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The Teamsters Union, 2004.
This paper discusses the Teamsters Union, which the author concludes is one of the worst unions in the nation.
3,000 words (approx. 12.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 88.95
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This paper explains that, after more than 100 years of union activity in the United States, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (also known as the Teamsters or Teamsters Union) leadership has harmed both labor relations and the union itself. The author points out that, from 1979 to 1984, a Teamster?s official was indicted by federal authorities every eight days, 225 indictments for misdeeds ranging from racketeering to arson to aggravated assault to extortion, bribery, and pension fund embezzlement. The paper relates that, while the Teamsters are taken to task for flouting the law in ways that almost always cause harm to members, such as the continuing pension debacle, and while the leadership serves itself extremely well with salaries and perks, it continues to serve its members badly.
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Introduction
Worst of a Bad Lot
The Branch Doesn?t Fall Far from the Tree
What Would Have Changed?
Even Better Full-Time Jobs for Leaders
What?s Good for the Goose?
A Brief Glimpse of Camelot
Finest Hour
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"In fact, the federal government finally placed the Central States Pension Fund (also known as the mafia bank) in trusteeship because of the Teamsters? leadership spending million in funds supposedly for retirement benefits on Mafia-related loans to Las Vegas casinos. While it is, Waldman admits, likely the Teamsters membership had higher wages, and thus made higher pension contributions, than they would have without the union, the sting of losing a great deal of their expected retirement income was another example of the poor ?labor relations? conduct of the leadership."
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Japanisation, 2004.
This paper discusses the application of the Japanese management style to UK business management.
3,780 words (approx. 15.1 pages), 22 sources, APA, $ 104.95
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This paper explains that Japanese management involves a production system where employees are held accountable for their own actions to the same extent that supervisors or managers would be held accountable for the actions of all employees in a more Western or Americanized model. he author points out that the traditional British system promotes harsh and unrelenting, uncommunicative, and uncooperative management styles by upper management. The paper concludes that, even where new industrial practices modeled after the Japanese model of management are said to be in place within the UK, much work still has to be done to improve employee relations and satisfaction within UK corporations.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Japanisation Characterized
History of Japanisation
Case Study
Current Trends
British Industrial Relations
Current U.K. Model of Management
Conclusions
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"Nippon CTV is an example of a Japanese owned factory that is located in the southern portion of England. The factory employs 1,000 people. Recently the factory was the subject of a research study on the shop floor where a majority of the workers are women. There are eight assembly lines operating out of the panel shop, each of which uses an automatic conveyor to carry panels to operators working from their stations (Delbridge, 1997). The assembly teams are run by a team leader, who is responsible for handling any issues which might affect performance including quality control and disciplinary issues."
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Immigrant Workers, 2004.
An examination of the United States immigration policy and how it impacts the domestic workers.
1,269 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper looks at how America has long been known for being the land of opportunity and how millions of immigrants have come to America and started new lives living off of the fruits of their labor from working. It examines how, in recent decades, however, concern has developed about the number of jobs the immigrant workers perform. There have been many debates and discussions about U.S. immigration policy and how it impacts domestic workers in this country. It explores how America is currently facing a dilemma and how it has to decide whether its willingness to embrace immigrants is going to have a negative impact on the plight of the domestic worker.
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"Those who advocate for immigrant workers allege the only jobs the immigrants are taking are jobs that US residents do not want or need. For many years it was believed that the only jobs being taken by immigrant workers were those on farmland as planters and pickers. For a long time this many have been the case but more recently the jobs being taken by immigrant workers have branched out to include other industries."
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Minimum Wage, 2004.
A look at both sides of the minimum wage debate that has been taking place in the United States for decades.
857 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 30.95
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This paper gives a brief history of the minimum wage laws in the United States and attempts to show that minimum raise increases benefit more than just the lower-class society in America.
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"In addition, much of the working poor were falling well below the poverty line, and even the middle class were beginning to lose economic ground. By 1936, the Public Contracts act allotted for a minimum wage provision in all federal contracts (Illinois Labor History Society, 24). Several states had also attempted to follow Massachusetts?s lead, and enact their own minimum wage laws, but were met with Supreme Court opposition until a ruling in 1937 (Relave, 2)."
