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Introduction The recent increase in fuel prices reinvigorated the discussion about alternative ways for workers to perform their tasks without having to drive, or use public transportation, to get to their work site. Knowledge workers have a distinct advantage over workers in manufacturing jobs in that they can work remotely requiring only a reliable Internet connection and a computer. While telecommuting, or telework, has obvious advantages for employees, employers have been somewhat more reluctant to embrace it as a viable strategy. This research considers some of the issues associated with telework. Problems with Working Remotely Knowledge workers who have specific tasks to perform or projects to complete may well be able to do so remotely. Often, they can accomplish their tasks with just a personal computer and an Internet connection. By using telework, the employee completes the same tasks remotely as would be completed in the central office.

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In order to assure the safety of staff and students, information and training as necessary shall be provided to assist all administrative, classified, and credentialed employees to recognize and to respond appropriately to hazards in the workplace. This training would include but is not limited to techniques for the proper handling, labeling, storage, and disposal of hazardous materials. Material Safety Data Sheets, which must accompany any hazardous substance used in the school, are maintained on file in the school office and elsewhere in the school as necessary. The MSDS data sheets and readily available to any employee who must handle or may be exposed to materials known to be hazardous, toxic, and/or carcinogenic. All workers are expected and required to conduct their work in compliance with first aid and infection control procedures established by the school and/or by the school district. According to the Kalispell Public School's staff guide, the following rules s

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Life as a Disappointment In the 1949 movie, The Heiress, the idea that if one expects too much from people, one will always be disappointed, is suggested by Mrs. Montgomery. In the fictional lives of four characters discussed in this essay, each determines that life is disappointing in part because most people have relatively limited control over their situations. This is true of Shakespeare's Hamlet, Ibsen's Nora Helmer, Sophocles' Oedipus, and the film's Catherine Sloper. In The Heiress (1949), Catherine Sloper is disappointed first by the abandonment she experiences when her fiancé, Morris Townsend, makes her aware of her vulnerability. She is equally disappointed when Townsend returns and claims that he loves her and wants nothing more than to marry her. Catherine recognizes that she has disappointed her father and that she has expected Townsend to be honest. Instead, he is merely a man seeking a wealthy wife. She vows never to be hurt again. In Hamlet, Shak

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I. The organizational theory that I find myself most attracted to as a basis for analysis is...the organizational culture theory. a. The essence of this theory as I understand it is...that people within organizations act and make decisions not just on the facts of a case but also in response to the organization's culture. Essentially, they see everything through the lens of the corporate culture and its values. b. The events in my background that I feel lead me to be predisposed toward this theory...include several experiences at jobs where I or one or more coworkers experienced disenfranchisement or termination simply because our personalities or approach to work did not fit in with the prevailing culture of the organization. In one job, a coworker was fired because he had vastly different interests and values from most of his colleagues. In one of my jobs, I was fired because I did not make a significant effort to try to fit in with my coworkers

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Historically, the importance of family and family relationships in the African American community has little changed. As McAdoo (2007) notes, "The strong family tradition among blacks...survived the slave system, then legal segregation, discrimination, and enforced poverty" (p. 5). President-elect Obama and his successful and healthy family demonstrate how family strength in the African American community has overcome all obstacles in society. The significance of African American mothers as anchor of the family cannot be underestimated in black culture, including grandmothers, aunts, and other female family members. This analysis will provide a discussion of family relationships in African American families, showing how family strength is engendered in the black community. If the strength of black families endures against such overwhelming odds, it is because of more than education or economic success. McAdoo (2007) maintains the inner strength of the African Ame

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The purpose of this brief report is to present a methodologically valid research design useful in studying a real-world business issue. Using a qualitative, exploratory and descriptive research methodology, the present study will seek answers to a series of research questions. According to Johnson and Onwuegbuzie (14 - 15), a good study begins with a clear statement of purpose articulated as a research question, perhaps (in the case of a quantitative study generating new data) resulting in a research hypothesis. For the hypothetical study proposed herein, the primary research question is: What specific elements of corporate culture and other internal and external variables

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Analysis is the business arena is directly linked to strategy development, which will be the focus of this discussion. Thinking and acting strategically is the end result of analytic process that should be mastered by every executive and manager. A strategic plan for an organization moves from an external and internal research effort (scanning these environments) to the development of a corporate mission statement, a set of measurable objectives, a listing of specific strategies that will be used to achieve objectives, a listing of policies for guiding decision-making, and a delineation of necessary programs, budgets and procedures without which outcomes are impossible to achieve (Wheelen and Hunger 20-22). Strategies included in the plan must be identified at several levels: the corporate level for overall direction, the business level for specific business units or

