...policy promulgated antinepotism policies, which prohibit spouses or relatives from working at the same company or more typically prevent employees from supervising or directing coworkers related to them by blood or marriage. Consensual Relationship Agreements Case Study Question 1 Argue for the use of Consensual Relationship Agreements (CRAs) in your current (or future) workplace. Answer Stephanie Losee and Helaine Olen, authors of "Office Mate: The ..[->5] so Dating and romance in the workplace is an interesting topic that will cause quite a discussion among many professionals and their coworkers. In the book titled Office Mate: The Employee Handbook for Finding and Managing Romance on the Job, 38% of employees ages twenty- five to twenty-nine have had an office romance (Losee & Olen, 2007, p. 55). Now, many individuals view office romances as an unavoidable trend as a result of people working together that share the same common interests (Losee & Olen, 2007). However, many people wonder what can be done to decrease the problematic situations that can arise when office romances occur in the workplace. A Consensual Relationship Agreement is a written contract that helps to address the issues created by office romances (Hellriegel & Slocum, 2011). This agreement acknowledges that such relationships will develop and ask that the parties inform their immediate supervisor of any romantic relationship (Merrill & Knox,...
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...Influence of Social Role Theory on Mate Preferences in Different Relationships Sumer Pirzada Colorado State University Abstract This study was conducted in order to find if social role influence mate preference in short-term relationships. The hypothesis was not supported after carrying out the research process. There were 35.5% male respondents and the remaining respondents were 64.5% female. Of the 31 participants, which were recruited from pool of friends on Facebook to take the fifteen minute survey, the sample size was predominantly European/White with the mean age of 21 years. The participants took three surveys in order to identify whether they fall in homemaker or provider category then they took the third survey on their preference mate. Even though there was only a single significant finding: that homemakers prefer other homemakers when considering mates for a short term relationship, this study indicates that most college students fall into provider role probably because they want to pursue a career after graduating so they prefer homemaker as their mate regardless of being in long-term or short-term relationship. Keywords: social roles, mate preferences, physical traits, college students, short term relationship, long term relationship Influence of Social Role Theory on Mate Preferences in Different Relationships People choose their mates based on many human characteristics. These characteristics may vary for each individual, type of relationship...
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...BUS 520: Consensual Relationship Agreements Case Study Assignment I Angela Denise Nelson Danielle Camacho BUS 520: Leadership and Organizational Behavior July 22, 2012 Workplace relationships will eventually occur as employees of all interest and backgrounds are put into a melting pot. Some say that the workplace has become the new singles bar. Also, the workplace has become a place for extramarital affairs and some same sex relationships. As people share common interest, attractions occur, eventually leading to a relationship. It is important for employers to realize that workplace relationships are going to occur and to have policies set in place. It is not a suggested practice to forbid workplace relationships, but it is necessary to maintain the integrity of the organization and to maintain a functional office environment. Unfortunately, workplace relationships can lead to accusations of poor judgment, breach of ethics, favoritism, lost of productivity, poor employee morale, sexual harassment claims and workplace violence. Consensual relationship agreements or “love contracts” should no be used as the sole means of protection from litigation, they should be used to supplement a business’s antiharassment policy, and other legalities that may occur upon the demise of the relationship. Consensual relationship agreements are written contracts in which employees involved in a workplace relationship...
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...Analysis of the Consensual Relationship Agreements Case Study Assignment 1 By: STUDENT NAME: Lloyd D. Gaines Jr. TO: Dr. W. D. Wilkerson Professor: COURSE NAME: BUS 520: Leadership and Organization Behavior STRAYER UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON, DC April 16, 2012 Consensual Relationship Agreements Case Study Introduction The Purpose of this case study is to examine the Consensual Relationship Agreement Case Study. “Historically, sexual relationships between employees have been viewed as private matters beyond the purview of the company and not involving special ethical issues” (Stamler, Pace & Stone p.218 1997) Employees who engage in workplace relations usually have to sign a contract. This contract ensures that the involved parties will uphold the strict policies and standards of employee etiquette. A typical consensual relationship agreement includes the guidelines on how love struck staff should behave. In analyzing the case, concepts will be identified in the areas of organizational behavior models of individual, group, and organizational processes how ethical decisions are made, and concepts of individual differences, personality traits, and perspectives. According to Hellriegel & Slocum (2011) the characteristics of a Consensual Relationship Agreement is defined as contract that set boundaries on certain office romance situations. They go as the following: Decreasing...
