Essays and Research Papers on Human Resource Issues

This 4 page paper is an example of a health and safety policy document, outlining the health and safety policy of a new company. Written in three parts, the first part is a statement of management intent, the second is the organisation of health and safety and the last is the implementation. The law quoted ...

This 5 page report briefly discusses the employee health benefits of the Thiokol Corporation. Certain programs have been extremely successful while others have proven themselves as somewhat marginal. Related benefits are also briefly discussed. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 3 page paper that begins with comments about some of the causes of conflict and the types of conflict that erupt. The process of mediation is explained, including the mediator's role and how it works. Two different examples of conflicts that were resolved through mediation are reported. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 14 page paper on health care promotion programs in the workplace. The writer examines the various benefits of a successful implementation of such a program in today's workplace and well as several relevant considerations. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 4-page paper discusses how HRM can help with corporate restructuring in a hospital situation. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 7 page paper begins by explaining why new leadership styles are needed and what is driving these needs. The writer comments on the poor organization within the system as it is, the new needs of consumers, including the increasingly growing senior population, technology and other advances. The writer then explains transformation leadership and ...

This 6 page paper consider why and how a health and safety program may be implemented in an administrative organisation. The writer includes the formulation, training and supervision needs and makes reference to the Occupation Safety Health Act. The bibliography cites 8 sources.

This 7-page paper focuses on creation and maintenance of a healthy organization, through leadership and management. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page brief look at the many ramifications of health promotion in the workplace. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 6 page research paper that discusses how more and more senior citizens are volunteering. The writer focuses on the Citizens Democracy Corp, a non-profit organization that recruits retired American businesspeople to aid companies in Eastern Europe make the transition to a free market economy. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

12 pages in length. The relationship between stress and health is unmistakable; indeed, the correlation that exists between the two entities is so strong that one's very existence hinges upon the ability to effectively balance good stress with the bad. What could possibly be good about stress? It is a natural motivator ...

A 12 page research paper on some of the choices of benefits employers have made available to their employees over the last several years. The changes have greatly reduced the employers' costs of benefits, and employees enjoy the ability to choose plans that will best suit their needs at any point in their lives, whether ...

This 10 page paper considers how human resource management is developing in South Africa in order to meet the commercial need to compete in the global economy. The paper argues that the patterns followed have many similarities with the main accepted theories, but that the way the move from personnel administration towards HRM is ...

This 12 page paper argues that leisure has been reduced a great deal over the years. Yet, several historical periods are explored through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to demonstrate various changes. Several important points in history are noted inclusive of the industrial revolution. The current sate of affairs is discussed and the ...

This 4 page paper looks at the way change may be managed in an organization where there is low morale and a history of changes with staff leaving on each occasion. The paper looks at a suitable strategy and considers supporting theory. The bibliography cites 7 sources.

A six page paper which looks at the history and development of teleworking and telecommuting, with reference to modern computer systems and the new technology, and sets out the many social and economic advantages of teleworking. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 4 page contention that throughout their history strikes have had both positive and negative benefits in the workplace and in society in general. While ultimately they bettered the collective plight of workers, that betterment sometimes came with great costs. Some even lost their lives as a result of worker strikes. Bibliography lists ...

This 11 page shows why the staff at British airways took a self centred interest to protect their jobs and working conditions with little regard for the organisational needs. This is examined with reference to then history of the company and the way HRM has been managed in the past and the poor employment relationship ...

This 3 page report discusses the temporary employment agency – Kelly Services. The company headquartered in Troy, Michigan, offers: "…human resources solutions that include temporary services, staff leasing, outsourcing, vendor on-site and full-time placement." This report looks at the company's history, what industries it serves, how many workers it utilizes, and how such an ...

This 5 page paper begins with a short history of the company from its founding as a delivery business to its entrance into charge cards in the late 1950s. The rest of the paper explains the company's diversity plan and activities, including recruitment, support groups and other activities. The essay ends by reporting that ...

This 8 page paper examines how industrial relations developed during this influential time in Japanese commercial history. The paper begins with the introduction of the modern corporation into Japan, the changes that took place during the Meiji Restoration and the way that culture impacted on the relationship during industrialisation. The bibliography cites 13 sources.

A 6 page overview of the content and ideology presented in this extensive book about workplace evolution. These authors condense the findings of over two-hundred studies of the numerous changes which have occurred in the American workplace since the early years of our industrial history and identify common lessons which are available in these ...

This 8-page paper focuses on Southwest Airlines and its policies, history, human resources and finances. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 16 page paper looks at two different HR systems, those seen in the UK and Japan, comparing and contrasting their similarities and differences. The paper considers how these two countries HR systems and their development reflect national cultural differences, discusses some of the functional differences and considers the way that they are changing with ...

This 10 page paper argues that different national or local cultures will not necessarily result in a need for different HRM policies or a different local corporate culture. The writer focuses on Europe. The bibliography cites 11 sources.