Essays and Research Papers on Human Resource Issues

This 8-page paper focuses on whether or not companies have the right to hire or fire employees based on those employees' physical fitness. Under discussion are the costs of poor physical fitness and what companies can do to encourage employees to get and remain healthy. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 3 page paper discussing labor unions’ relevance in today’s business environment. At the time they came into being, trade unions were necessary in many industries. Many employers could see nothing wrong at all with working children for long, hard hours; others were largely unconcerned with their workers’ safety. Unions arose at ...

A 36 page preliminary investigation exploring the need for and advisability of starting a new consulting business, Amani Consulting, Inc. Consultants abound, and for good reason. There are so very many aspects of management and management theory that affect a single aspect of business that it is impractical to try to incorporate all ...

A 5 page book review that profiles Taylor Cox's text Creating a Multicultural Organization (Jossey-Bass, 2001) is a comprehensive guide to business leaders and professionals who are interested in maximizing the human potential of their workforce. The foreword for this text sums up the general thrust of the book by saying that it ...

This 9-page paper examines diversity training programs and their effectiveness in corporate America. Also included is some historical discussion and what should be done to improve effectiveness of such programs. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

This 6 page paper looks at Guests model of HRM where there are four main outcomes; strategic integration, high employee commitment to the organisation, high workforce flexibility and adaptability and a high quality workforce. The paper applies this model to the well known fast food chain McDonalds. The bibliography cotes 2 sources.

This 9-page paper studies the causes for employee turnover and provides some solutions to avoid this. Also under discussion are the importance of communication and employee respect. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the utilization of critical thinking skills in the office and industrial setting. Examples given. Bibliography lists 0 sources.

This 13 page report discusses the 1987 National Football League strike. Numerous issues associated with labor negotiations are covered and then applied in terms of the issues between the National Football League and the NFL Players' Association. Bibliography lists 11 sources.

This 6-page paper discusses several questions pertaining to the learning organization including how to help employees adjust and what style of leadership needs to be adapted to this organization. Bibliography lists one source.

An 12 page paper that emphasizes the air traffic controllers strike in 1981. The paper begins with a brief history of strikes in the United States, beginning with the artisans walk-outs in Colonial America and discussing some strikes in the following centuries. The writer explains many strikes have been violent and provides examples. The air ...

This 10 page paper discusses the high employee turnover in the nonprofit sector. The first section of the paper provides a basic introduction to nonprofit organizational structure and some of the challenges they face, including high turnover rates. The second section comments on the challenges and some reasons for high turnover, including a lack of ...

A 3 page paper discussing the business of Hire.com and the manner in which it assists organizations with their HR functions. Association with Hire.com enabled Roche Diagnostics, among others, to reduce costs while improving productivity, a goal of virtually every highly aware HR organization operating today. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page paper analyzing the means by which employees reach decisions to leave their employers voluntarily. Lee and Mitchell (1994) appear to have provided a means by which to categorize employee departures. This should result in the development of information that organizations can use to minimize the effects of voluntary employee turnover. ...

This 5 page paper considers an example of teamwork, how conflicts may arise in that team and how they could be resolved along with the lessons that can be learned by the manager of the team and team members. The example used is that if a school or collage newspaper and a disagreement over which ...

A 3 page review of a 1981 article addressing the issue of employee turnover. Rather than inform any specific aspect of employee turnover in the time current to publication, Steers and Mowday (1981) conduct their exercise as a prelude to several suggestions for future research. Most of these suggestions relate to points raised ...

A 3 page research paper that, first of all, discusses what is involved in being a recording sound engineer and then examines the best possible route for obtaining an education in this field, which the writer suggests is apprenticeship. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page review of a 1973 paper that arrives at the stunning conclusion that workers more satisfied with their jobs are less likely to leave them. The authors of this paper review many studies from the 1950s and 1960s, all qualitative and many with questionable validity or reliability, which often was the nature ...

This 7-page paper focuses on the development of a leadership training development. Issues focused on include necessarily education and training, skills a leader needs to have and monitoring. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 4 page paper looks at a case study supplied by the student where there has been a problem in a recruitment procedure, The paper identifies a problem, that appears to be lack of planning, looking for the root cause, which may have been lack of training and support. The paper then suggests some solutions.

A 10 page paper begins with a description of empowerment and reports some of the vast literature on the topic of employee empowerment. One point made is that employees may not have the confidence or esteem to become more autonomous and managers may have to build their self-esteem first. Examples of how some companies have ...

This 8 page paper looks at a case study supplied by the student and outlines the way in which a company adapt and change to meet the producing needs for a customer in a cost effective manner. The paper concentrates on the human resource management issues and way that theories of the human relations school ...

A 5 page paper that presents a work breakdown schedule for a time and attendance reporting system. Tasks and subtasks are identified with approximate duration of time. Risks associated with project are outlined along with possible alternatives to mitigate risk. Change plan is outlined. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 10 page research paper that offers an overview on stress and stress factors or stressors. This examination of stress, first of all, defines what is meant by "stress," and what factors contribute to the perception of stress as experienced by the individual, such as cultural differences, personality traits, and social factors such as working ...

This 7 page paper considers he critical issues to implementing team-based performance related pay (PRP) schemes and looks at implications for individual performance and job-satisfaction. The bibliography cites 10 sources.