...An article review of Harvey, Bosco and Emanuele, 2010, ‘The Impact of “Green Collar Worker” on Organizations, Management Research Review, vol.33, no. 5, pp 499-511. One of key factors to ensure organizational effectiveness is the people who run it. Therefore, acquiring and employing the workforce has to be planned and managed well since the business environment is facing rapid changes mainly in terms of generation employed, technology and society needs. This article concentrates on how “green collar workers” affect an organization. The authors’ main idea is that practice of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Programme with regard to environmental activities has an effect on organization image which may lead to better selection in recruitment. Based on previous research, Harvey, Bosco and Emanuele (2010) conducted a study on the importance of CSR/organization’s environmental activities and its relationship with employee willingness to recommend employer to others. This research aimed to provide further understanding on the influence of “green collar worker” on organization particularly on employee behaviour since previous research have been unclear. The study reveals that Veterans and Boomers are more interested in environmental conservation compared to other generation which is against most findings in research pertaining attitudes toward environmental issues where most of them found that younger people are more into it. This may be due to the authors’ methodology on...
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...12). This topic is required and graded, and your main post will be worth 60 points, with your two thorough, substantive replies to classmates being worth 20 points each. You will be graded on the quality, depth, and level of expansion and detail in your main and reply posts. Instructions: This semester we'll be exploring the topic of "Millennials" in articles that you be assigned to analyze, evaluate, and use as references for the assigned essays in this course. To begin thinking about this topic, please view either of the two videos on millennials that follow. Please note the attached critical thinking strategies to consider as you view. Then respond in the attached Discussion area to at least ONE of the following questions.: 1. What information was new or surprising to you, and why? 2. What information or concept left you confused, and why? 3. What comment(s) did you disagree with, and why? 4. What information do you find most important, and why? Please include the title of the video you viewed in the subject line of your post. Millennials: 60-minutes documentary This "60 Minutes" video about the millennial generation is 12 minutes long. Feel free to watch it in segments if you would like to:http://news.yahoo.com/video/millennials-coming-200724108-cbs.html The people being interviewed in the video talk about the changes coming to society as a result of the millennial generation's influences. Questions to consider as...
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...of career development paths for employees. The focus of employee development has creates a sense of community and loyalty between employee and employer. Relationship building within an organization is a top priority for business success. Generationally changes in the workforce have created multiple variations of employees in today's workforce. The largest generation of employees is the baby boomers. This generation has traditionally been very committed to companies and have high trust and loyalty. Generation millennials have a much different outlook at employment than baby boomers. These two are just a couple examples of generational employees that companies must adapt to retain. Mentoring has been around for quite some time but traditionally was reserved for upper management. Companies realized the benefits of mentoring could be transferred to all employees as a part of development and growth plans. We will look at mentoring to compare the idea that mentoring is an effective and low cost way to develop employees and build that trust and loyalty needed for employees and organizations. We will look at two different articles from authors who have conducted research on the positive effects of employee development through mentoring relationships of the employee/employer. Defining mentoring is a critical step in the process of implementing and continuing a vital program. Greenhaus defines mentoring as a relationship between junior and senior colleagues. Organizations today have...
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...Performance Review Takes a Page from Facebook Student’s name HRM500(Include Full course ID) Strayer University Instructor Month, Day, 2011 1. Agree or disagree with this statement and provide reasons for your response. “If you have regular conversations with people, and they know where they stand, then the performance evaluation is maybe unnecessary.” The performance evaluation is never unnecessary regardless of the regularity of meetings with their employees. Employees prefer to know where they stand. They dislike surprises but they do desire clearly defined goals and objectives in order to performance successfully. In 2011, Noe Hollenbeck, Gerhart & Wright reported that, “Most Employees are motivated by direct and regularly scheduled feedback: they want to know that they are on the right track” (p. 245). However, it is important to consider the generation preferences within the group. Millennial employees have grown up in an era with continual guidance from parents; therefore, they prefer frequent and candid performance feedback. Baby boomers on the other hand, were raised more independent and earned their statuses, which results in their preference for less interactive feedback. Generation X leans more toward the Millennial preferences regarding evaluation feedback. They too want constant feedback but it must be” accurate, specific and timely” (Tulgan 1996, para 4). They want each feedback encounter to provide learning and career growth opportunities...