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The role of theory in academic work and in the business arena is vital. This assertion will be examined by looking at Management by Objectives and its application in both research and the workplace. Management by Objectives (MBO) is a "synergetic approach to organizational management" which "emphasizes the importance of a supervisor and employee working together in order to craft individual goals (Stanley 9)." George Odiorne is one of the theorists most closely associated, along with Peter Drucker, with the popularization of MBO (Bearn 74). Beginning in the early 1960s, MBO became one of the hottest topics in management development, spurred by the efforts of Odiorne and Drucker, both of whom believed that the a

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Progressive discipline, which "proceeds from an oral warning to a written warning to a suspension to dismissal" (Cascio, 2003, p. 9) is a disciplinary process that relies on "responsive, corrective action rather than on severe disciplinary actions, together with increasing use of grievance procedures" (McCabe & Rabil, 2002, p. 34). As such, it is an effective means of disciplining employees from the standpoint of communicating what they have done wrong and what they need to do to amend it. It also prevents liability for wrongful termination in situations where the employee is progressively disciplined as a prelude to firing. Progressive discipline is not necessarily the optimum solution for dealing with employees that a company wishes to keep, however. Many employees feel stressed and pressured by progressive discipline, which makes it difficult for them to focus on improving their work. In addition, while progressive discipline pinpoints specific behaviors that the

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The Kennewick Man controversy started in 1996 when two students found the remains of a man along the Columbia River in Washington (Zimmerman). They believed the remains to be those of a murder victim, but in fact, subsequent carbon dating found that the skeleton was over 9,000 years old (Zimmerman). The first anthropologist to examine the skeleton, James Chatters, was startled to find that Kennewick Man's features were distinctively Caucasian, a finding that suggested they belonged to a European settler and prompting a reevaluation of theories about how the Americas were originally populated (Zimmerman). Moreover, Chatters believed that scientific study of Kennewick Man might enable scientists to learn more about diseases that affect Native Americans such as type 2 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis (Zimmerman). The controversy arose because Native Americans view remains such as Kennewick Man as sacred and believe that they should not be removed from their burial site, while

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Harriet Jacobs and Frederick Douglas, both of whom were born into slavery, described their experiences in passionate, compelling narratives. As this brief essay will demonstrate, both shared the vulnerabilities of the slave, the mistreatment handed out to these victims of an immoral institution, and a sense of being viewed as inferior to their white masters. However, their experiences were further shaped by their gender and their progress toward emancipation and freedom. Both Jacobs and Douglass composed slave-narrative, defined as follows: "The ante-bellum slave narrative was the product of fugitive bondmen who rejected the authority of their masters and their socialization as slaves and broke away, often violently, from slavery. . . . Through an emphasis on slavery as deprivation--buttressed by extensive evidence of a lack of adequate food, clothing, and shelter; the denial of basic familial rights; the enforced ignorance of most religions or moral precepts; an

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It must be made clear that the issue of slavery that led to the Civil War was far less a moral issue than a political and economic one. The North became more industrialized. The South remained agricultural, and depended on human labor, not machinery, to create a profitable enterprise. But, slavery preceded even our Constitution and our so-called "Fathers" of our nation recognized the need for slavery and the disparity between white and black. For one thing, even a free black man was considered only three-fifth of an American citizen compared to a white citizen. What many today also fail to understand is that even in the Bill of Rights white dominance over blacks is recognized as legal: The Tenth Amendment which states that any power not specifically assigned to the federal government is given to the states. This particular Amendment really avoids coming to terms with whether slavery is or should be legal. It allows any and all slaveholders to go into other states where on

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Article Review "Treatment for survivors of rape: Issues and interventions" by Hensley (2002). This article was chosen since it is particularly relevant to clinical practice and treatment. The author pointed out that there are specific issues involved in treatment of trauma. The particular trauma focused on in this article was rape. Treatment of rape is important since there are so many women who experience this violence in their lifetime and it results in severe symptoms that disrupt normal functioning. Hensley noted that rape victims tend to be women although some men are raped; one in six women compared to one in 33 men are raped. Rape victims suffer from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with intrusion, avoidance, and/or hyperarousal symptoms. Thus, issues involved in the treatment of the rape trauma is an important topic to explore. The author concluded that it is important to study this problem to provide information for counselors o

