...likely to have high expectations of personal and financial success, feel that hard work pays off, and have a get-it-done result-producing attitude” (Breaux 2003,p52). Managers all over the world have been struggling with the challenge of attracting, managing and retaining Gen Y workers. Gen Y have different values and expectation of the companies they for compared to previous generations. Companies must learn how to manage Generation Y workers and cater to their needs if they want to retain Gen Y works. "Generation Y'ers are like X'ers on steroids. They are the most high-maintenance generation to ever enter the work force" (Breaux 2009,p95). As Gen Y has already started to enter the work force companies cannot afford to ignore the wants and need of Gen Y. Gen Y is just as big in numbers and will keep entering into the workforce at a rapid rate. The companies that don’t figure out how to attract and retain the growing Gen Y workers are likely to find themselves at a distinct disadvantage. After all, Generation Y is the next generation of workers who will ultimately be managing companies and determine if businesses succeed or fail. Article one “Understanding and managing generation differences in the workplace” Database: Emerald Group Publishing Limited Journal: Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes, 2011, Vol.3(4), p.308-318 [Peer Reviewed Journal] Written by: Camille Kapoor Abstract: “ The modern workplace now consists of four different generations for the first...
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...Organizational Behavior Mayur M. Mohite MET MMS 2012-2014 Roll No.96, Div-B Managing Stress And Work Life Balance-Buddhism Pali quote 1 (Verse 81 of Dhammapada): Selo yathā ekaghano vātena na samīrati Evaṃ nindāpasaṃsāsu na samiñjanti paṇḍitā English Translation: As a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, even so the wise are unshaken by praise or blame. Meaning: The wise remain unmoved and unruffled both by praise and humiliation. The wise remain unshaken under all vicissitudes of life, like the solid rock that withstands the buffering of wind, unmoved. The ordinary people tend to be shaken by the changing vicissitudes of life.when something goes wrong, they are depressed. When things go well, they are elated. But, the wise are unshaken, whatever the fortune they face. It is said that the people in generally face eight kinds of vicissitudes : (1) gain (2) loss (3) neglect (4) attention (5) humiliation (6) praise (7) pleasure (8) Pain. These eight are described as the eight vicissitudes of life. The ordinary masses are shaken by these vicissitudes, but the wise remain unshaken by them. The wise ones are aware of the changing nature of the world; in response they remain unmoved by it. The wise person considers the circumstances carefully and notes that they are subject to fluctuations. His mind is not shaken by good fortune.nor he is depressed by misfortune. Analysis: According to me, nothing in this world is permanent, everything changes, if we are going through...
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...Work Life Balance for Women [Name of the Writer] [Name of the Institution] Table of Contents Abstract iii Introduction 2 Problems in Work Life Balance 4 Demographic Variables and Work Life Balance 4 Achieving the Balanced Life 6 Self Efficacy 6 Emotional Intelligence 7 Employer Efforts 7 Conclusion 10 References 11 Abstract Work-life balance describes the practices at work place that create an equilibrium in demands of employees to maintain a healthy family life and work activities. The demands and pressure is a greater challenge for female workforce to balance work life activities. The conflicts in such situation also has significant impact in career advancements of women. Organisations also play their part by creating a healthy work place culture that reflects cornerns for needs of employees during work and after work. Organisations should periodically review their contemprorary work processes and practices. They should determine the inefficiencies and reasons of stress that negatively effect motivation and commitment of female employees. This research study aims to undertake the factors that can affect the career women work-life balance. Work Life Balance for Women Introduction Work Life balance is a term that suggests the individuals how much control they have on the situations like when to work and how to work. It describes those practices that an individual aims to achieve equilibrium between family demands...
