training, and job search activities ("Homeless"). ... Ann Braden Johnson argues this point in her book Out of Bedlam: The Truth About Deinstitutionalization, "the homeless people who do work tend to be eligible only for non-skilled, low-paying jobs- jobs that often do not pay enough for rent" ("Introduction"). ... Also, a decline in manufact...

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Today, taking a drug test is as routine as filling out a job application. ... Job performance is the main concern in a job; if an employee cannot do their job appropriately then employers have a legitimate reason for either not employing or terminating an employee. ... According to an article written by Robert Dupont in the book Drug Abuse; Opposing Viewpoints [2], drug use in the workplace is accompanied by a host of problems: an increase in health care costs for treatment of both workers and their family members, reduced productivity, increase in theft, drug sales at work, and safety threats...

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Race can keep you from being treated with respect, keep you from getting a job or even keep you from renting a house. ... Not once or twice but many times But I"m a Hunky and they don't give good jobs to Hunkies." ... The second part of the book ends with probably the best evidence of how little control of their lives they had. ... It had nothing to do with fooling around or not knowing how to do your job. ... The book Out of This Furnace often describes in depth the hopelessness of being a steel mill worker in the early 1900's. ...

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For years women could not make as much as a man and to this day still are not making as much as a man on average in the same job. ... As David Leonhardt brought up in his article "Wage Gap Between Men and Women Shrinks", in the Book of Leviticus it is said "the value of a man's life was put at 50 shekels and a woman's at 30 shekels." ... It must also be brought up that maybe these minority groups simply do not take certain jobs due to nonpecuniary job characteristics. ... An example would be a lot of women would not take a job as a football coach even if it was offered to them due...

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According to her book Nickel and Dimed: On not getting by in America, Barbara Ehrenreich writes that "What surprised and offended me the most about the low-wage workplace was the extent to which one is required to surrender one's basic civil rights and- what boils down to the same thing-self-respect"(211). ... This assertion by Ehrenreich is generally valid because in 2013, the American Civil Liberties Union received more complaints about workplace rights violations than about any other issue, which firmly proves that this problem still manifests through the invasion of privacy,...

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For many, stress is an everyday part of their job, and can greatly affect their physical and psychological health. ... These stressors include job insecurity, excessive competition, difficulties in interpersonal relationships, unpleasant or uncomfortable working conditions, work overload, underutilization, job ambiguity, lack of control and support, long or unusual working hours, as well as income level. ... I would like to briefly describe the traits that go along with each of these individuals as stated in Michael Maccoby's (1976) book entitled The Gamesman, and relate these traits to...

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Also, these machines offer opportunities for white-collar jobs. ... It is true that machines have put some out of jobs, but when new machines and technology comes, there will be more jobs for these people to take. ... Everyone has one job that they do. ... The idea is that if, as the book calls it, industry X is saved by implementing these three recovery tools, that it will benefit everyone in the economy. ... The government has the job of finding a happy medium. ...

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The job also required the broad product knowledge. The job was exciting full of obligations for everyday shift. ... Being out of the work for full month, I researched the internet to find a job. ... But, the job is more logical thinking than retail one. ... This job relates more to my academic experience than retail. ...

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After layoff, surviving employees often experience significant changes in corporate loyalty, job satisfaction, and job performance due to the emotional turbulence surrounding the change and the relationships with the laid-off employees. Management should during this down period enrich jobs for the survivors and make sure they recognize new opportunities. ... Accept decisions that the organization made such as Job redesigning or Job reengineering. There is no such thing as a lifetime job. ... Workers gain by acquiring new skills, leading to better job prospects, security and salaries. ...

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CEO Philosophy The company culture of Whole Foods follows that which is talked about in co-CEO John Mackey' book "Conscious Capitalism." ... An applicant can either apply in person at one of the local stores, the website or attend a job fair. After applying for the vacant jobs, your application will be assessed based on the requirements of the job, and it depends on the amount of requests received whether or not your application will be considered. ... Whole Foods Market screens applicants who have the various job skills and qualifications varied with customer service. ... Whole Foods no...

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Another significant attempt to overcome gender discrimination was the National Organization for Women (NOW), established in 1960's, that fought to end job discrimination for women. ... This depicting the major affect of women withdrawing from the workforce is due to women's desire to channel their ambitions to their family rather than into a job: In 1990, for the first time since 1948, the number of women in the workforce dropped. ... In Jeanne Halladay Gouglin's published book, The Rise of Women Entrepreneurs, she depicts the four major...

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When an individual loses his/her job, confusion and anxiety sets in. ... Their feeling was that they would be the ones terminated next, so their attitude is one of "Why try to do the job since I am going to be the next one laid off". ... Survivors are affected as they do not fare well in their performance levels and make themselves more anxious for the future . moreover the workplace no longer deems feed suddenly , for the people do not know how to things done as they may be required to do multitasking .with increased workload which creates a confusion in their job profile . it also reduce...

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When an individual loses his/her job, confusion and anxiety sets in. ... Their feeling was that they would be the ones terminated next, so their attitude is one of "Why try to do the job since I am going to be the next one laid off". ... Survivors are affected as they do not fare well in their performance levels and make themselves more anxious for the future . moreover the workplace no longer deems feed suddenly , for the people do not know how to things done as they may be required to do multitasking .with increased workload which creates a confusion in their job profile . it also reduce...

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In Laura Offenhartz Greene's book Child Labor: Then and Now, child labor is described as "the abuse and misuse of children at work work that exploits children- (p. 9). ... However, employing children created new hardships because as more children went to work, more adults lost their jobs since children could be hired for much less money (Greene p. 53-56). ... Some " it's not clear how many " were older teens working a few too many hours in after-school jobs. ... Many children in hazardous and dangerous jobs are in danger of injury, even death. ...

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One must realize that when a particular area when it comes to staff supervision that effective coordination between departments must take place that would help employees understand their job description and job specification. ...

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