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...Factor: 1.8 · DOI: 10.1080/02652030802430649 · Source: PubMed CITATIONS READS 12 53 4 AUTHORS, INCLUDING: Valentina Olmos Edda Villaamil Lepori University of Buenos Aires University of Buenos Aires 15 PUBLICATIONS 84 CITATIONS 20 PUBLICATIONS 119 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE All in-text references underlined in blue are linked to publications on ResearchGate, letting you access and read them immediately. SEE PROFILE Available from: Valentina Olmos Retrieved on: 09 April 2016 This article was downloaded by: [Universidad de Buenos Aires], [V. Olmos] On: 10 December 2013, At: 03:58 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tfac20 Caffeine levels in beverages from Argentina's market: application to caffeine dietary intake assessment a a a V. Olmos , N. Bardoni , A.S. Ridolfi & E.C. Villaamil Lepori a a Cátedra de Toxicología y Química Legal, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica , Universidad de Buenos Aires , Buenos Aires, Argentina Published online: 18 Mar 2009. To cite this article: V. Olmos , N. Bardoni , A.S. Ridolfi & E.C. Villaamil Lepori (2009) Caffeine levels in beverages from Argentina's market: application...
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...FROM LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT TO SOUL MATE: ROMANTIC IDEALS IN POPULAR FILMS AND THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH YOUNG PEOPLE‘S BELIEFS ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS BY VERONICA HEFNER DISSERTATION Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Speech Communication in the Graduate College of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011 Urbana, Illinois Doctoral Committee: Professor Barbara J. Wilson, Chair Associate Professor John P. Caughlin Associate Professor Kristen Harrison Associate Professor Travis L. Dixon ABSTRACT Romantic comedy films have been popular since motion pictures first entered the media world. Scholars have speculated why these movies remain appealing to viewers and have argued for several reasons. These movies might foster hope about real-life romance (Galician, 2004), or demonstrate that that there are no limits to how love may manifest itself (Harvey, 1998). Despite this speculation, few studies have systematically investigated the content of these movies or the effects they may have on viewers. The purpose of this dissertation was to investigate that potential. In particular, I conducted two studies that explored the nature of romantic ideals in romantic comedy films and their influence on viewer endorsement of romantic beliefs. The first study was a content analysis of the themes or romantic ideals embedded in romantic comedies. The second study was a survey designed to explore whether exposure to such...
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...choice of designs, with operations across many cities. Today Otobi, backed by world class business processes, is a name that celebrates the creative genius of its founder, a brand that is going beyond boundaries of imagination & a workplace that inspires the finest designs. Day by day Otobi is becoming a legacy in the history of Bangladeshi furniture market and they are expanding their market over the boundary of Bangladesh They are doing business now a days globally the fact is there promise of world class furniture is being kept in the market. Their full of innovative and modern product line is enriching our home, office and so many places. Though competitors are emerging in the market but the name “Otobi: World class furniture” is still being kept and that is why Otobi is holding the highest market share in the furniture industry. 2. Objective of the study: ❖ Broad objective To make ourselves familiarize with customers attitudes and their reference group and how they are influencing while buying products from Otobi furniture’s. ❖ Specific objective The specific objectives of this research paper are: ❑ To know about the attitude of the customers. ❑ Who are their reference group in terms of Otobi. ❑ How they are influencing them. 3. Literature review regarding reference group: Reference group means a Group, class, or category of people to which individuals believe they belong, whether or not they...