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...Project Part 2 Work/life balance is an ongoing conflict between employers and employees, and one that does not have clearly defined lines. In order for both the employer and the employee to achieve an appropriate work/life balance, there has to be both give and take. It is just as much the employer’s responsibility as it is the employee’s responsibility. In order for there to be a solution that satisfies all parties, there must be open and effective communication on both sides. Both sides must also have a clear goal of what they want from one another. Especially in an employer situation, you must understand that it is not you against the employer, but rather to view you and the employer as a whole team. Viewing yourself as one team working for the same goal allows you to better collaborate on a solution that works for all involved. Potential solutions to the issue of work/life balance include flexible hours, paid leave, child care, employee assistance programs, providing employees with time management tools, and incorporating employees’ families into company events. These are geared at allowing employees to not only have time outside of company walls, but to also maximize their effectiveness on the job. By allowing them time to have a life outside of work and their career, they will be better prepared to leave private issues at home when they arrive at work. It will also allow them to feel less stress when it does come to the pull between work and home life. These programs will...
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... Abstract The paper was written to explore stress and effective ways of managing stress since so many people suffer from its ill affects. A general guideline for an abstract has five sections or areas of focus: why the experiment was conducted; the problem being addressed; what methods were used to solve the problem; the major results obtained; and the overall conclusions from the experiment as a whole. The first two sections are very similar and can be grouped together, but do not have to be. If you decide to address them separately, make sure that you do not repeat anything. Often a section can be mentioned in only one sentence. Remember, brevity is the key to a successful abstract. Each section is addressed below to help clarify what needs to be included and what can be omitted. The most important thing to remember when writing the abstract is to be brief and state only what is pertinent. No extraneous information should be included. A successful abstract is compact, accurate and self-contained. It also must be clear enough so someone who is unfamiliar with your experiment could understand why you did what you did, and what the experiment indicated in the end. An additional note is that abstracts typically are written in the passive voice, but it is acceptable to use personal pronouns such as I or we. . http://writing2.richmond.edu/training/project/biology/abslit.html Stress and How We Manage Stress is a normal everyday part of life, 43% of...
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...Abstract This essay examines why work-life balance is essential for every employee. Some of the reasons why organizations should maintain a work-life balance for all the employees include stress reduction. It increases the ability of the employees to deliver while at the work place. It creates harmony between the private life of an employee and their work-life. It raises employee commitment in the organization, therefore, increasing productivity. It enhances flexibility among employees in the work place. A proper work-life balance also helps an organization attract and retain employee competitive employees in the organization. The paper also examines the different strategies that can be used by organizations to ensure better work-life balance for the employees. They include offering employees adequate vacation. Organizations can offer flextime for the employees as it enables them, enjoy their vacations. Proper staffing also ensures employees are not over worked. Introduction Work-life balance refers to a concept that entails prioritizing between career and lifestyle where lifestyle includes family, leisure or pleasure. The work-shy refer to the employees who are never inclined to work. It refers to a concept in Human Resource Management (HRM) that enables employees to manage their energy and time between work and other aspects of life. It involves efforts by an employee to create time for personal activities and the workplace. It is not true to state...
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...stress and work-family conflict Abstract Stress, work-family conflicts and flexible scheduling are three of the most important elements in organizational studies. The focus of current study is to understand the effect of Stress, work-family conflicts and flexible scheduling on employee’s performance and also to understand whether flexible scheduling helps in reducing stress and work-family conflicts or not. A survey has also been conducted to strengthen the idea comprising of a sample of 70 employees from different organizations. 53 of them responded and the respond rate was 75%. Descriptive statistics is used to analyze the data. Results show that stress and work family conflict negatively affect the employee performance and flexible scheduling has a positive effect on employee performance. Primary study as well as literature review showed that flexible scheduling also helps in reducing stress and work-family conflicts. However, results are strongly based on the literature review i.e. secondary data. Introduction Work family balance is one of the most emerging concepts in the field of business and in the corporate world. Organizations are trying to reduce this conflict for the betterment of organization as well as for the employees. Western researchers have done a considerable work on this concept of work-family balance (Berg et al., 2003; Frone, 2003; Rossi, 2001; Marcinkus et al., 2007; Young, 1999). Actually work-family balance is used to reduce the work-family conflict...
