...Abstract Work-life balance effects families all over America. This paper examines many contributing factors that determine the work life balance of families and they include ethnicity, social status, type of work, work leave policies, flexibility of employers, and what industry employees are employed in. There are few government regulations that help with the work-life balance of employees. Most of the work-life balance decisions are made by the employee’s family structure and employers policies. When there are work life imbalances stress, spillover, and burnout occur at work and also effect the family. This literature review aims at looking at all the factors that contribute to the growing issue of work-life balance in America. Currently only one law, the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) passed by the United States (US) government gives employees unpaid time off for certain situations. The review reveals a lack of US government and private companies’ involvement in creating better work-life balance policies for employees. Work-Life Balance People across the United States struggle with work-life balance. Married and un-married people are just trying to make ends meet and provide for family. The same people have to make sure the house stays maintained and children are taken care of. Finding time for stress relieving activities or something enjoyable can be tough. Companies can help with work-life balance by providing certain policies to increase the satisfaction...
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...differs a lot from a usual household. Certainly all situations are unique, some people choose the path of single parenting consciously, and some are made to bring the child up alone. There are a lot of negative moments about single parenting, there are some positive as well. For example, if a person takes care of a child alone, he has always the freedom to choose and to make all the decisions on his own. On the other hand making decisions can be really hard sometimes and really often people feel the need for somebody’s support and a piece of advice. Usually single parents do not have enough time to do all the house work and thus involve children from the early age in doing chores. Single parents have to discuss most of house matters that should be actually solved with another parent, with their children like with adults. In case the other parent is alive and has the wish to see the kid, they all have to get used to taking the children from one home to another. At any rate single parenting is rather hard for the parent, as a child needs attention and care all the time and parents need breaks for rest. We can not consider single-parent households a...
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...CHILDREN”. Before selecting this topic, we took instructions from our teachers and seniors. Under the supervision of or teacher, we prepared a questionnaire and conducted a survey. We are indebted to our teacher for her advice as we prepared this report. We are especially grateful to the students of FAST-NU, LUMS, LSE, GC University and Punjab University for giving their point of view regarding this topic and helping us with the survey. TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract | 03 | Statement of Problem | 04 | Purpose | 04 | Central Phenomenon | 04 | Literature Review | 05 | Limitations of Study | 05 | Key Question | 05 | Survey Method | 06 | Introduction to The Topic | 10 | Causes: Why Do Parents Work? | 12 | Child Development: The Critical Parent-Child Relationship | 14 | What Kids Think About Working Parents | 17 | Stress on Working Mother | 18 | Effects on the Children of Working Parents | 19 | Problems Faced by the Children | 22 | Solutions to the Problems | 24 | Conclusion | 27 | Questionnaire | 28 | Graphical Representation of Survey | 33 | References | 34 | ABSTRACT Ever since both the parents began entering the work force, the debate has been looming over parents who enter the work force and those who choose to remain at home with their children. Such concerns are whether or not having both working parents negatively affects their children emotionally and/or academically. Another concern is the stress level a working parent faces daily. This...
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...also formed departments who focus on female demographic to lure in new customers and have also started focusing on more urban households. At the same time, they have joined hands with various companies to provide the customers with professional building tools which helps make the superstores a one-stop shopping center. Doing all this, Lowe's has made it clear that their store do not only sell quality products but provide necessary installation services for customer as well. 5.2 One of the major strengths of KFC's organizational design in China is that they have recognized and differentiated between adults and kids. Sam Su saw that kids, unlike adults, do not come alone to eat which meant more customers if they were the target. Hence, they created a kids section that is staffed by professional hostesses whose job is to entertain the kids and involve them in different activities; this alone attracts 400 birthday parties annually. Another strength of this organizational design was to separate their products from competitions like McDonalds and numerous local restaurants present in the city. For this, Su paid close attention to Chinese value by organizing “Lion Dance” during the opening. The standard of...
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...Sociology & Family Theorizing and Researching 1. Structural Theories a) Materialism & Conflict theory Marx & Engles -changes in family lives reflect material change (ex, the mode of production, industrialization) macro-micro focus -power differences characterize society at all levels (ex, capitalism creates: exploitation of men in the workforce; oppression of women b) Political Economy -assumes the power of the one class over another (social control), capitalist relations of production -a more concentrated focus on how economic and political processes shape society and history and therefore family, families c) Structural Functionalism Parsons & Bales -the social institution of the family - family is seen as a function, and different parts of society helps it move along -the nuclear family performs functions -they saw the families as a main faction, economic support, these functions that happen in nuclear families include economic support -equilibrium, all parts help it work as a whole -hierarchical generations and role specialization within families produces harmony -the different roles that men and women take on, allows the family be a harmony -parsons and bales, gendered perspective on families, families having instrumental roles such as achieving income, feed the family, cloth the family, this would be men 2. Symbolic Interactionism Mead & Cooley - individuals create their own family realities through micro level interactions -from...