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Trade Unions, 2004.
This paper discusses that privatization, technological innovation, and globalization have had a negative effect on the trade unions in England and France.
1,910 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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This paper explains that, despite the fact that employer groups have attacked the weak social rights concepts in the E.U. treaties, union strength has shrunk enormously. The author points out that part of the problem of the trade unions may accrue to the unions themselves because they operate under an old paradigm, refusing to accept labor market reforms, which would return work to the working class. The paper concludes that the local monopolies and trade unions are as extinct as the dodo bird; very few even recalling what they were like just two decades ago.
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What Happened?
Why Do Trade Unions Continue Ineffective?
Attempted Turnaround
Conclusion
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"It is unlikely ?capital?s is going to allow the other holders of capitol--the financial corporations, multi-national executives and their universe--to suffer significant costs associated with the changing economic pattern caused by globalization. As has been seen in the case of France in 2002, the state governments are willing to offer various ?bribes? to the stakeholders to prevent unions regaining access to the economic rent that once supported their activities."
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The Fordist, Neo-Fordist, and Post-Fordist Society Models, 2004.
A look at the type of society we live in today by examining the Fordist, Neo-Fordist, and Post-Fordist society models.
1,611 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 52.95
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This paper evaluates each model, examine viewpoints about each model, and attempt to show that the world we currently live in is representative of a post-Fordist society.
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"The term Fordism originally came about in the early 1900?s in response to Henry Ford?s symbolic nature as a leader. His efforts to transform from an agriculturally based economy to a mass production, mass consumption market paved the way for a new society model. Ford brought the automobile industry up from ground level, and used a number of implemented changes to achieve that goal. The cumulative of those transformations is the basis behind Fordism (Thompson, 1998)."
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The Future of Unions in Labor Relations, 2004.
Discussion of whether unions are still necessary in today's work force.
3,677 words (approx. 14.7 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 102.95
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This paper discusses whether unions are still necessary in today's work force. It raises the following questions. How much power do unions have when their members go out on strike? Who generally wins when an employer and a union square off against each other? Are unions changing to match the current economics of today's business environment.
Outline
The Role That Unions Play
The Importance of Strikes
How Unions Get Their Members
Specific Strikes
Conclusion: Are Unions Still Viable
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"Unions came about from the struggles and pain that individuals had to go through early on in history. Unions were something that did not spring up overnight, but rather took a great deal of time to develop as individuals began working out for themselves what types of organizations would be the best to protect their rights and ensure that they could not be treated cruelly or unfairly by those that they worked for (Kearney, 2001). The right to collective bargaining took almost 200 years in the United States but today these rights are held in almost every country (Kearney, 2001)."
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The Family and Medical Leave Act, 2004.
A look at the details and guarantees of the Family and Medical Leave Act.
1,126 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 39.95
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This paper describes the Family and Medical Leave Act, which was designed to create a business environment that is supportive of the needs of the family, and the regulations it applies to businesses. The paper then looks at the history behind the act and some of its disadvantages.
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"Dispute has arisen over the enforcement of the FMLA because of the costs involved for the employer. While no employer wants to take an anti-family stance, the costs of maintaining an employee?s position in a company while they are on extended leave are enormous. The employer must either hire temps to fill in the position, or entice laterally positioned employees to handle the additional work load for a short period. In the case of the temp, the employer has to absorb the training costs. Then once the regular employee returns to his or her position, the employers investment into the temp, who may just be settling into the position after 12 weeks, is lost as the temp is displaced. The resulting employee two-step can disrupt company productivity, harm customer service, and ultimately have a long term effect on the company?s competitive posture. While the needs of the employee and their family are important to the community, and the health of the company, the profitability of the company is the most important reason for its existence. Government policy which adversely affects the company?s ability to be efficient and profitable is due to encounter court challenges."
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Minimum Wage, 2004.
A look at the pros and cons of raising minimum wage in the US.