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...1. Abstract In this briefing paper I will critically examine the challenges and choices HR managers now face in regard to work life balance and wellness. I will analyse the main choices that HR managers have in order to deal with wok life balance and wellness and how they benefits the employees. This briefing paper is an overview of what I will include in my individual paper in which I will discuss the main choices in more detail. 2. Background This briefing paper is to prepare me for my final academic paper. This briefing paper will be correctly referenced and will inform my tutor on how I will complete my final paper due in week 14. Once I have completed this paper I will write an action plan which will give the details of the various tasks I will undertake and I will also allocate deadlines in order to complete those tasks. For my individual paper I have chosen to critically examine the challenges and choices HR managers now face in regard to work life balance and wellness. My briefing paper will focus on the above title and I will cover many areas which include what I know about the subject already, what my arguments could be and my supporting evidence, drafting the final individual paper and I will also include a paragraph which will be the introduction to the final paper. 3. Findings 3.1 - What the assignment is asking me to do This assignment is asking me to critically examine the challenges and choices HR managers now face in regard to work life balance and wellness...
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...on single objects that are more static and more frontal -putting pressure on the motif of the tree View from the Dunes with Deach and Piers -starts to explore the methods of Seurat - Seurat’s atomization of motif and symbol -futile to depict nature as it is -encounter of the verticality of the plane -osilating between surface and depth -structurally on the left and chromatically to the right Lighthouse in West Kappele (1909) Molen (mill); Red Mill at Domburg Evolution 1910-11 -esoteric iconology -relationship between spirituality and abstract form -mondrian is thinking about how you can make paiting universal -discovers Cezzanian impact on cubism—turns around his painting and makes him pick up more abstract aspects Still Life with Gingerpot (1911) -still much naturalism -can still comprehend many objects that are depicted illusionistically -creates metrix of lines Still Life with Gingerpot II (1912) -linear squaring and organization of all of the elements in the field -the depicted sercice to the little service—becomes a lot more flat -Moves object closer to the picture plane Gray Tree 1911 -first proto-cubist paintings—shows a new approach that will reach a culmination within a year -1912- moves to Paris -where we can first see cubism directly and see its logic -changes the structure of painting Bloeiende...
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...BALANCE SCORECARD INTRODUCTION: A Conceptual Framework for Managing Lodging Brands: A Balanced-Scorecard Approach Abstract: The issue of brand management remains a formidable challenge for lodging organizations and lodging brand managers. This challenge is partly due to the fact that effective brand management requires an all-inclusive and comprehensive organizational approach. This paper proposes a framework that uses the balance scorecard (BSC) as the basis for brand management. The framework proposes both a proactive and reactive approach to brand management through the use of performance measures or perspectives, which form the underlying components of the BSC. These are the financial perspective, the customer perspective, process perspective, and the learning perspective. The paper enhances and expands this BSC framework by including a brand maintenance and enhancement component. The concept of balance scorecard was introduced by Kaplan & Norton (1992, 1996, 2007) and they argued that that balance scorecard is a useful tool that tells managers how organization is performing in relation to strategic objectives of organization. Kaplan & Norton(1992) state the four perspectives which are financial perspective,customer perspective,internal business process perspective and learning and growth perspective.These four perspectives are used by managers in order to measure and analyze information. Kalpan and Norton explain these four perspectives which are effective...
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...IMPACT OF WORK LIFE BALANCE ON WORKING WOMEN: AN OVERVIEW Dr. Anju Sigroha*, Ms. Yogita Girdhar** and Dr. Sneha Sangwan*** ABSTRACT Female participation in the workplace has grown dramatically over the past couple of decades. This growth has been especially noticeable in the professional and managerial fields where women now occupy a significant number of positions. The increased female workforce participation has been accompanied by its own challenges like managing time, roles & responsibilities at workplace & at home. Work life balance is seen more as women issue due to the traditional mindset, where the woman is considered primarily responsible for the smooth running of the day to day affairs of the family irrespective of her job profile and official responsibilities. However, over the years, women have started receiving support & understanding at home, especially from their spouses. Nonetheless, there are some unspoken challenges which need to be dealt with constantly. If family responsibilities are allowed to interfere with work responsibilities on a regular basis, it may hinder women’s career progression, lower the job satisfaction levels, result in lack of concentration at work, increase absenteeism & may eventually lead to turnover. No matter how well they prove themselves, women find it increasingly difficult to climb up the career ladder as they are perceived to be more committed towards family than workplace. Even at family front, a working woman has to always...
