By Nathan Beck Steven Blair Kolena Bowman Keith Strehler Table of Contents Executive Summary Pg 3 History Pg 4 Diagnosing Culture Pg 5 Culture Typographies Pg 7 Company Culture Pg 9 Employee Attitudes Pg 10 Executive Summary The organization being described in this paper is Somerset CPA, which is one of the largest accounting firms found in Indiana. They have been repeatedly awarded for their outstanding work environment throughout the last decade. This company
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Occupational stress and workplace health have become issues of great concern over the last decade, both internationally and nationally. Given the value of work in this society, the amount of time spent at work and the current changes that are affecting the nature of work, it is not surprising that work stress appears to be increasing. Stress is the body’s physiological response to the stressor, thus, a stressor is an event or set of conditions that causes a stress response. Work stress is defined
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Causes of Workplace Stress There are many factors that can exacerbate the causes of stress in the workplace. The challenges faced by people in the workplace make the job more exciting and interesting. However, there are challenges that can also have negative effects. The normal reaction to stress is tension, anxiety and excitement and work-life goes back to normal after a while. If however, the stress becomes overwhelming or if it happens too often, there can be a problem getting back to the normal
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and anxiety (Gyllensten & Palmer, 2005). Women and men experience the same levels of stress in workplace, however the stressors are different between the genders. Women stressors are due to lack of career progress, discrimination, and stereotyping (Gyllensten & Palmer, 2005). There is a lack of adequate research concerning the coping skills and social support women use to manage workplace stress. The study will focus on the stressors women face at work, and the affect of coping skills
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advancement. Sounds great? Maybe in a perfect world, but in the real world, working conditions are often far less than great. Overworked and unappreciated, many workers endure psychologically conditions on the job. Why are psychologically healthy workplaces important for employers? A recent study by Northwestern National Life found that twenty-five percent of workers cite their jobs as the number-one source of stress in their lives. Stress can contribute to employee illness and lost time at work. Stressful
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Toxic Working Environments: Recognizing Workplace Bullying Aug 2, 2010 Andrew Mitchell A Bully's Tirade - bulagm Bullying affects workers that are usually at the "work unit" level. It occurs mostly when organizations support and reinforce its existence. Bullying in the workplace has a variety of labels, such as psychological harassment, emotional abuse and mobbing. Workplace bullying is characterized by: intentional, repeated and enduring aggressive behaviors (most frequently
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.................................................................................................... 6 Managing Stress: Personnel ............................................................................................... 6 Managing Stress: Workplace .......................................................................................... 7 Case Study: ScottishPower ................................................................................................. 8 Conclusion
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Health and Wellness • Workplace Flexibility • inancial Support F for Economic Security • Paid and Unpaid Time Off • Community Involvement • liciting Management E Buy-In and Transforming Organizational Culture C1 Defining Work-Life Effectiveness Work-life refers to specific organizational practices, policies and programs that are guided by a philosophy of active support for the efforts of employees to achieve success within and outside the workplace. These employersponsored
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BSB40812CertificateIVinFrontlineManagement AssessmentTask1-Assignment Question1: Read the case study, then complete the task that follows. Case study Louise is employed by a community service organization in an area where a significant proportion of the local populations are Sudanese refugees. The organization provides support to local residents in finding work and accessing community groups, along with information about sport and recreational activities. At a team meeting, many of
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people are bullied in the workplace with minimal repercussion. The cases provide bullying examples of the situation, conversations of the person bullying, the individual that is being bullied, and the outcomes. According to the authors, Gumbus and Meglich (2012), they state, “Workplace bullying is a particular form of dysfunctional behavior that manifests as repeated emotional abuse of a verbal and/or physical nature” (Gumbus & Meglich, 2012, p. 13). Through communication and surveys, it has been
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