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...Consensual Relationship Agreements case Study Steven C. Young Strayer University Organizational Behavior Professor Stewart W. Edwards April 20, 2012 Consensual Relationship Agreements Case Study p.1 Argue for the use of Consensual Relationship Agreements (CRAs) in your current or future workplace Consensual Relationship Agreements (love contracts), before you can argue the case for or against them you have to first understand what they are. A Consensual Relationship Agreement (CRA) is basically a written contract in which the romantically involved parties acknowledging the following things: the relationship is voluntary and consensual, they agree to abide by the employer’s antidiscrimination, antiharassment, and workplace conduct policies, promise to report any perceive harassment to management, if it occurs, they agree to behave professionally and not to allow the relationship to affect their performance, agree to avoid behavior that offends others in the workplace, and to not engage in favoritism. After further researching CRAs if do believe my current workplace would benefit from using it. I currently work in a call center which is dominated by female employees and the age difference is almost non-existent amongst representatives, supervisors, and associate directors. There is daily interaction between all parties and in human nature there are going to be instances of two individuals being attracted to each other. Currently there is a policy against...
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...Relationship Agreements (CRA) Case Study Many societal changes have converged within the last fifty years to create an environment where workplace romances must be addressed. The old movie scenarios where the boss (male) fooled around with the secretary (female) and the office morale plummeted because no one wanted to be the one to complain about favoritism are gone. The increase of women in the workplace and in managerial positions; increased hours spent at work; increased travel away from home; the push for equality among genders and the resulting integration of the sexes; employee sophistication regarding rights and legal redress on the job; and human resource professionals that fear being sued for sexual harassment complaints from within the employee ranks—all of these and more have resulted in the perceived need to create a document to regulate relationships on the job. The risks related to getting into an on-the-job relationship should not be taken lightly. Participants should be very sure the benefits outweigh the risks because office romances can jeopardize job security and create unease for everyone in the office. If you put individuals with common interests together for 40-plus hours per week, office romance is bound to happen, experts say. Statistics seem to bear that out: According to a 2003 survey by Vault.com, an online career center, 47 percent of the 1,000 professionals surveyed had been involved in an office romance, and another 19 percent...
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...Practice Professor: Professor Jason C.H. Chen, Ph.d. Class time: Tuesday (February 27 – June 16) E-mail: chen@jepson.gonzaga.edu URL: http://barney.gonzaga.edu/~chen Office: to be announced Office hour: to be announced and by appointment Required text: 1. Pearlson, K.E. and Saunders, C.S, Managing and Using Information Systems, Wiley, 2006 (3nd edition) 2. A package of Harvard Business School Case Studies Additional Readings and Cases: Class handouts as needed. Course Description and Goals This course is designed to provide the current and future managers with understanding and appreciation of the issues that are related to the organization’s information technology assets. The course is not to educate technical specialists, rather, it is to give students a managerial perspective on the use of, design of, and evaluations of information systems that exist in organizations today. The objective of this course is to prepare students to manage information services in both today’s and tomorrow’s environment with its managerial, social, political, ethical and global issues. Conduct of the Course All students are expected to read the assigned materials (text, end-of-chapter discussion board questions (DBQ) and Harvard Business School case studies- HBC) before coming to the class. Some days we will discuss the materials in the text book. You are expected to be prepared to actively participate in this discussion, answering...
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...Spaniels responded to the same test. The transitional period is a time of great change for the puppies. Their teeth appear, and direct stimulation between the pups and mother decreases as their temperature regulating mechanism improves. They no longer require guidance to find the mother’s nipples, and are also able to urinate and defecate without the mother’s stimulations. Motor coordination improves which allows for a range of complex movements, as pups start to walk, jump, and wag their tails, they may even bark and growl for the first time. This is the time when the mother also starts to discipline her puppies and amongst other things, they learn not to bite so hard. If puppies are removed from their mother and litter mates at an early age, they fail to learn essential lessons including bite inhibition. As the pup’s senses develop, the world around it opens up. During this time its siblings as well as environmental stimuli have a dramatic effect on the pup’s mind, which will shape the rest of it’s life. When the eyes first open at around 14 days, the pup’s response to light and moving objects is weak, however within the next two weeks its vision is almost that of an adult. Similarly a pup only shows brainstem auditory evoked response (BAER) around 14 days, however within the next two weeks the BAER activity is equivalent to an adult dog. After birth, puppies only experience touch reflexes around their head, however by the age of 14 days...