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...Gender Inequality in the Workforce Abstract Over the last nine decades women have battled to become identically tantamount with men in all aspects of life and work. Women have made enormous advances in edification and vocation but parity in pay and promotions in the workplace still elude them. It is well documented, prominent and discussed that women earn less. Why is this transpiring and is inequality as skewed as most cerebrate? If there is a “glass ceiling”, why is it there? And what can women do to navigate around it to become prosperous top level executives with matching emolument? What can managers do to ascertain that women have as many opportunities as men and equal pay? Introduction Parity sought by women was something that commenced in the 1800s. With the passing of the 15th amendment in 1865, African-American men were given suffrage following the civil war. It would take another 55 years afore women would be sanctioned that same right. The women’s movement known as feminism commenced in 1848, when the first women’s rights convention was organized. During this time in American history, women had very few rights and constrained edification, due to not having very many colleges they were sanctioned attend. They were withal considered to be the property of their husband or father. This denoted that anything they owned did not genuinely belong to them. Women fought hard to gain the first step in the ...
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...EXECUTIVE SUMMERY This report provides an overview of different types of work-life balance initiatives that have been developed by in the financial institutions of Bangladesh. Governments are increasingly committed to reducing the social, health and business costs of work-life conflict. Several countries have adopted individual pieces of legislation or policies that address some aspect of work-life balance. These initiatives are not necessarily part of a comprehensive program or policy approach to achieve work-life balance, but these measures could be seen as one way to improve an employee's balance between work and other responsibilities. This report shows that there is not likely to be any "one size fits all" answer to work-life balance issues. A variety of approaches are available to support work-life balance, ranging from promotional programs that emphasize the importance of balance and provide support to employers to reduce the business costs associated with work-life conflict, to legislation that supports parents with care giving responsibilities. It is clear that improving work-life balance is an important component of the policy agenda for many industrial countries, and the issue is likely to become even more important in the future. BACKGROUND The first Work-Life Balance Survey (WLB1) was conducted by the Department for Education and Employment in 2000 to assess the extent to which employers operated work life balance practices; to see whether employees felt...
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...time and money. People can – and, it is said, increasingly do – suffer time-poverty as well as money-poverty. It is undeniably true that people feel increasingly time pressured, particularly in dualearner households. But much of the time devoted to paid and unpaid tasks is over and above that which is strictly necessary. In that sense, much of the time pressure that people feel is discretionary and of their own making. Using data from the 1992 Australian Time Use Survey, this paper demonstrates that the magnitude of this ‘time-pressure illusion’ varies across population groups, being least among lone parents and greatest among the childless and two-earner couples. KEY WORDS: discretionary time, free time, leisure, time pressure, time use INTRODUCTION Being ‘money poor’ is a familiar phenomenon, a simple matter of not having enough money to meet one’s needs in any of the many ways those might be specified. Being ‘time poor’, by analogy, is a matter of not having enough time to do all the things one has to do (Vickery, 1977). It is said to be an increasingly common phenomenon in modern societies. There is some controversy over whether time in paid labour is actually increasing or not.2 But there is little doubt that total time spent in paid and unpaid household labour is increasing overall, as increasing numbers of working women and dual-earner couples more generally put in a ‘second shift’ at home after a full day in paid labour.3 Even the US President’s Council of Economic Advisers...
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...smaller scale phenomenon’s * Emile Durkheim was a positivist, saw society as analogous to a body, concerned with social solidarity, and developed the idea of the ‘social fact’ * Social Solidarity: division of labour Organic: present in modern societies, high dynamic density, high degree of labour specialization (works like a human body, everything works together with high specialization) Mechanical: present in traditional societies, low dynamic density , low degree of labour specialization (works like gears, works together to complete society) * Similarities of Social Solidarity: Conscience collective similar ideas of morality, similar ideas about space time and reality (collective ideas of morality, what you can and cannot do with the influence on laws, teachings, parents etc.) * In modern society are functional, high amount of labour (all works together, functionalism) * Crime is a functional part of society (punishment s are set, so others don’t commit crime) * A social fact is way of...
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...briefly mentioned which includes economic support from the U.S President, further research, and considering an ongoing project. The collection of models are also noted followed by innovation changes that have been implemented up to this date. Last of all, the legal issues and concerns are described under different cases while government manufacturing has become significant. Next we will delve into the environmental implications androids and robots have on our society such as ensuring a safe society with the additions of these man-made creations and the possible threats they bring. This leads us into the moral and ethical implications of how they can improve our lives and the challenging code of ethics that is brought forth as to how we should consider them in today’s society. Acknowledgements This page is to acknowledge and thank the DeVry students that participated in the TSC Team Project for 2014. The hard work and dedication of Team E is mutually appreciated by all its members. The following is a description of...