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...Ancient Art AIU Online: HUMA205 Abstract This is an essay that will analyze two important works of ancient art. They will be analyzed in terms of their form, subject matter and content. It will explain how these two art works fit into the time period they were made. Using the terminology and concepts of evaluating art, this paper will compare the two pieces of art in consideration with their style, symbolism and meaning of them. The first work of ancient art chosen for this assignment is The House with the Cracked Walls by Paul Cézanne (1839–1906). It was painted between the years of 1892 and 1894 with oil on a canvas. It is a painting of a house scenario surrounded by trees, rocks and grass. The house looks abandoned or not lived in. Some will say that it is a romantic scenery of solitude and intensity. It is a painting of deep imagination and creativity: the sky is intense and empty, the ground is unstable and steep, the horizon is irregular, and the trees seem agitated as well as the rising appearance of the ground. The balance of the painting starts with the cracked house because this effect leads down to the rocks, the ground and the lines and cracks on the trees. The shadows and dark colors create balance as well: earthly colors of greens, greys, tans, blues and browns. The vertical shape of the entire painting gives it a pressed together look with the ground rising up to the house and trees that are rising up to the sky. Symbolism, in my opinion, is greatly used...
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...Types of Assets Used by Companies Garzoria, Raul Principles of Accounting 2311 Ruby Campuzano, M.S. Abstract Assets are resources owned by a company as the result of transactions and are recognized by being an economic resource to a business that adds value. Assets should hold future economic value for the owner or business. Types of Assets Used by Companies An item owned by individuals or corporation that holds some type of economic value that in turn can be converted into cash, is an asset. Assets equal the sum of total resources for that particular business as opposed to liabilities. A few examples are office equipment, vehicles, cash, real estate, and other property owned by the business. In a business accounting point of view, there are different types of assets used, such as current, long-term, intangibles, property, plant, and equipment. This list is basically items that hold cash value, which bring in income to the business. Current assets are important to most companies as a source of funds for day-to-day operations. This asset considered as work in process or cash that’s always flowing in and out of the business. A balance sheet item which equals the sum of cash and cash, accounts receivable, inventory, marketable, prepaid expenses, and other assets that could be converted to cash in less than one year. Creditors of a company, will often be interested in how much that company has in current assets, so that if the company goes bankrupt; the creditors...
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...Abstract It is career day at school and I have been personally asked to make a presentation to high school students in my hometown about my role as an accountant. Although many of the students will not become accountants, the majority of them will all have to deal with money sometime in their life and they will need to know how to keep track of their money one way or another. That is where accounting will play a role in their lives. The students will know the primary objectives when it comes to accounting. The students will also be explained about the basic terminology of the accounting process. They will also be explained about how accounting has affected my personal life and also the ethics of my personal life. Accounting is also a process that deals with different types of math. Accounting also deals with recording, transactions, credits, interpreting and summarizing just about everything that has to do with numbers. It is very important that a person in the career field of accounting performs a flawless job in the outcomes of their work. A mistake as little as being off by one number can make a huge difference in the overall work that has been done. Accountants may need to go over the work more than once just to make sure that the numbers they have recorded or precise. That is what the students will need to know when it comes to the life of an accountant. It is also important in their everyday life if they feel as though they may need to be on a budget, trying to save or...
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... Abstract The purpose of this paper is to explain my reasoning on the importance of financial statements in a personal and professional environment. The balance sheet and the income sheet are the two most important factors that all business needs in order to attract and keep investors. The balance sheet reports assets, liabilities and equity while Income statement lists total income and total expenses. Select either the balance sheet or income statement and explain how the use of it may be applied to your everyday life. According to the principles of accounting website, “ Accounting is a set of concepts and techniques that are used to measure and report financial information about an economic unit. The economic unit is generally considered to be a separate enterprise. The information is reported to a variety of different types of interested parties ( principles of accounting, 2011). To greatly explain, these interested parties use either a balance sheet or income statement. The balance sheet, “reports the assets, liabilities, and stockholders equity of a company at a specific date”, (Weygandt, 2011). The income statement “ presents the revenues and expenses and resulting net income or net loss of a company for a specific period of time”, (Weygandt, 2011). From actively researching the balance sheet and income statement during my time in the accounting class, I believe the balance sheet...
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