Abstract
This paper describes the AFL-CIO from its beginning as a representative of organized labor in the US. First, the paper describes the history of this organization and the merger between the The American Federation of Labor (AFL)and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). The paper highlights the differences between the two groups and how they managed their conflicts within the organization.

From the Paper
"From its beginning, organized labor has never had one cohesive definitive direction and philosophy. The American Federation of Labor (AFL) formed in 1881, and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) formed in 1935 had very different visions. The AFL supported trade specific workers, such as printers and electricians. It did not believe in large scale union organization within specific industries. Conversely, CIO focused on organizing specific industries such as the auto, steel and mine workers. . With polarized philosophies on labor, the merger of the AFL and CIO in..."

Tags:afl, cio, split, labor unions

Abstract
The paper explains why so many CIOs fail in aligning their strategic IT plans to business objectives. The paper looks at how the entire process of creating, editing and finally seeking feedback and execution of the IT plan requires a set of skills the CIO doesn't typically use. The paper discusses the use of transformational leadership and transactional leadership. The paper concludes that implementing a successful strategic IT plan depends on the CIO creating successfully functioning cross-functional teams, using effective transformational leadership strategies and infusing a sense of ownership into the plan across departments.

Outline:
Executive Summary
A CIOs' Emotional Intelligence and Cross-functional Team Performance
Summary

From the Paper
"The role of cross-functional teams is primarily to intensely focus resources, processes, and people for the completion and project schedule for a strategic IT plan. The logic of cross-functional teams is that the varied members of the team, each from a different functional area or in larger organizations, specific disciplines including engineering, marketing, manufacturing, operations, and service can be more effective in accomplishing the many synchronized and often complex tasks in developing a strategic IT plan that supports their specific business goals and objectives."

Tags:transformational, transactional, leadership, cross-functional, teams

Abstract
This paper discusses the current split within the American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) union federation. It describes the history of the separate organizations and the history of their merger. It then discusses the changes that have occurred since the AFL-CIO merger. It also looks at the implications of the split within the merged organization and its implications.

Table of Contents:
Executive Summary
History
A Changing Workplace
The Split
Conclusion

From the Paper
"Acuff says the working relationship with the disaffiliated unions is difficult, but the AFL-CIO's goal is still to someday return those unions to the AFL-CIO fold. There's no question that labor must change to attract workers. But perhaps unions may have a chance for resurgence with the current undercutting of the middle class that is prevalent in the United States today. However, in order for that to be the case, unions must make their commitment to the worker their major priority. While politics is important (politics influences public policy), it cannot be first and center. The worker must perceive there is a benefit to union membership, and that benefit is to work to protect the individual workers rights."

Tags:union, policy, labor, merger

Abstract
This paper describes the roles, functions, and duties of the chief information officer in business. The paper then examines the shortcomings and failures of Overstock.com's CIO, Shawn Schwegman. This paper particularly addresses how Schwegman revealed too much information about his company to the public. The paper then discusses the consequences of the Schwegman's actions for Overstock.com.

From the Paper
"Speaking directly about Overstock.com, Evan Schman thinks that stakeholders, typically laymen, don't want to know all the data, but rather "they want know that their problems are being heard, but they also want to hear that responsible adults are taking care of the matter and that all will be fine." For example, Schwegman admitted to the stakeholder that there were system problems, which were causing "inventory update failures, missing orders, missing images, incorrect status synchs, etc." For these reasons Schwegman denounces Overstock.com as a whole as a failure. He also confessed that the situation will get worse before getting better. What happened to the value of this information to the company as it degrades one aspect of their performance, but will ultimately cause a lack of trust in the company as a whole; and what value does this information have to the stockholder who really don't want to know. The question becomes: While this information is forthcoming, is it actually honest?"

Tags:overstock.com business legislation, donald rumsfeld, shawn schwegman, russ finney

Abstract
This paper examines the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), the largest association of organized labor in the United States. The paper looks at the key issues of the organization, such as its attempt to influence politics, its position on Iraq, its focus on civil rights, its stance on immigration and its role as an umbrella organization. The paper discusses the organization's methods to achieve its goals and notes the challenges it faces in the future.

From the Paper
"The American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is the largest association of organized labor in the United States, representing roughly 13 million of the country's estimated 16.4 million union members. It is an umbrella organization, consisting of 86 different national and international unions, and has members employed in virtually every field (Ness, 2002, p. 359). With its mission to "unify the diverse interests of organized labor into a single voice," the AFL-CIO coordinates its national program on a state and local level through state and regional branches of the organization. They have 50 state federations of labor and more than 600 central labor councils. These organizations formulate national policy and coordinate state and regional activities (Ness, 2002, p. 361). The union itself is headed by the President and the Executive Council."

