...In a laboratory it is important that you have good knowledge of the equipment and the ability to use the equipment. You must also know how to keep the equipment in good working order. You must have a knowledge of the laboratory procedures and practices that are followed in a scientific workplace. One reason procedures and practices are followed in the scientific workplace is health and safety. Health and safety is always an important factor to consider in a scientific workplace. For example, when conducting an experiment, it is important that protective clothing is always worn as a precaution. If this precaution is not followed injury or contamination could occur. All spillages must be reported and cleaned up...
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...build. As a member of the leadership team, put a proposal together for updating the old data storage system with the new storage procedures that should be put in place in the laboratories of the new build. You need to justify why the funds from the budget should be given to implement the new data storage system. Grading Criteria * P4:Describe the procedure for storing scientific information in a laboratory information management system * M4:Explain the processes involved in storing information in a scientific workplace * D3: Discuss the advantages gained by keeping data and records on a laboratory management information system * Grading Criteria * P4:Describe the procedure for storing scientific information in a laboratory information management system * M4:Explain the processes involved in storing information in a scientific workplace * D3: Discuss the advantages gained by keeping data and records on a laboratory management information system * How Do I Do It? 1. For P4, learners must describe the procedures for storing scientific information in a laboratory information management system (LIMS). A prepared list of scientific data is provided below. Learners must decide which sets of information could be stored on a workplace record system. 2. For M4, learners must explain how scientific data and records are stored....
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...build. As a member of the leadership team, put a proposal together for updating the old data storage system with the new storage procedures that should be put in place in the laboratories of the new build. You need to justify why the funds from the budget should be given to implement the new data storage system. Grading Criteria * P4:Describe the procedure for storing scientific information in a laboratory information management system * M4:Explain the processes involved in storing information in a scientific workplace * D3: Discuss the advantages gained by keeping data and records on a laboratory management information system * Grading Criteria * P4:Describe the procedure for storing scientific information in a laboratory information management system * M4:Explain the processes involved in storing information in a scientific workplace * D3: Discuss the advantages gained by keeping data and records on a laboratory management information system * How Do I Do It? 1. For P4, learners must describe the procedures for storing scientific information in a laboratory information management system (LIMS). A prepared list of scientific data is provided below. Learners must decide which sets of information could be stored on a workplace record system. 2. For M4, learners must explain how scientific data and records are stored....
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...build. As a member of the leadership team, put a proposal together for updating the old data storage system with the new storage procedures that should be put in place in the laboratories of the new build. You need to justify why the funds from the budget should be given to implement the new data storage system. Grading Criteria * P4:Describe the procedure for storing scientific information in a laboratory information management system * M4:Explain the processes involved in storing information in a scientific workplace * D3: Discuss the advantages gained by keeping data and records on a laboratory management information system * Grading Criteria * P4:Describe the procedure for storing scientific information in a laboratory information management system * M4:Explain the processes involved in storing information in a scientific workplace * D3: Discuss the advantages gained by keeping data and records on a laboratory management information system * How Do I Do It? 1. For P4, learners must describe the procedures for storing scientific information in a laboratory information management system (LIMS). A prepared list of scientific data is provided below. Learners must decide which sets of information could be stored on a workplace record system. 2. For M4, learners must explain how scientific data and records are stored....
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...internationally have used Industrial Organizational Psychology (I/O) in the workplace. For example, AT&T use extrinsic rewards programs to motivate their sales representative to increase sell volumes at each mobility center. Kaiser Permanente also has extrinsic rewards if the departments in the faculties have a high score in customer service they receive an expenses paid vacation to an exotic island in the Bahamas or Caribbean. In this paper the author will identify the evolution of Industrial/Organizational psychology, the difference of Industrial/Organizational psychology and other disciples of psychology, the use of Industrial/Organizational psychology in companies, and the role of Industrial/Organizational psychology in research and statistics. The evolution of Industrial/Organizational Psychology According to Spector (2008), the evolution of I/O psychology begins in the twentieth century, which started in the late 1800s. The two psychologists responsible for I/O psychology is Hugo Munsterberg and Walter Dill Scott both of these men were both professors and scientist and the two men began applying psychology theories to organizations. Franks Winslow Taylor an engineer was a major influence in I/O field he studied how to motivate employees to get productivity in the workplace. The theory “Scientific Management” became Taylor’s approach that suggests four principles...
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...business. Historical Perspective One of the earliest of these theorists was Frederick Winslow Taylor. Frederick Winslow Taylor (March 20, 1856 – March 21, 1915) was an American mechanical engineer who sought to improve industrial efficiency. He was one of the first management consultants. Taylor was one of the intellectual leaders of the Efficiency Movement and his ideas, broadly conceived, were highly influential in the Progressive Era. Taylor summed up his efficiency techniques in his book The Principles of Scientific Management. He started the Scientific Management movement, and he and his associates were the first people to study the work process scientifically. They studied how work was performed, and they looked at how this affected worker productivity. Taylor's philosophy focused on the belief that making people work as hard as they could was not as efficient as optimizing the way the work was done. In 1909, Taylor published "The Principles of Scientific Management." In this, he proposed that by optimizing and simplifying jobs, productivity would increase. He also advanced the idea that workers and managers needed to cooperate with one another. This was very different from the way work was typically done in businesses beforehand. A factory...