2,533 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 76.95
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This paper shows that there are both pros and cons to raising minimum wage, but ultimately, raising the minimum wage in this country will only make it more difficult for those that still struggle to get by. The paper begins with historical information about minimum wage and then moves on to the pros and cons of raising it. The summary and conclusion explain the reasons that minimum wage should not be raised and indicate that there must be some other way to help individuals in this country who are struggling to pay their bills and put food on the table.
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"Historically, minimum wage has been through a great many changes. It is designed to be the lowest wage that an industry can legally pay in the United States (Minimum, 2004). Minimum wage was originally established to ensure that all individuals could have a standard of living that would provide them with a reasonable amount of health and decency. There have been many ways in the past that minimum wage has been changed. These include collective bargaining from labor unions, by board action, by arbitration, and by legislation (Minimum, 2004). Almost all countries have a minimum wage and originally in the United States minimum wage laws were believed to be unconstitutional."
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Computer Vision Syndrome, 2004.
Discussion of the host of physical problems resulting from the ever-increasing amount of time spent in front of a computer.
2,062 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 65.95
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This paper first describes the vision problems caused by spending too much time in front of a computer screen and then describes the muscular and skeletal problems that may also result from extended periods of time in front of the computer. The paper also describes the physiological process that creates computer vision syndrome (CVS) and explains how these computer related health issues can translate into reduced worker productivity. Finally, the paper includes a discussion of the measures that can be taken to help protect the user from the physical problems described in the paper.
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"With the ever-increasing amount of time consumers are spending in front of their computer screens, this disability is considered on of the fastest growing work related health problems in the country today. For many Americans, the problem cannot be left behind at the office. Individuals come home, to spend time surfing the web, corresponding via email, and pursuing various computer based entertainment functions. The digital world is swiftly becoming dangerous to the health and wellbeing of a great many Americans."
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Burnout in Health Care.
An overview of the issues concerning burnout among health care professionals.
1,856 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 14 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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This paper examines the meaning of burnout as defined by noted psychologist Beverly Potter, including the symptoms such as anger and the sense of loss of control. It provides a literature review covering numerous aspects of burnout in health care. It looks at the problems facing hospitals as a result and suggests various solutions for how hospital workers can attempt to achieve better working conditions in order to avoid the stress and potential burnout created by low wages, long working hours, and over-crowded conditions.
Outline
Introduction: Defining the Problem of ?Burnout?
The Literature Covering Numerous Aspects of Burnout in Healthcare
A Hospital Management Dichotomy: Priorities out of Whack
Solutions: Fighting for Better Working Conditions to Stave off Burnout and Stress
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"What causes burnout in healthcare environments? Research in the Radiological Technology (Akroyd) journal reflects the point that conditions in the healthcare marketplace ?exacerbate the pressures? on employees and organizations. That is true because healthcare organizations ?are forced to improve profit margins? while simultaneously ?maintaining the highest standard of medical care.? In other words, healthcare workers are expected to do ?more with fewer resources,? and that dynamic leads to stress and burnout."
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Computer-Assisted Career Guidance Systems (CACGS), 2004.
A thorough overview of CACGS, their history, importance, implementation, advantages, and disadvantages.
5,214 words (approx. 20.9 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 129.95
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The paper provides an explanation of computer-assisted career guidance systems (CACGSs), their characteristics, and usage. An analysis of the history of computer-assisted career guidance is also provided. A discussion of the explanations of various scholars about the progress of CACGS over the years is reviewed, along with the various types of CACGS. The writer introduces the SIGI PLUS program, as well as the ?DISCOVER? system. This is followed by an explanation of the dilemmas of compute- assisted career guidance systems (CACGSs) and an analysis of the ethical issues of the system. Implementation problems relating to the Computer assisted Career Guidance system are discussed. The unique capabilities of computers in preserving and retrieving wide range of information on occupational structure and guidance are also mentioned, as well as the enhancement of the quality and quantity of counseling system with computer assistance. The current developments in the area are introduced, including what is in store for the future for computer-assisted career guidance systems. The paper concludes with a remark about computer-assisted career guidance systems.