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...12). This topic is required and graded, and your main post will be worth 60 points, with your two thorough, substantive replies to classmates being worth 20 points each. You will be graded on the quality, depth, and level of expansion and detail in your main and reply posts. Instructions: This semester we'll be exploring the topic of "Millennials" in articles that you be assigned to analyze, evaluate, and use as references for the assigned essays in this course. To begin thinking about this topic, please view either of the two videos on millennials that follow. Please note the attached critical thinking strategies to consider as you view. Then respond in the attached Discussion area to at least ONE of the following questions.: 1. What information was new or surprising to you, and why? 2. What information or concept left you confused, and why? 3. What comment(s) did you disagree with, and why? 4. What information do you find most important, and why? Please include the title of the video you viewed in the subject line of your post. Millennials: 60-minutes documentary This "60 Minutes" video about the millennial generation is 12 minutes long. Feel free to watch it in segments if you would like to:http://news.yahoo.com/video/millennials-coming-200724108-cbs.html The people being interviewed in the video talk about the changes coming to society as a result of the millennial generation's influences. Questions to consider as...
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...Different? This work paper has the main purpose to analyze an academic article on a management topic and identify the way the author represents its ideas in a scholarly style. The chosen article is “Understanding and Managing the Generational Differences in the Workplace” written by Kapoor C. and Solomon N and published in Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes journal in 2011. In order to complete the analysis, the work paper resume the article and its findings, identify its value and main purpose and analyses its writing manner from the point of view of the scholarly style requirements, in comparison with other writing styles. Summary and Findings In “Understanding and Managing the Generational Differences in the Workplace” article Kapoor and Solomon (2011) treat one of the most sensitive issues of today managers: how to understand, treat and motivate their employees in order to maximize their productivity. In doing so, the authors of the paper advise the managers to pay attention to the individuality of their employees starting from the generational differences. They identify four different generations in most of the demographic structures of the companies today: Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Generation X and Generation Y. Simon (as cited by Kapoor & Simon, 2011) states that “every generation is influenced by the economic, political and social events of its time” (p. 313). Thus, “each generation is shaped by its experiences, which brings a variety of strengths to the...
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...(2006). The influence of academic support on Latino adolescents’ academic motivation. Family Relations, 55(3), 279-291. Jasinski, J. L. (2000). Beyond High School: An Examination of Hispanic Educational Attainment. Social Science Quarterly (University Of Texas Press), 81(1), 276-290. Ortiz, C. J., Valerio, M. A., & Lopez, K. (2012). Trends in Hispanic Academic Achievement. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 11(2), 136-148. doi:10.1177/1538192712437935 Ryan, S., & Ream, R. K. (2016). Variation across Hispanic immigrant generations in parent social capital, college-aligned actions, and four-year college enrollment. American Educational Research Journal, 53(4), 953-986. doi:10.3102/0002831216656395 Song, H., & Elliott, W. (2011). The role of assets in improving college attainment among Hispanic immigrant youth in the U.S. Children & Youth Services Review, 33(11), 2160-...
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...no they should not be cut. National Parks are a big part of teaching us about our country’s past and provides us with a way to see how our ancestors may have lived. Linda J. Bilmes and John Loomis’s article, “Americans Think National Parks Are Worth Way More than We Spend on Them” states, “From Yellowstone to Ellis Island, the 412 places that NPS protects tell America’s story.” There are many benefits to having these historical sites. These benefits include, protecting these sites for future generations, teaching kids about nature, and providing a way for Native American people to keep in touch with their culture. National parks have always been a huge part of the United States. The National Park Service (NPS) funds and manages these national parks. National parks are...