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...Analyzing Due Process in the Workplace ELIHU M. GERSON AND SUSAN LEIGH STAR Tremont Research Institute Every office is an open system, and the products of office work are the result of decentralized negotiations. Changing patterns of task organization and alliance inevitably give rise to inconsistent knowledge bases and procedures. This implies that there are no globally correct answers to problems addressed by OIL%. Rather, systems must deal with multiple competing, possibly irreconcilable, solutions. Articulating alternative solutions is the problem of due process. This problem and its consequences are illustrated by a case study of a rate-setting group in a large health insurance firm. There is no formal solution to the problem of due process. But it must be solved in practice if distributed intelligent 01% are to be developed. We propose an alternative approach based on the work of social scientists concerned with analyzing analogous problems in human organization. Solution of the due process problem hinges on developing local closures to the problem faced by an organization. This means analyzing (a) local, tacit knowledge and its transfer ability; (b) articulation work, that is, reconciling incommensurate assumptions and procedures. Categories and Subject Descriptors: H.l.l [Models and Principles]: Systems and Information Theory; 1.2.0 [Artificial Intelligence]: General; 1.2.4 [Artificial Intelligence]: Knowledge Rep- resentation Formalisms...
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...Scientific Merit Sharon Morrow PSY7650 Introduction The study discussed in this paper is attempting to determine if there is a connection between age and gender and these individuals’ well-being and satisfaction as it relates to their job. This study included both men and women of various ages, various educational differences, and of various work or job positions within the corporate and industrial realms. This study is a quantitative study that investigates an avenue to develop a plausible explanation for the connection between age and gender and these individuals’ job well –being and satisfaction. In addition, the study looks for this connection to be a generalized concept that can relate to other individuals in other regions and places. We will look at how the study advances the knowledge base for this type of research, this study’s contribution to theories, the procedure of data collection and if this is appropriate for this type of study, the methodology used for this study, and assess the validity and reliability of the information and the research study. Ethics will be another concept that will be examined. Ethics is a very prominent aspect of research and this study involves human participants so these individuals’ rights are of utmost importance. Lastly, the overall scientific merit of the study will be examined and how the study meets the criteria of a good research study. Advancing the Knowledge Base The topic that is covered by this study...
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...M1 Explain the Different Processes Involved in Storing Data in a Workplace M4 Explain the different processes involved in storing information in the workplace Types of data Reasons for data Who can access data COSHH Records This is to make sure all health and safety precautions with substances being used in the company laboratories. Storage technicians who will be storing, ordering and then using these substances will have access to this data. Scientific data This is to make sure all scientific results and data from the workplace is safe and retrievable and other sources such as scientific research example. Technicians that will be working in the labs and then the heads and deputies of departments will have access. Scientific equipment This is for the equipment’s purchase, maintenance and schedule data. Heads and deputies of departments and technicians that will be involved in making and changing schedules of equipment. Waste disposal This is for how much and what is produced as waste and how it is disposed of to make sure it’s done correctly and effectively. Technicians that have used the substances and then have to dispose of them, also department heads that will have to authorise costs of these disposals. Health and safety checks This is for the monitoring of the health and safety check being made and results of them also to hold accident reports when necessary. Department heads also health and safety officers or other who will have specific responsibilities and...
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...Taylorism and century twenty-one: Is Taylorism still applicable today? Management has become an essential part of an organization over the years due to the effects it has on the organization. Scientific Management also known as Taylorism, was a theory developed by Frederick Winslow Taylor. It was developed at a time when working conditions had reached an all-time low and industrial unrest was becoming a major issue(Witzel, 2005). Scientific Management was one of the first management ideas to become really influential. This management theory was developed in response of ‘worker soldiering”- workers will do the least amount of work in the longest time, workers would stall their jobs on purpose. The incentive to work more efficiently did not exist. Taylor believed in making scientific changes in management. This would improve economic efficiency and labor productivity. Taylor studied the work process scientifically. He studied how employees preformed their jobs and how this affected their productivity. Taylor proposed that by simplifying jobs by developing standard methods for performing certain jobs, productivity would increase dramatically. He also believed that employees and manager should be more involved with each other. This point of view was different from previous management methods. Taylor believed that money was a motivation for workers; to achieve higher efficiency he promoted the “a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work” or piece rate payment. This means the worker...
