Abstract
This paper explains that the department store's training and orientation program for new employees stresses the expectations and policies of company, basic selling skills, training for quality service and the operation the custom computerized cash registers. Next, the author details the contents of each of the three days of the program. The paper also looks at the company's employee development workshops in which employees' selling and technological skills are upgraded and their work is reviewed and rewarded.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Day One
Day Two
Day Three
Continuing Training

From the Paper
"The new personnel will be given a short quiz, which will determine for them and their trainer their particular personality and reveal how they look upon a new person who is visiting the store. With the results of this test, the trainer may then go over the procedures which the new personnel might use to help the customer, to make the customer feel more at ease and more inclined to continue searching for what they want within the Department Store, rather than moving on to another store.
"Moving from this base of a "comfortable customer," a customer who feels that the sales clerk is genuinely interested in their particular need, the trainer will advance to the psychology of sales, and demonstrate how to help a customer find and choose which product they want from the selection in the Department Store. After the customer has chosen and paid for their product, the sales clerk is taught what the Department Store suggests they say to ensure that the customer will return to purchase more of the same type of goods in the future, or find unrelated products not in the sales clerk's department: "I hope you enjoy your product. If you have any problems with it whatsoever, please bring it back to us and we will make sure you are satisfied.""

Tags:procedures, computerized cash registers, customer relations, input improvement

Abstract
This comparison essay shows how the role of the woman is portrayed very differently in two stories from the same book of 14th century tales. The paper argues that within both stories the role of woman as a wife and the propagator of the human race is reinforced and presented as seemingly the sole respectable position for a woman. "The Wife of Bath" feels the position of women to be regrettable, however upon this she founds her conviction that women using men is only natural. "The Clerk" conversely argues that women above all must be loyal and also incredibly patient, but later refutes this, saying that no woman should allow herself to mistreated, and that they as well may pursue happiness.

From the Paper
"The Wife of Bath is an interesting character in the least, and at most a plain exhibit which presents the varying roles and positions of women during the time of their particular pilgrimage. She had been married four times prior to her most recent husband, who unfortunately had since passed on, leaving her a widow despite her moniker. The content and lessons put forth by the Wife of Bath as will be exhibited are conflicting in nature and contradictory quite often. However, regardless of the Wife of Bath's particular perceptions or rather stereotypes, the information presented within both her prologue and tale provide valuable insight into the role of women during the Middle Ages.

"As in her very name, one of the roles ascribed to women by the Wife of Bath is that of spouse or bride. The role of woman as wife and mother is the primary position which women occupy within the tale of the Wife, with the balance of power contained therein being what the Wife is seemingly most interested in and thus explores, as her perception of the position itself is not something she cares for. "If there were no authority on earth; Except experience, mine, for what it's worth... That marriage is a misery and a woe; For let me say, if I may make so bold... Five husband have I had at the church door." (Chaucer 258) The power within a relationship revolves very much around the relations of the body, the act of sex and the capacity to give and take it away."

Tags:women woman, the clerk, wife of bath, canterbury tales, female roles, middle ages, role of women

Abstract
The writer argues that the Clerk's Tale tells a story with the opposite view than that of the Wife of Bath's Tale. The paper tries to prove that the Clerk is commenting on the way in which a wife should behave towards her husband. The writer brings a passage from the tale to illustrate this theory.

From the Paper
"Petrarch's interpretation of the story, as adopted by Chaucer, is not so much an allegory as an exemplum. In an exemplary story, or a moralized tale, it is customary for the models of human behavior to be presented in extremely unrealistic terms. "Often highly artificial and to a modern reader incredible, these "examples" seem to have appealed very strongly to medieval congregations because of their concreteness and narrative and human interest, as well as their moral implications" (Holman and Harmon 192). In the case of the Clerk's Tale, Griselda's passivity in allowing her children to be, as she is led to believe, slain without a word of protest is, by any standards of genuine behavior, both preposterous and repugnant. However, the usual understanding of the exemplary mode of narrative screens out such irrelevant incidents, while allowing those elements in the story which contribute to its exemplary significance to be fully exploited."

Tags:marriage, poetry, religion, morality, allegory

Abstract
The paper relates that in Chaucer's version of "The Clerk's Tale", Griselda is shown as a figure of patience and absolute virtue. The paper then examines several articles that all show how while her actions may have been considered saintly to those in Chaucer's time, in the modern world she is nothing but a weak woman who has her husband on a pedestal. The paper illustrates how the articles all analyze the morality of Griselda and Walter's choices and convey that modern readers are critical of Griselda's willingness to give up her own will to that of another.

From the Paper
"In Chaucer's version of The Clerk's Tale, Griselda is shown as a figure of patience and absolute virtue. Throughout the tale she is the perfect wife who does everything that Walter asks of her without an ounce of complaint. To a modern reader, Griselda is the epitome of a woman without her own voice. She does everything for Walter and never seems to have her own opinion on things. Griselda may be the perfect wife, but she is not the perfect woman. Giving up her children knowing that they would be killed in order to please Walter is not something that makes a lot of sense to a modern reader. Her actions may have been considered saintly to those of Chaucer's time, but in the modern world she is nothing but a weak woman who has her husband on a pedestal."

Tags:Griselda, Walter, virtue, patience, marriage, husbands, wives

Abstract
This paper serves as an interview plan for the position: Accounts Clerk NOC 1432. The focus of the plan is on the interview questions covering three areas of competencies as well as three levels within each are of competency; knowledge, skills and ability. To augment the questions, this paper includes a scoring grid and hiring decision report, as well as, mock interview responses.