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Transcendentalism is a philosophy that evolved out of 19th Century, prior to the Civil War, specifically in the New England area ("What is Transcendentalism?" para. 3). The generation of people involved in this movement were artists, intellectuals, and activists who were "struggling to define spirituality and religion," as well as morals and the individual at a time when the bible was being re-examined and Hindu and Buddhist sacred texts were just coming to light in the western part of the world (para. 4,5,10). Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau are two of the most well known voices from that movement. Though they were similar in much of their philosophy, they differed in some key areas, such as slavery and responsibility for one's fellow man. This paper will compare the beliefs of Thoreau and Emerson, examining both where they agreed and where they differed. Transcendentalists typically believed in the self-examined life, reason, independent thought (not dependent on

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Introduction Among the sources that were examined for this bibliographic essay are eight primary sources, most of which were written either by Pasteur himself or by one of his contemporaries. Two of the primary sources, however, are photographic images rather than written works. Primary Sources: Fortunately, Pasteur was a fairly prolific writer, and he also kept excellent notes in his many notebooks. Therefore, the availability of authentic primary sources was not as problematic as is usually the case. Four of the primary sources-fully half-are by Pasteur and acquaint the reader firsthand with his ideas and approaches. The advantage of these sources is that Pasteur discusses his perspectives as well as recording his findings, so it is possible to "see into" his train of thought and how he viewed the prevalent theories on spontaneous generation. Pasteur's Modern History Sourcebook: Louis Pasteur (1822-1895): Germ Theory and Its Applicati

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Introduction The purpose of this paper is to develop a nursing philosophy that includes ideal about the person, the environment, health and illness, and the nurse. ANA and JCAHO standards are also included in the discussion. The nursing philosophy is applied to women's health nursing. Nursing Philosophy A combination of several existing nurse models to include Orem's, Pender's, and Newman's models, was used to develop the current nursing philosophy and model. These theories are combined to develop a holistic women's health nursing philosophy that includes a self-care development system that is based on the perceptions of the client, with a focus on the person, environment, health/illness, and the nurse. Nurses must diagnose the patient with a thorough assessment that addresses all variables to include self-care strengths and deficits, all perceptions of the client, and all other factors. For example, five person variables (physiological, psychological,

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Change initiatives such as that taking place at Victoria Hospital are often met with enormous resistance from staff in many different specialties and at many different levels of the organization. The case in point - that of Victoria Hospital - reflects a real-world example of how a change initiative based on an assessment of needs and a decision to restructure the strategic focus of the organization can be managed. The initiative involved restructuring the case management process and team initiatives of the institution as well as improving the communication channels (flattening the hierarchy and establishing meaningful linkages between internal actors). Many care providers are establishing interdisciplinary teams that bring together the varied expertise of different actors in the care delivery system. A five step process for the diffusion of this innovative strategy can be identified. The first step is acquiring knowledge regarding the needed change, followed

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Progressive discipline, which "proceeds from an oral warning to a written warning to a suspension to dismissal" (Cascio, 2003, p. 9) is a disciplinary process that relies on "responsive, corrective action rather than on severe disciplinary actions, together with increasing use of grievance procedures" (McCabe & Rabil, 2002, p. 34). As such, it is an effective means of disciplining employees from the standpoint of communicating what they have done wrong and what they need to do to amend it. It also prevents liability for wrongful termination in situations where the employee is progressively disciplined as a prelude to firing. It is not necessarily the optimum solution for dealing with employees that a company wishes to keep, however. Many employees feel stressed and pressured by progressive discipline, which makes it difficult for them to focus on improving their work. In addition, while progressive discipline pinpoints specific behaviors that the employee must improve, it i

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In The Alchemist (1993), by Paulo Coelho, a young shepherd, Santiago, goes forth to seek his destiny and his fortune. His journey is directed by his need to interpret a dream about finding a treasure. He is helped on his journey by the people he runs into who offer advice and differing opinions about where he is going and what he is doing. In the end, Santiago's journey leads him right back to the same church where he had his initial dream. He finds his treasure right where it all began, but he wouldn't have recognized the treasure if he hadn't made the journey. This story has been called a parable, or a symbolic tale to help people think about their own journeys, or personal legends, through life. While my own personal legend in discovering that I wanted to be an electrician was not as roundabout as Santiago's, I did have to go through several stages, just as he did, to get to the point where I understood

