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" This paper is an examination of the phenomenon of the midlife crisis and its effects on career planning and career change. In the course of life, individuals confront a series of challenges that help to shape personality and determine responses to problems, issues, and life stages. Psychologists have focused more attention on the developmental stages of childhood, but many researchers have come to believe that personality continues to be shaped significantly throughout life. The passage into midlife, when the individual begins to realize his or her limitations and mortality, can present the individual with one of life's most dramatic crises, and this drama is often manifested in the urge to pursue a new career as part of an overall desire to implement sweeping change in the direction of his or her life choices. Change can be beneficial when it consists of reevaluation and.."

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"Introduction
Companies refer to the process by many names: "downsizing," "rightsizing," "cutting back," "trimming the fat," "working smarter" and "re-engineering" are just a few of the ways the process is described. Regardless of what companies call the process, the end result is that employees, sometimes hundreds or thousands, lose their jobs and incomes, and entire communities are sometimes plunged into chaos as a result. For some companies, reducing their labor force by such drastic measures is a necessity if any part of the company is to survive. These companies are in severe financial straits and may not survive even after severe labor cutbacks. For other companies, such measures are undertaken in order to improve their "bottom line" and increase their attractiveness to investors, some of whom are likely to be senior manage.."

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The purpose of this research is to review training in the operations/hospitality area of the hotel industry. In addition to training, issues related to recruiting, advancement, and length of the work week are discussed.

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"TRAINING IN THE HOTEL INDUSTRY: OPERATIONS/HOSPITALITY

Introduction
The purpose of this research is to review training in the operations/hospitality area of the hotel industry. In addition to training, issues related to recruiting, advancement, and length of the work week are discussed.

Issues Related to Personnel Training and Related Aspect of Operations/Hospitality in the Hotel Industry

The significance of the appropriate and high quality training in the hotel industry cannot be overstated. Personnel turnover is an exceptionally troublesome phenomenon confronting hospitality firms in the 1990s. Personnel turnover as opposed to being a basic issue, however, is a manifestation of underlying problems. The surface problem that is the leading cause ..."

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"Affirmative action is designed to help eliminate past and present discrimination based on race, gender, and national origin, particularly in employment and education

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"Affirmative action is designed to help eliminate past and present discrimination based on race, gender, and national origin, particularly in employment and education. Numerous affirmative action programs have been implemented in both the public and the private sector, ranging from almost all government bodies to nearly every university and large corporation. Ironically, though the goal of affirmative action is equality, many challenge such programs precisely on those grounds. Opponents say that choosing one person over another because of their race, gender, or national origin is always wrong, no matter how noble the goal. This paper will examine affirmative action, from its history to its current retrenchment to possible alternatives.

Affirmative action seeks to create more opportunities for ..."

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The theme of Jeremy Rifkin's The End of Work is that global culture is entering a new phase: one where fewer and fewer workers are needed to produce the goods and services for the global population (p. xvii). He maintains the world is entering a new age of global markets and automated production (p. 292). His analysis examines the technological innovations and market-directed forces he argues are moving us into a "near workerless world" and he explores this technological revolution in an attempt to address the problems he believes will accompany the transition (p. xvii).

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"Jeremy Rifkin's "The End of Work"

The theme of Jeremy Rifkin's The End of Work is that global culture is entering a new phase: one where fewer and fewer workers are needed to produce the goods and services for the global population (p. xvii). He maintains the world is entering a new age of global markets and automated production (p. 292). His analysis examines the technological innovations and market-directed forces he argues are moving us into a "near workerless world" and he explores this technological revolution in an attempt to address the problems he believes will accompany the transition (p. xvii).

Rifkin concludes it is still within our power to harness this revolution in a direction beneficial to a majority of American workers. Many analysts have covered the material he covers in this ..."

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The "Glass Ceiling" refers to a hidden or unstated barrier to advancement within a corporation (Moshavi, 1998, ENT 2). In her article discussing that issue, Moshavi reported that women and minorities are the fastest-growing group of business owners, and that growth should be attributed to Corporate America.

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"INTERCULTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE "GLASS CEILING"

The "Glass Ceiling" refers to a hidden or unstated barrier to advancement within a corporation (Moshavi, 1998, ENT 2). In her article discussing that issue, Moshavi reported that women and minorities are the fastest-growing group of business owners, and that growth should be attributed to Corporate America.

She cites polls from Catalyst and other women's nonprofits that showed women and minorities were dissatisfied with their corporate jobs. Women cited the "glass ceiling" and lack of challenge twice as often as women whose businesses are more than 20 years old. When women quit their jobs, "top reasons for leaving were, in order: inflexibility; glass-ceiling issues, such as not being valued; unpleasant environment; and lack of challenge."

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When people think of problems with child labor, they do not think of the United States anymore. The United States has laws that establish how children must be to perform certain kinds of work, and those laws are strictly enforced. The new face of child labor involves children from developing countries, often children who are working in factories to create goods that are then sold to consumers in the United States. Rugs, soccer balls, clothing all of these have been in the news because of the exploitative child labor practices of the suppliers and producers of these products.

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"Global Child Labor Practices

Introduction
When people think of problems with child labor, they do not think of the United States anymore. The United States has laws that establish how children must be to perform certain kinds of work, and those laws are strictly enforced. The new face of child labor involves children from developing countries, often children who are working in factories to create goods that are then sold to consumers in the United States. Rugs, soccer balls, clothing all of these have been in the news because of the exploitative child labor practices of the suppliers and producers of these products.

The International Labor Organization estimated that approximately 250 million children in developing countries are ..."

