Essays Tagged: "American Management Association"
When is drug testing not nearly enough? This essay is about the pre-employment tests that are being used in order for an applicant to get a job. It focuses on drug testing and psychological testing.
86). Sometimes it seems as though you can't have any secrets from your future employer.In 1999 the American Management Association (AMA) did a study that showed that 39% of 1,054 companies used some ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Technology's Effect on Workplace Stress.
ll as employees. The personal use of e-mail has impacted workplace ethics as well. According to the American Management Association, more than half of U.S. companies engage in some form of e-mail moni ... ort of legal action concerning improper or illegal employee use of e-mail or Internet connectivity (American Management Association, 2001).An example of an area where technology stretches the bounds o ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Workplace Surveillance: Is it Ethical for employer to monitor their employee's communication via Internet?
a year, or about $5.25 per monitored employee per year. According to a research carried out by AMA (American Management Association) in 2001, more than three-quarters of U.S. firms now monitor their e ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Ethical Considerations of Genetic Testing in the Workplace
Considerations of Genetic Testing in the WorkplaceThe use of genetic testing is on the rise in the American workplace. According to a 1998 survey by the American Management Association, 10% of Americ ... themselves and their family members.He further states that testing was developed on the campuses of American universities, with the provision of public tax dollars. Funded with government grants, scie ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Occupational Health Issues - Overachieving on the Job - STRESS
uction rates when employees become ill and health and workers compensation rates soar. In fact, the American Management Association stated that they estimated the annual price tag of stress-related ai ... th loved ones at home and dealing with feelings of low-esteem.Another factor that is affecting many Americans is the current trend towards more lean and mean business entities (Triangle Business Journ ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology
Downsizing : A Essay on the negative effects of downsizing on employess
rgest expense typically payroll and benefits and starts slashing. According to a 1997 survey by the American Management Association (AMA), the most often claimed reasons for downsizing are "organizati ... nt and loyalty of its workforce -- its most precious resource for growth and innovation.BibliographyAmerican Management Association International. (1997). 1997 AMA Survey: Corporate Job Creation, Job ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Big Boss is Watching You
ns, keystrokes, and many more. In addition, workplace monitoring is on the raise, nearly 75 percent American companies now use some kind of surveillance to spy on employees according to the 2000 repor ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
Evaluating the State of Leadership Training in Today's Business Organizations
yees and those with technical backgrounds are assuming management roles." Training magazine and the American Management Association created a comprehensive survey to find out and what companies are do ... g in Leadership Development Training?Within the same survey circulated by Training Magazine and the American Management Association, the cost of developing leaders and how organizations measure progra ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Every organisation has to prepare for the abandonment of everything it does"( Peter Drucker). Discuss this statement in the context of change management and strategy.
White Associates , The university of Winconsin , The Society for human Resource Management and the American Management Association ) on major companies who have performed downsizing and surprisingly ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Downsizing
According to a 1997 survey by the American Management Association (AMA), the most often claimed reasons for downsizing are "organizati ... begin depleting the business of its fat, then it muscle, and finally its brain power." Bibliography American Management Association International (1997). "AMA Survey: Corporate Job Creation, Job Elimi ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
The application of ICT in workplace: E-mail and Virtual Team
are on duty, even the employees don't know they are watching. According to the surveys conducted be American Management Association (AMA) from 1999 to 2001 and 2005, the results show that there are in ... oyees, and proposed the six characteristics of mass production work on the bases of analysis of 180 American automobile assembly workers. Then, the emergence of the technological determinism theory, w ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Developing Managerial Talent Through Simulation
first computer-scored business simulation, Top Management Decisions Simulation, was created by the American Management Association for executives in 1957 (Ricciardi et al., 1957). This development wa ... 5) or a training procedure. The user has the responsibility to limit application to validated uses (American Psychological Association, 1981).The third set of factors to consider when evaluating any s ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Team building T-group
te a more humanistic system and attaining organisational goals. House (1969, p. 3) claims that 'the American Management Association is conducting T-group training on a rather large scale and a recent ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Employee Turnover
rthermore, employee turnover extensively affects the financial performance of the organizations. An American Management Association publication HR Focus (1996) reports that the US Department of Labor ... Do flexible work arrangements really improve employee retention? A recent survey, sponsored by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), found that CPAs on flex become more effi ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management
Monitoring In Workplace
or of ?The Extent of Systematic Monitory of Employee E-mail and Internet Use, as many as 40 million American workers, which is nearly 1/3 of the entire United States workforce, have Internet and / or ... ates workforce, have Internet and / or e-mail access at work.? In addition, according to the annual American Management Association survey of ?Workplace Monitoring & Surveillance? there are ?more ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
The Role of Administrative assistant has evolved
er 2002.Others"AMA Survey Finds that the Secretarial Role is Evolving to Include Managerial Tasks." American Management Association. (September 25, 2000). 11 February 2005. Bozeman, Ollie Jo. "Through ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
Human Resource Management : Candidate Selection
urcesArthur, D. (2006). Recruiting, interviewing, selecting, and orienting new employees. New York: American Management Association. ISBN: 9780814408612.Chally.com (2007). The most common hiring mista ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management
Conflict Resolution Strategies
e. Plant Engineering, 49(1), 112-114.Wisinski, J. (1993). Resolving conflicts on the job. New York: American Management Association. 27-31.
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Online Monitoring: A Threat to Employee Privacy in the Wired Workplace
have become as common as policies regarding vacation days or sexual harassment. A 2005 study by the American Management Association and ePolicy Institute found that 76% of companies monitor employees' ... mployees (Tam et al.). "It is unlikely that we will see a legally guaranteed zone of privacy in the American workplace," predicts Kesan (293).This reality leaves employees and employers to sort the po ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education