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...instrumented the effect of nutrition over test scores appears to be larger, meaning that OLS estimates of this relationship were underestimated. Keywords : Nutrition, education, school feeding program. JEL codes : I25 , O12. PhD Candidate - Centre d’Etude et de Recherche sur le Développement International (CERDI) fred.aubery@gmail.com ∗ 1 1 Introduction Despite their high intervention costs, school feeding programs are widespread accross the world. According to Galloway et al. [2009], the mean cost of a school feeding program (SFP) is of US$40 per child per year. In Madagascar, for the school year 2011/2012, giving kids a meal that corresponds to a food intake of 603 kilocalories for 175 days costs US$35 per kid. Obviously, this average cost is very sensitive to food and transport price rises. During the 2008 food price crisis, the average meal cost per kid per day had risen from US$0.19 to US$0.30 in Madagascar,...
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...different. Not many organizations have understood these and not many HR experts are clear about the ways of motivating such diverse workforce. Nowadays employees have been hired; trained and remunerated they need to be motivated for better performance. People are motivated rewards something they can relate to and something they can believe in. Times have changed People wants more. Motivated employees are always looking for better ways to do a job. It is the responsibility of managers to make employees look for better ways of doing their jobs. Individuals differ not only in their ability to do but also in their will to do, or motivation Managers who are successful in motivating employees are often providing an environment in which appropriate goals are available for needs satisfaction. Retaining and motivating workers requires special attention and the responsibility falls squarely on the shoulders of HR as well as managers and supervisors at all level. They have to create a work environment where people enjoy what they do, feel like they have a purpose and have pride in the mission of the organization. It requires more time, more skill, and managers who care about people. It takes true leadership....
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...Ray Lewis Leadership Analysis Leadership is defined as “a process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task”. In my opinion, leadership is one of the most desirable qualities that a person can possess. No matter the environment, leaders are needed in every aspect of life. Children need leaders to help them develop, students need leaders to help them learn, and teams need leaders to help the group achieve a common goal. But the real question emerges, how does one become a leader? Are leaders born, or do they rise to the occasion? How do leaders get their peers to rally around their actions? Former National Football League linebacker Ray Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens epitomizes what a leader should be on the field. Lewis was a linebacker for 17 seasons (1996-2012) for the Baltimore Ravens, and the early 2000’s Ravens defense is considered one of the greatest units in sports history. However, while Ray Lewis was viewed as one of the best on the field leaders in NFL history, however his legacy, reputation, and image were tainted by actions away from the playing field.. How is it that a figure like Ray Lewis could be so revered on the field, but off the field he was heavily criticized for his actions and behavior? Throughout this essay I will analyze Ray Lewis’ upbringing and discuss how he developed his leadership qualities that caused former teammate Jamal Lewis to say, “In recent history, I can’t really...
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...Marketing Mix of Brainworks Day Care Centre for Children (Term Paper towards partial fulfilment of the assessment in the subject of Service Marketing) SUBMITTED BY: Apurva Zutshi Vth semester BBA(Hons.),LLB(Hons.) Roll no. 675 SUBMITTED TO: Dr. Archi Mathur Associate Professor Faculty of Management NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY JODHPUR Summer Session (July-November 2011) 1 INDEX Index No. 1. 2. Particulars Executive Summary Objectives Research Methodology Introduction- Marketing Mix Introduction- Day Care Industry & Brainworks Day Care Centre 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Product Data Tabulation Analysis Conclusion Recommendations Limitations Bibliography 14 16 22 31 32 34 35 Page No. 3 3 3 4 10 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Brainworks is a national chain of preschools and day care centres that provide a world class learning environment and scientifically researched curriculum to maximize development of children during the early childhood years. Brainworks believes in providing a rich, stimulating environment using an eclectic approach geared to match different learning styles in children and recent research on brain development. This project identifies and analyses the various elements of marketing mix as followed by Brainworks. Later it studies the impact of these elements on the organisation. The strengths and opportunities for growth have also been identified keeping in mind the day care industry industry. The Project also makes suggestions for improvement in the marketing...
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...This chapter was excerpted from Dayle M. Smith (2000). Women At Work: Leadership for the Next Century. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. Cynthia A. Thompson and Laura L. Beauvais I love my life! My husband and I have arranged our work lives so that we can spend as much time as possible with our kids, and still feel like we’re making a difference at work. —JESSICA DEGROOT, FOUNDER. THE THIRD PATH INSTITUTE It just got to be too much. Monday through Friday I caught the 6:30 train for the city, and didn’t return until 6 P.M. . I loved my job, the money was good, but there was no flexibility, no possibility for part-time work. And I really missed my kids. My husband was making more than I did and we finally decided we could live on his salary. So I quit. —LISA CELONA. FORMER NASDAQ EQUITY TRADER. CURRENT AT-HOME MOM I spent four years working for an insurance company as director of media services. Because my wife was a performer in New York City and had to work evenings; I was the primary caregiver for our two children. That meant I had to leave work earlier than any of the other managers, and that caused a lot of friction and resentment... The tension it created for me at work was instrumental in my eventually having to leave the company. —MICHAEL KERLEY, PRESIDENT, CREATIVE DIALOGUES Chapter Overview This chapter focuses on how women (and, increasingly, men) attempt to balance the multiple competing...
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