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"The characteristics of CACG comprises definite content and process components of career-decision making for instance distinctive work responsibilities for a vocation or the potential to observe two occupational description at the same time. Computers can for sure assist in giving the information necessary to take decisions. Through the use of computers, total and also easily retrievable data files on various vocations can be obtained. Hence, computers can give the necessary information to formulate what Parsons marked as actual reasoning. Truly, information relating to the transforming career market and resources for training might be given in a better manner by the computers because of the vast quantity of career information a career counselor will have to collect to be helpful. (Katz, & Shatkin, 1983)"
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Workplace Stress and Technology, 2004.
A review of the article, "Technology Increases Workplace Stress, Tipping the Scales of Work-Life Balance", by the Kensington Technology Group.
880 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper examines the article, "Technology Increases Workplace Stress, Tipping the Scales of Work-Life Balance", by the Kensington Technology Group, a study of home and office workers, and how their lives and professional careers are impacted by technology and stress. It looks at how their study confirms that workplace stress has increased as technological advances have increased and indicates that workers are now allowing workplace stress to invade their personal lives. It also includes an examination of the ethical issues inherent with workplace stress.
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"Another source of stress is attempting to maintain a balance between work and home life. Kensington's survey discovered "54 percent of workers feel that trying to maintain a work-life balance is a great source of additional stress at work" ("Technology," 1999). While it seems more employers are attempting to balance work and personal lives, there are still a myriad of ways for technology to intrude on personal time. Email, voicemail, cell phones, and laptop computers all allow workers to take their work literally home with them, and many do this on a regular basis. They may be away from the office, but they are still tied to it, and so, their family time suffers. This technology supports a mobile workforce, and often, the workforce is expected to perform for more than the 40-hour workweek."
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The Expanded European Union, 2004.
This paper discusses the question of the degree of potential migration of workers from the newly-joined states to the original fifteen European Union (EU) countries.
1,745 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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This paper explains that no one knows for sure what kind of impact the enlargement of the EU will have on labor movement; some believe that large numbers of individuals will be heading west to look for jobs, but others say that history has shown that war devastation is the primary reason why people leave their homeland. The author points out that part of the concern about workers stems from the differences in economies between the two areas of Europe; lower paid or unemployed workers from the ten new members will follow the money trail to the existing 15 EU countries. The paper relates that, under the terms of accession, existing EU countries have the right to block free movement of labor from the new joiners for up to seven years.
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"Time Europe magazine reports sarcastically on the effect such headlines have on those who have already migrated: ?That image must come as cold, ironic comfort to 54 Greeks who did not exactly find Britain an employment paradise.? Although they had already been entitled to work with full legal protection anyplace in the E.U., these Greek workers were hired as temps to pick flowers in Southwest England. In rain and snow they labored for nine hours a day and lived in a tent without any heat or plumbing, which local officials declared ?totally unfit for human habitation.? In addition, the hiring employers had told the men that they would not be paid until they came up with E1500 for transportation and lodging. After two weeks, the Greek migrants were saved by their embassy."
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Gender Differences in the Workplace, 2004.
Examines the negative attitudes some people have regarding women's entrance into traditionally male-dominated positions of employment.
1,498 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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This paper briefly discusses trends in society that may stop women advancing in their careers or entering a traditionally male type of employment. It explains that, while changes have taken place over the years, there is still much that needs to be improved before equal opportunities in job markets can exist.
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"Gender differences in the workplace has long been the subject of anti-discrimination laws and movements. This is especially true of male-dominated industries such as engineering, firefighting, police work, space travel, etc. Currently society appears to support women doing any kind of work they wish, whether it be a direction that women traditionally choose or not. Many more paths are open to women than was previously the case. However, the attitude of some men (and even women) to this new social paradigm is often more difficult to change than the paradigm itself. When examples are considered of women in traditionally male-dominated professions, it is clear that some attitudes leave much to be desired. On the other hand, this kind of negative attitude in many cases serves simply to inspire women further to make a success under these difficult circumstances."
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