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...As these researchers have improved they have reached a lot more organizations in the century of today. Hugo Munsteberg and Walter Dill Scott where the two experimental psychologist whom started and have applied problems of organizations to psychology. These men where interested in the same thing in the research process of I/O psychology. World War I was the beginning of I/O psychology to assist the war. Another event that I/O psychology helped was Civil Rights Act of 1964 which helped to improve the hiring and treatment of employees (Spector, 2012). I/O psychology also helped discrimination against women and minorities in the workplace. I/O psychology also helped to improve organizations and work conditions for employees. This kind of psychology has also help with the right of men and women of the United States that has also helped the workplace. 2. Explain why industrial/organizational psychology should be considered a science. Include an explanation of how descriptive and inferential statistics are used in I/O research. First, we need to now the meaning of I/O psychology which is a growing field that is concerned with the development and application of...
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...WHAT IS A RISK ASSESSMENT? A “Risk Assessment” (RA) is a commonly used procedure in workplace of today to assess and document the level of risk a certain work activity may have. RA’s are routinely used in numerous industries including; Engineering Building / construction Workplace training Emergency Services Scientific laboratories It is likely that whatever workplace you go to, especially a scientific research lab, you will be expected to conduct and document RAs for your research projects. WHY DO WE DO RISK ASSESSMENTS? An RA ensures we, as researchers, are undertaking a particular activity in the safest way possible through thorough planning to minimise risk to ourselves, public and the environment. Whilst the use of RAs are is a mandatory requirement under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (2000) and Regulations (2001), it is more than just a paper filling exercise. The use of an RA ensures the following occurs:TERMS, DEFINITIONS AND TOOLS USED IN THE RA PROCESS The following tables (Tables 1 to 3) can be used to categorise the risks, consequences and recommended actions for each identified hazard. The following information describes what is involved in completing a full risk assessment. For each BABS course, you have been provided with information which is a condensed form of risk assessment which you may use in order to complete an RA for each practical you do. DEFINITIONS USED IN RISK ASSESSMENTS Hazard: A hazard is a source of potential harm...
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...defining, explaining the evolution, comparing and contrasting organizational psychology with related disciplines and analyzing the role of research and statistics. Defining Organizational Psychology Organizational psychology as defined by Jex & Brit(2008) is a “field that utilizes scientific methodology to better understand the behavior of individuals working in organizational settings” (p. 1). In the most basic terms, organizational psychology uses the scientific psychological principles and research methodology to study numerous topics that are vital to comprehending human behavior in different organizations. An applied field, organizational psychology is relevant to numerous work settings and applies research in the effort to increase productivity in the workplace. Organizational psychology focuses on specific conduct and behaviors employees exhibit on the job; particularly ones in need of intervention or improvement, and offers plans of action with the goal of encouraging positive workplace morale. This type of psychology concentrates on the human portion of the working environment and through research, surveying, or interviewing, can produce fair-minded plans of implementation to improve workplace conditions and thus assists in capitalizing on employee efficiency (Jex & Brit, 2008)....
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...Procedures in storing information in the workplace In science there are many procedures to storing different pieces of information. In this document I will be explaining the different procedures in storing different pieces of information and why these procedures are needed. COSHH Records: These records need to be kept so that the proper steps can be taken to prevent any accidents or incidents occurring while in the working laboratory. Every single workplace place has risk assessment records, the laboratory is no exception. Risk assessments are usually carried out on COSHH forms like the one below. In the laboratory store technicians or those who control how substances are ordered are usually in charge. The assessment would usually go like this: 1. The assessor shall determine how large the risks are including how it will affect people such as the employees and people visiting when it is being undertaken 2. The assessor will decide what precautions are needed to control the different risks that have been identified. 3. This step involves making sure that the precautions suggested in the previous step have been placed, used by the workers and are managed on a regular basis. 4. This step involves surveying how often the employees are in contact with the risk. 5. Emergency plans are drawn up in this stage in case of incidences such as fires, spills and coming in contact with the hazard. 6. If the risk involves undertrained workers then organise training sessions for...
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...Frederick Taylor’s ‘Scientific Management’ Was for a Different Time and a different Place “The principal object of management should be to secure the maximum prosperity for the employer, coupled with the maximum prosperity for each employee.” -Frederick Winslow Taylor Scientific Management was introduced by Frederick Taylor in the late 19th century. In this essay, I will address the question whether Scientific Management was for a different time and a different place. In this essay, I will analyze Taylor’s Scientific Management from different angles and base my argument on both sides. I will discuss that Scientific Management was introduced for manual labor industry, however, it can be applied and to today’s business world if it is carefully analyzed and reworked. I will argue that today’s management practice is derived from the foundations of Taylor’s Scientific Management and that in this sense his work is absolutely crucial. Finally, I will evaluate the relevance of Scientific Management to today, with help from a case study of the NUMMI car manufacturing plant. Taylors work focused on studying job processes, the way workers perform, learn the job and determine the most efficient ways of performing them. He found the formula of how to perform manual labor efficiently, quickly, with quality, error free and in a way to save energy. Motivation was kept by wage increases according to the amount of work the worker could possibly do. This is not t he way today’s...
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