Tags:lobbying, worker, rights, immigration, umbrella, organization

Abstract
This paper discusses the article, "The CIO Who Admitted Too Much", by Evan Shuman, in which he addresses the issue of Overstock.com's CIO, Shawn Shwegman. It analyzes the fact that Shwegman wrote a letter admitting his own failure as CIO in creating effective databases to handle all of the company's administrative demands. The paper discusses his admission and the wisdom of his honesty.

From the Paper
"Once again however, the issue focuses on projected as opposed to actual problems. Shuman's article asserts that there have been no problems to date with the update of the Oracle system. While Shwegman did focus on his own accountability for existing problems, he does the same for projected problems. I do not believe that this was necessary, even if the letter was unintentionally leaked. In taking responsibility for projected future problems, Shwegman made matters appear worse than they actually were. I therefore believe that Shwegman was unwise in two respects. Firstly, he focused only on the negative effects of his company's current system rather than also focusing on success. Secondly, he projected problems rather than solutions, in this way unnecessarily causing concern among stakeholders and partners. While accountability is important, it is also important to handle this with responsibility and consideration."

Tags:stakeholders, disposition, publications

Abstract
The paper discusses how the AFL-CIO, the nation's most famous union, continues to act as an advocate for workers in areas of topical concern, such as expanding healthcare to all Americans. The paper also discusses how the union is fighting against gender and racial discrimination inflicted upon workers all over the world. The paper explains that wage discrimination embraces everything from fair pay issues, to harassment and discrimination in the workplace, as well as traditional union issues like family leave and benefits.

From the Paper
"At a time when American organized labor unions are declining in their political and cultural influence, the AFL-CIO, the nation's most famous union, continues to act as an advocate for workers in areas of topical concern, such as expanding healthcare to all Americans, and fighting against gender and racial discrimination inflicted upon workers all over the world.
"Although the union has in the past won comprehensive health care coverage for many of its members during individual negotiations, in tribute to its philosophy to stand proud for all workers' rights, the union is currently actively lobbying the U.S. congress for national health care coverage for all Americans. The AFL-CIO website contains a link to a petition that everyone surfing the website can sign, union members and non-members alike."

Tags:healthcare, coverage, gender, race, discrimination, harassment, benefits

Abstract
This paper explains that the basis of Gugliemo's article 'Is Offshore Outsourcing Worth the Loss of Its Jobs?' reflects the growing economic disparity that is occurring at the domestic level in the United States and in Canada. The author points out that her research indicates the growing exponential rate of American and Canadian jobs that are being exported over to third world countries have greatly lowered wage rates, threatening the middle class in North America. The paper relates that another factor is the policy making-leverage that America wields over most third world countries supplying technology job markets in the global market. The author underscores that, since many of these jobs are being provided to economically impoverished countries, there is a marked disadvantage not only to the workers being exploited in these countries but also to the workers on the North American continent. This paper includes long quotations.

Table of Contents:
Summary
Discussion
Analysis and Critique

From the Paper
"In Gugliemo's article, the issue of a vanishing middle class is a dangerous idea for native North American technology workers. When companies continually find that they can outsource jobs without government regulation, the country will find itself in a crisis. While the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer, where does the middle class go? Certainly, they would find themselves in the majority of the poor, which can constitute a real danger of stability in the country. Throughout history when the middle class is a missing link between the rich and the poor, civil strife will most likely ensue."

Tags:corporations, profits, education, stability, statistics

Abstract
This paper discusses how the primary responsibility for the chief information officer (CIO) is to manage technology strategically for effective outcomes in terms of organizational efficiency. The paper looks at how the key for the CIO is to develop a capital budget policy and process by which informed decisions regarding capital assets can be made. The paper also examines how today valuable healthcare service packages are heavily reliant on CIO definition of specific programs and schedules for business and finance data processing, which is most specifically linked in this day and age to computers.

From the Paper
"Finite resources affect the capital budget process as the limits of financial resources available to the senior administrator. They represent the parameters in which the senior health care administrator and CIO can operate. Identifying each capital budget is an integral part of the budgeting process, in terms of recognizing the mini departmental economies of scale that receive specific budget allocations within a health care organization. Anticipations of start and complete dates, amounts to be spent each year, and identification of sources of funding represents the means of managing and clarifying each capital budget as a budget allocation for the specific purpose in the hospital health care format (Capital Improvement, 2008). "

Tags:budget, assets, administrator

Abstract
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), a federation of autonomous labor unions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama, and U.S. dependencies, was formed in 1955 by the merger of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). This paper traces the history of the AFL-CIO, including the events that led up to the 1955 merger. It also discusses the organization's political leanings, operations, and presidents.

From the Paper
"From the start of Kirkland's term, the AFL-CIO was forced to adapt to a number of adverse economic trends. Union membership dropped from 33% of all U.S. workers in 1960 to 14% in the late 1990s. To shore up organized labor's declining influence, the AFL-CIO concentrated on organizing service workers and public employees and improving labor unity. In 1981 the UAW rejoined the union; the Teamsters (1988) and United Mine Workers (1989) later followed."

Tags:UAW, social, welfare, Knights, of, Labor