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...discovery skills from the “DNA Disruptive Innovators” of Dyer, J. H., Gregersen, H. B., & Christensen, C. M. (2011) Innovator’s DNA, how did Nayar use these discovery skills to create an innovative organization and what recommendations that Nayar can use to support and encourage an innovative organization. When one thinks of innovation, it is a term used to described new ideas and new beginnings. One who introduced this concept to a failing organization, was an innovative leader named Vineet Nayar. In 2007, Nayar was named CEO of IT Services and Outsourcing Firm HLC Technologies. With his strategic vision and global outlook, he catapulted the then dismal firm into the leader of the organizational pack in a short amount of time. First, this analysis will take a deep look into the strategic vision and global outlook that Nayar used to catapult HLC Technologies. Also, the analysis will introduce the five discovery skills and how Nayar used these skills to create this organization and what steps he needs to take to continue shaping HLC into a more innovative company. In the beginning of Nayar's 2010 article "A Maverick CEO Explains How He Persuaded His Team to Leap into the Future”, he describes his appointment as President of HLC technologies as a “leap to safety.” (Nayar, 2010) It became apparent that there was something he needed to do take change the interface of this company. He began to create a...
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...| | |Assignment 1: Exploration of a Journal Article in Sociology | |RACIAL/ETHNIC DIFFERENCES in EXTENDED FAMILIES | “Racial/Ethnic Differences in Extended Families” is an article review of existing interpretive sociology research. Interpretive Sociology research using existing sources is the type of research involved in this article. A symbolic-interaction approach was given and qualitative data was used in discovering the subjective sense people make of this/their world. The article proves that culture sticks with a person and/or group for a lifetime and through generations. It directly relates to the non-materialistic part of culture and the beliefs and values of each group. The main concept of the article is to show that different racial/ethnic groups have different types of extended families. The Asian-Americans show that their culture values responsibility. This also shows that families remain one of the most important aspects in their society; to them being a family member is usually what they identify with as the master status. Taking the elderly into their homes and watching over and taking care of them can be classified as one of their...
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...The new generation smart phone : an extensive study on the future of cellphone Introduction Topic area In recent years, the demand for smartphone has been increased significantly. Even company like Nokia has been reported of loosing market share in different countries because of the new generation smart phones made by Android and Apple corp. The reason is, these days, the functions that people want from the cellphone is a lot different from the primary users. At first only making calls was the need but now people look for special gadgetes like – music and video players, camera, internet, personal organizer etc. with the changing demands the cell phone producing companies are also modifying, recreating and introducing new model of cellphones. The new generation cellphones are more like a mini computer in hand. Research question and Significance to knowledge This paper will highlight on how the idea of smartphone evloved and what are the extra ordinary and distinctive features of smart phone that are drawing the customers towards it. Also answers to questions like – what is the present market growth rate of smart phone industry, Why company like Nokia is being threatened to loose market share to Android and Apple corp, what are the reasons behind the rapid growing smart phone industry,what is the future of smart phone, what the customers want from their smart phone,could there be any more technological advancement – will be found out through this paper. Literature review ...