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Drug abuse is a problem that affects every social and most age groups in the United States. Histories of children abusing alcohol and other drugs horrify readers, television talk shows focus on the destruction that drug abuse brings to families, and individuals recount their descent into the private hell that drug and alcohol abuse brings about.

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"Introduction
Drug abuse is a problem that affects every social and most age groups in the United States. Histories of children abusing alcohol and other drugs horrify readers, television talk shows focus on the destruction that drug abuse brings to families, and individuals recount their descent into the private hell that drug and alcohol abuse brings about. This research focuses on a drug abuse in the workplace (for the purposes of this research, "drug" includes alcohol).

Relevance of the Issue
The importance of minimizing drug abuse in the workplace is difficult to understate. Analysts estimate that drug abuse of illegal drugs (not including alcohol) is common in between 10 to 23 percent of all employees. These employees are subject to more accidents as a result of ..."

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Jobs are the building blocks which build organizations. The interrelationships among jobs forms the complex structures of the largest organizations and even small companies depend on each individual performing his or her job appropriately in order to accomplish the company's goals and objectives.

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"Jobs are the building blocks which build organizations. The interrelationships among jobs forms the complex structures of the largest organizations and even small companies depend on each individual performing his or her job appropriately in order to accomplish the company's goals and objectives. Despite the importance which jobs hold to the success of an organization, surprisingly little consideration goes into analyzing and evaluating jobs within many organizations. This research examines methods for performing job analysis, considers job specifications and requirements, identifies key approaches to job design, and looks at job descriptions from both traditional and modern perspectives."

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A legal analysis of harrassment as sex discrimination.

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"Sexual harassment and sexual discrimination in the workplace has always been a problem and has always been of great Importance, but the public's awareness of the issue has not always been high. This changed radically with the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings in 1991 and with the accusations of sexual harassment leveled against him by Anita Hill. This event more than any other raised sexual harassment to a high position in the public consciousness and made it clear that such activities were degrading to women, harmful to the work environment, and detrimental to public policy. The fact that this problem had been underground for so long also showed that more knowledge of the subject was needed and perhaps that legislation was required to assure a harassment-free workplace in the future."

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"Labor statistics are compiled by a variety of sources, but most analysts rely on information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for raw data. From this information, analysis can be conducted on the composition of the American workforce and changes that might be taking place with regard to who is working and how much remuneration they are receiving.

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"Labor statistics are compiled by a variety of sources, but most analysts rely on information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for raw data. From this information, analysis can be conducted on the composition of the American workforce and changes that might be taking place with regard to who is working and how much remuneration they are receiving. By analyzing this information, decisions can be made regarding interest rates (as might be done by the Federal Reserve), investment decisions (as might be undertaken by institutional investors), and wages (as might be performed by business and industry). This research examines labor rates with regard to the period 1989 to 1999 (or 1998 when 1999 information is not available) and considers the reasons for particular trends."

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Discrimination against women in the workplace is exhibited in a variety of ways, ranging from the sexual harassment to the exclusion of women from "the old boys' club" where major decisions are made. Thus, in spite of the massive entry of women in the workplace and the increasing numbers of women in mid-level managerial positions, top-level positions remain as elusive to women today as they were more than a decade ago. Working in a world dominated by male decision-makers and their established practices, women encounter a variety of barriers impeding their surge to the top of their careers

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" Discrimination against women in the workplace is exhibited in a variety of ways, ranging from the sexual harassment to the exclusion of women from "the old boys' club" where major decisions are made. Thus, in spite of the massive entry of women in the workplace and the increasing numbers of women in mid-level managerial positions, top-level positions remain as elusive to women today as they were more than a decade ago. Working in a world dominated by male decision-makers and their established practices, women encounter a variety of barriers impeding their surge to the top of their careers. Few women have managed to shatter the "glass ceiling"-the concept used to describe the barriers blocking women from top-level positions. The effects of the discrimination on women are manifested in the erosion of their identity and the desexualization of successful..."

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"Legal Aspects Of Performance Evaluations
Employee work performance evaluation can be defined as the process of identifying, observing, measuring and developing human performance in businesses and organizations. The identification element of an employee performance evaluation is the process of determining what areas need to be studied by the evaluators (Cardy & Dobbins, 1994, p. 1). Human resource performance evaluation forms are then created based on the criteria and relevant characteristics that need to be reviewed and monitored within an organization.
Performance is difficult to accurately measure, and it has been one of the most vexing problems that continue to plague human resource managers..."

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"Human resource managers are typically involved in setting up the pay schedules and work environment for organizations. In many small organizations, these arrangement are made directly with the company's managers and employees; in larger organizations, there may be collective bargaining units (unions) which negotiate on behalf of employees. Human resource professionals must be able to negotiate effectively, or to hire negotiators to represent the company's interest, recognizing that the relationship between employees and management is a mutually beneficial one, but one which can also put the various parties at cross purposes. This research investigates the collective bargaining process in general, and considers the specific problems which human resource professionals face when dealing collective bargain..."

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"Introduction
Until recently, ethical behavior in business was not a formal topic of discussion in most business schools. In today's highly litigious society, however, business professionals and business students are coming to realize that sales and profits are no longer sufficient factors, in and of themselves, on which decisions can be based. Instead, it is vital that decisions take into account ethical issues. Ethics come into play within organizations because decisions are made not by nameless and faceless companies, but by individuals within those companies who have a set of ethics on which their decisions are based. Companies can protect themselves and their employees by putting place a code of ethics which can help guide behavior by employees within the business. This research examines an ethical situation in a business and considers..."