From the Paper
"Interview questions, candidate responses and scoring grid. Interview Plan Beginning - Approximate Time - 10. 1. The human resource representative will be facilitating the interview process. The candidate will be brought from the reception area to the interview room by the assistant and provided a seat as well as a glass of water, paper and pen. 2. Once everyone is settled, the process will begin. 3. First off, the candidate will be provided with an introduction to company, and interview process, the outline of the interview as well as panel of interviewers."

Tags:competencies, interview, plan

Abstract
This paper examines how Chaucer was a man of his times, and some propose that he was a forerunner of the Reformation, a religious visionary. It looks at how he used Biblical material to develop his tales, which were, after all, told on a pilgrimage to the holy city of Canterbury. In particular, it explores how "The Clerk's Tale" is a Christian message, as are all the tales in one way or another, and how explicating it depends on finding the kernels of liturgical and Biblical paraphrasing in the descriptions of Griselda's remarkable, fictional life.

From the Paper
"Second, Chaucer (who knew French, Italian and Latin) had a wealth of continental writing upon which to draw for characters and stories for The Canterbury Tales, but only one version of the Bible, and that was in Latin. The medieval Church had prohibited vernacular translations of the Bible (Fisher, 1992, p. 154). Later, in 1542, the Church would approve vernacular translations as long as they met a test of orthodoxy. Even so, for many sixteenth century scholars, much so-called Biblical information came through what one might call "secular theologians", authors such as Geoffrey Chaucer, who were both learned and clever and could weave Biblical information into their secular works. Although Chaucer was often referred to as "Socrates plains de philosophic", many sixteenth-century allusions to him propose that he was a forerunner of the Reformation and an important Christian theologian (Fisher, 1992, p. 154)."

Tags:oxenford, church, griselda

Abstract
This paper explains that, from a Marxian perspective, the sales clerk position personifies issues surrounding control of the means of production such as the lack of incentive for the lowest level workers (the clerks) when contrasted with the benefits and bonuses available to those who controlled the means of production (the store owners). The author points out that Nietzsche would interpret the positions of the workers versus the owners as a moral "trickle-down" debate. The paper relates that similarities between the concepts of Marx and Nietzsche are their beliefs that men themselves formulate societal constructs and that these constructs are divided into classifications of master/slave (Nietzsche) or proletariat/bourgeoisie (Marx).

From the Paper
"The proletarians of Marx must consent at some level to being ruled, and until they consciously and voluntarily "unite" and rise up against their oppressors, they continue to tacitly agree to being ruled. A parallel with this concept of agreeing to be ruled by the wealthier (or "master," to use Nietzsche's wording) is a realization of the power actually wielded by lower level workers when they choose to united against unfair treatment. Had the sales clerks formed a united front against the unfair pay scale for our labors and demanded a commission scale or similar compensation for our labor, management would have been hard pressed to replace twenty plus clerks overnight."

Tags:trickle-down, constructs, owners, master, control

Abstract
This paper presents a business plan for a company that wants to import, market, and sell seated-operator, checkout counters to the U.S. market. The paper presents an analysis of the business market, explains why there is a strong potential for demand for this product, and presents a marketing program. The paper also explains financing for the company, describes the intended organizational structure of the company, and looks at potential obstacles that might be encountered when marketing the checkout counters.

From the Paper
"A visit to any supermarket or multipurpose store in Europe (for example, the Spar stores in the Republic of Ireland or the PrixUni in Paris) will be a lesson in humane working conditions to Americans: there, the retail clerks get to sit down at their cash registers. Considering the ubiquitous moving belts that have been a feature of grocery stores for decades, it seems ridiculous for clerks to have to stand all day; there is no reason bagging cannot be done at lap height; indeed, it probably makes it easier for grocery shoppers to pick up the handled bags that are ubiquitous already in U.S. high-end grocery stores (Trader Joe's and Whole Foods Market for two) or brought-from-home "string bags" or canvas totes as are used in Europe and by many "green-conscious" U.S. shoppers already."

Tags:metrologic, instruments, workstations, services, industry, grocery, shopping, retailers

From the Paper
"If someone were to mention the names of Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, or Thomas Edison you would automatically think of them as great leaders and ingenious inventers. Their names are quit familiar through out our society due to their accomplishments in the past. Certainly, if I threw out the name of James Clerk Maxwell, some people would sit there and ponder whether or not the name sounds familiar to them. James Maxwell should be known and acknowledged just like the people I mentioned earlier. James Clerk Maxwell is one of the many inventors, who's contributions in science and math, has changed the way the world works in the 21st century."

Tags:biography, james, mathematician, maxwell, scientist

Abstract
This paper examines how straight after he has described the three ecclesiastical figures in the "General Prologue", Chaucer goes on to describe those who work (the laborantes), the largest group in the Prologue. It shows how Chaucer generally has distaste for those emerging members of the middle-class in 14th Century England and treats the Merchant accordingly, with harsher than normal satire. It also looks at how more gentleness is applied to the assiduous Clerk and the Lawyer and how, in these portraits, Chaucer shows his finger to be on the pulse of a changing society.

From the Paper
"Neither does Chaucer approve of the Merchant's morality. He breaks the law for profit and spends the money on lavish outfits, as Chaucer tells us in line 280, "in eschaunge sheeldes selle". He dealt in French ecus, which was illegal at the time, and used the ill-gotten gains to dress expensively, rather than pay off the debts he tries so hard to hide. His choice of attire may not seem too severe a sin, but when the Merchant's appearance is compared with the Knight (Chaucer's revered chivalric ideal figure), who wears humble garments with no hint of pretension, he seems a very despicable figure. In addition to this, he ignores religious orders, as he deals with "bargaines" and "chevissaunce", both of which were dealing in money, forbidden for Christians."

Tags:ages, beckett, middle, pilgrimage, satire