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Abstract: Many British banks are in crisis. Some have already collapsed. Four of Britain's largest banks are asking the Bank of England to bail them out. The problems these banks face stem from speculative investments. As a result of the losses on these investments, British banks have tightened their lending programs. This has led to a credit crunch, and as a result companies and individuals are finding it difficult to borrow money. This lack of credit availability is hurting the economy. The question is how best to work through this problem. British legislators are also considering the role the government can and should play in addressing this financial crisis. Context: According to an essay by Andrew Stead published online on the ABCMoney website, in December of 2006 the United Kingdom was already in the throes of a massive debt crisis which had forced creditors to write off more than 1.4 billion pounds of bad debts. In 2006, individual debtors were only able to p

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Disability, as defined by Berger (2004, p. 524), refers to "a persons inability to perform activities that most others can." Tragically, while most expectant parents can anticipate the birth of a child with no major physiological abnormalities, birth defects, or developmental deficits that occur as the child matures, about 3 percent of all babies born in the United States each year have major malformations leading to various disabilities while another 4 percent have severe problems such as deafness or mental retardation that become apparent in the first year of life (Berger, 2004). Approximately 15 percent of all children are born susceptible to learning problems of various sorts, such as difficulty in developing language or social skills. At issue in this essay is a discussion of the many challenges facing parents of children born with severe disabilities. These challenges, said Berger (2004), often include difficulties in financing the cost of necessary care, a lack of support

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In Week One, my diet showed poor alignment with the food pyramid recommendations. I consumed 0% of the recommended milk intake, 0% of the recommended meat and beans intake, 0% of the recommended vegetable intake, 47% of the recommended fruit intake, and 0% of the recommended grain intake. My diet consisted primarily of fruit in Week One and it has not changed since then. As the nutrient intake chart demonstrates, my diet is extremely low in the vital nutrients needed for a healthy diet. I am only obtaining one-fortieth of the recommended allowance of protein, for example, and my levels of most vitamins and minerals are a tiny fraction of the recommended allowance. My diet is woefully inadequate according to the food pyramid and nutrient intake recommendations. There are several reasons that my diet has not changed despite the fact that the healthy eating assignments has made me aware of my dietary shortcomings. These are lifestyle-related. The first is that I do

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Despite their widely diverse cultures, in The White Man's Indian Robert F. Berkhofer (7) argues that white euro-Americans (i.e. white Americans) tended to homogenize Indian tribal groups into images of "The Indian," and along a dichotomy of good/bad that existed since Amerigo Vespucci first described them in these two categories. The wholly constructed image of "The Indian" by white Americans ranged from the classic images of either noble savage or bloodthirsty savage. Whatever image was constructed, Berkhofer argues they always served the needs, both intellectually and materially, of white Americans. This analysis will reflect on the persistence of these ethnocentrically constructed images of "The Indian" and how they play out in popular culture and artistic expression. We see ample evidence of Berkhofer's contention that images of "The Indian" still play out in popular culture and artistic expression. In Oregon, the noble savage Indian is portrayed in commercials describing how his reservation's casino profits are benefitting the environment. A similar separation is

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1. The three main reports that are part of financial accounting include the balance sheet, the income statement, and the statement of cash flows ("Financial Accounting"). The balance sheet shows how the business owner's assets and liability balance out. Essentially, the balance sheet tells him whether he is in the red or in the black financially. Once he has completed a balance sheet, he will have a record of his cash, the amount of money he owes for goods and services, and the amount of money that is due him. The income statement tells the owner how much profit he has made and how much he has lost within a certain period of time, so it is also referred to as a profit and loss st

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1. According to "Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets," there are two reasons that it might be preferable to monitor the return on an investment rather infrequently. The first is that less frequent checking produces more pleasurable than unpleasurable time in the investor's life. For example, if he checks once every minute, he will have 241 pleasurable versus 239 unpleasurable minutes per day, which totals 60,688 pleasurable versus 60,271 unpleasurable minutes per year-a roughly 50/50 proportion-whereas if he checks once per year, he will only have one bad year versus 19 good years (Taleb). The second is that enjoying a pleasurable experience does not offset the negative emotional an

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