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...Theodore Levitt Group No.5 : Rajdeep Laha Anay Halder Sabyasachi Bhattacharya Bipul Purkait Faculty : DR. Abhijeet Biswas Theodore Levitt (1925-2006) • Born in Vollmerz, GERMANY in 1925 • Came to the U.S in 1940 & settled in Dayton, Ohio • Started a newspaper with Erma Bombeck in elementary school • Received his masters in economics from Ohio State in 1951 • Taught at Harvard from 1959-1990 • Wrote Marketing Myopia in 1960, most reprints of any Harvard Business Review article, 900,000 Levitt cont. • Wrote 25 articles for the Harvard Business Review • Authored 8 books on Marketing • 1983 wrote “Globalization of Markets” – coined the word globalization • In 1985 became the editor of the Harvard Business Review, expanded it’s readership beyond an academic journal into a mass market management magazine • Won many awards • “What business are you really in?” – Marketing Myopia • Approach was not to get approval in research, but to have “important people in important companies” (his phrase) to take his ideas and go with them Some philosophies by LEVITT • Theodore Levitt exhorted executives to put their customers at the center of all they do–and to put marketing at the center of strategy. • Levitt wove a powerful argument that companies should stop defining themselves by what they produced and instead reorient themselves toward customer needs and satisfaction. What is Marketing Myopia • Shortsightedness--not inherited. It can be prevented. • Short sighted and inward...
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...debate surrounding the topic of how social media and smartphone usage may be affecting teens and adults alike. Several articles have been released regarding the issue, most notably ‘Are Smartphones Destroying a Generation?’ by Jean Twenge, which is controversial to some. Many people accept the correlation between rising depression rates and smartphone use among teens, but there are many flaws in the data used the support the claim. So, the question i’d like to answer in my research is; Are smartphones and other devices helping my generation succeed in a constantly evolving technological world, or are they hindering their social and mental growth? Authors like Twenge that support the idea that smartphones and social media are directly linked to teen depression ‘cherry-pick’ the studies that support the claim, but ignore studies that suggest screen use isn't linked to outcomes like depression and loneliness among teens, and especially disregards research that suggests that it is actually associated with positive outcomes; like better multi tasking, fast thinking, problem solving and information gathering ability (Moorhead, Joanna). This selective mindset in gathering information is best explained in a psychologytoday...
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...| The balanced scorecard (BSC) is a strategy performance management tool - a semi-standard structured report, supported by design methods and automation tools, that can be used by managers to keep track of the execution of activities by the staff within their control and to monitor the consequences arising from these actions.[1] The critical characteristics that define a Balanced Scorecard are[2] * its focus on the strategic agenda of the organisation concerned * the selection of a small number of data items to monitor * a mix of financial and non-financial data items. Contents [hide] * 1 Use * 2 History * 3 Characteristics * 4 Design * 4.1 First Generation Balanced Scorecard * 4.2 Second Generation Balanced Scorecard * 4.3 Third Generation Balanced Scorecard * 5 Popularity * 6 Variants * 7 Criticism * 8 Software tools * 9 See also * 10 References Use[edit] Balanced Scorecard is an example of a closed-loop controller or cybernetic control applied to the management of the implementation of a strategy.[3] Closed-loop or cybernetic control is where actual...
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...immigrant in the United States to achieve the American Dream, the concept of racism and the idea of hyper masculinity pushed upon a young boy growing up. Moreno, Marisel. Debunking Myths, Destabilizing Identities: A Reading of Junot Diaz’s "How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, or Halfie." Fall2007, Vol. 26 Issue 2. This article is presented with an essay which analyzes the short story "How to Date a Brown girl, Black girl, White girl, or Halfie," by Junot Diaz. It reflects on racial ethics and how one generation can affect another by embedding in our psyche that racism is the fault of our ancestors; as it is something that has been handed down from generation to generation. I chose this article because the racism that the characters faced within Drown is quite similar to the ones faced by immigrants in the United States. There is a racial and ethnic tension among blacks and Hispanics which in some cases turns violent. Examples of this can be found in the short story that gives the name to the novel: Yunior´s mother relates to him of the attacks of African Americans on Hispanics in their neighborhood. Oulahan, Cain W. “The American dream deferred: family separation and immigrant visa adjudications at U.S. consulates abroad”. Marquette Law Review. Summer2011, Vol. 94 Issue 4, p1351-1379. 29p This article expounds on a series of punitive immigration laws designed to ramp up enforcement and deter...
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