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...reason these employee more motivated and ready to make much more contribution to the organization Mainly we focus this report how to maintain and what types of methods follow in training and development process. We also focus five steps. How to evaluated their employees performance appraisal. And tried to our best think,what types of training and development process should be followed for their employees increasing knowledge and skills. We are acquired more experience to research and analysis this report, that help us future job performance. We also learn various things. We collecting data and some valuable information by internet from Nestle Bangladesh Ltd. Official web-site,friend and annual report. We create these report by Microsoft office 2003. Finally,We thanked those people who are help through valuable information.Also special thanks our honorable Teacher Ayesha Bintte Saifullah for her guideline. INTRODUCTION 1.1: Background of the Report An employee might more knowledgeable and skilful by training and development program or process that maintaining an effective level job performance. So it acts an important role in HR department. As a part of BBA program, our Human Resources practices in Bangladesh course teacher Ayesha Binte Safiullah assigned us to prepare a report on HRM process and practice...
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...the psychology Welcome & Introduction If your reading this your studying for AQA A Psychology Psya3 and the Relationship topic is one of the ones you have chosen. Its a wise move I think as its one of the easier ones to learn. I generally advise picking something you can relate to because you have some grounding for it as opposed to learning whole new concepts or ways of thinking on subject matter thats completely foreign. It tends to save you time in getting your head around things. A bit about me - My name is Sajan Devshi and I self-taught myself AQA A A Level Psychology between 2011-2012 achieving an A* grade and 100% in both Psya3 & Psya4. You can check out my certificate on my website at http://www.loopa.co.uk as well as get my other model answers too for the other topics in Psya3 and Psya4. But enough about me - you can learn about me in more depth on my website - lets get on with the show and onto the the overview of this topic, structuring and the model answers themselves too. S ECTION 1 Memorising Your Model Answers This is going to be pretty much your hardest task and with the help of this book hopefully it becomes more manageable. People have various ways they memorise things and it is entirely up to you. Memorising Essays U SING A CRONYMS + P RACTICE The method of memorising the essays is the same across all my model essay answers. I employ the concept of “chunking” alongside the use of “acronyms”. Combined this helped me memorise ...
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...main focus of this research paper will be on the status of sexual harassment at places of work in the United States. The research paper will be able to investigate the current state of sexual harassment in the workplace in the United States. As it stands at the moment, there is no specific cause of sexual harassment at the place of work. Although there is this notion that sexual harassment is mainly caused by provocative dressing or enticing behaviors by the victims, high chances are that it can happen to anyone, any time and at any place. The victims are left wondering why the incidents happened to them but it is difficult to come up with any good interpretation. On the other hand employees are advised to seek help as soon as possible in cases where they have fallen prey to sexual harassment in their places of work. How do you detect sexual harassment in your place of work?...
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...Core study 1 Asch 1955 : Aims and Context Summarise the aims and context of Asch’s 1955) research opinions and social pressure An individual is said to conform if they chose to study a course of action that is favoured by the majority or that is considered socially acceptable .When an individual is influenced by how the majority of people think this is considered socially acceptable Conformity is a form of social influence that results from exposure to the majority position , the tendency for people to adopt the behaviour, attitudes and values of other members of a reference groups, This was a study of conformity in an ambiguous situation ‘unclear’. Jenness asked students to guess how many beans there were in a jar,they were then asked to discuss in groups. Lastly they were asked to give their estimates again, individuals estimates tended to converge to the group norm.It seems reasonable that when in an ambiguous situation (were the answer isn't obvious ) we look to others to get some ideas about behaviour . Jenness's research is limited as he specifically asked participants to produce a group estimate rather than just observing if they would produce group estimates. Sherif conducted a similar investigation into responses to an ambiguous stimulus using the auto kinetic effect ( this is where a stationary spot of light projected on to a screen appears to move) Sherif told participants he was going to move the light , he asked the pp’s to estimate by how far the spotlight...
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