Social Work Norms

Select one (1) of the scenarios and write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:

Levitt explains about conventional wisdom. He also explains the similarities between a drug dealer gang and corporate America. This is a unconventional example that Levitt uses to explain the structure of corporations and businesses, with a low amount of high tier workers at the top of the pyramid making most of the money and also having hundreds of low tier workers below, even though these are the workers that are the main supporters of the structure to keep it from falling. Another essential part in this chapter is the different variables that add to wage assurance. Employments that have many people accessible to do them by and large pay lower, while occupations that require a particular ability not regularly found will pay higher. Clearly, occupations that are less attractive or even hazardous must pay higher, with a specific end goal to give workers enough motivation to stay in the position. At last, if there is popularity for a specific administration, occupations in that administration industry will have higher pay, since more buyers are seeking it

2. Suppose your same organization decides on an unconventional workforce comprised primarily of independent contractors and temporary workers. Predict three (3) issues that you may encounter in building relationships with each type of worker. Next, examine two (2) laws that you must follow during the relationship building process, and specify the manner in which each law would help in the relationship building process.

Based on the Hackman and Oldham’s (Schaefer, 2006) model the main thing that needs to be established is how to make the workers enthusiastic and willing to come to work. This is achieved by designing the job the best way possible that comfortably allows the employee to use their abilities. As well as properly fitting jobs to the employees through a selection process. An employee should be selected for the job based on their skill level and background. This is a means to show that this job cannot be done by everyone and is significant to the individual. The benefits of the work done from the

The relative nature of the work test is “essentially an economic and functional one, and the determinative Criteria [sic] not the inconclusive details of the arrangement between the parties, but rather the extent of the economic dependence of the worker upon the business he serves and the relationship of the nature of his work to the operation of that business.” Marcus v. E. Agr. Ass'n, Inc., 58 N.J. Super. 584, 603 (App. Div. 1959), rev'd. Marcus v. E. Agric. Ass'n, Inc., 32 N.J. 460 (1960). There are two fundamental questions that have to be explored: (1) is the work an integral part of the regular business, and (2) is the employee economically dependent on the

Using material from item A and elsewhere, asses the view that the education system exists mainly to select and prepare young people for their future work roles

According to Richard W. Judy and Carol D’Amico in the article “Work and Workers in the Twenty-First Century”, Americans are figuring out how to deal with the dramatic changes in the workforce. The journey to become a productive worker will not be easy to achieve but the hard work Americans put in will pay off in the long run. There are four forces that explain the dangers and satisfactions that are ahead for American workers. The four forces to be considered are as follows: technological changes, globalization, the aging population, and ethnic diversification. All four of these factors play a role in coping with the changing workforce.

8. (Craft Unions) Both industrial unions and craft unions attempt to raise their members’ wages, but each goes about it differently. Explain the difference in approaches and describe the impact these differences have on excess quantity of labor supplied.

1.1 Describe 4 factors, 2 internal and 2 external, which impact on the employment relationship

Brief summary of information: Provides suggestions and options for employer on developing and managing equitable flexible work practices.

Sociologists study human society. Their subject matter includes human behaviour in various social contexts, social interaction, social institutions and organisation, social change and development (Haralmbos, Van Krieken, Smith & Holborn 1999). For this reason, unemployment is an issue which sociologists delve. Unemployment has far reaching affects in all areas of society. Stratification in the areas of age, race, class, gender, ethnicity, sex and disability is rife amongst the employed and unemployed alike, unemployment creates further segregation amongst these already stratified people. This essay will look at unemployment from the functional and conflict theory

On top of all of these features, they rarely get the chance to join a union to fight for their deserved rights and this leaves them at the bottom with very few solutions. However some do actually get a chance and rally for their rights but at the back of their mind, they have that fear that the would be jobless the next moment due to their nature of their job where workers can be replaced anytime as the boss sees please (Knights, Thompson, Smitha and Willmott, 1999). Majority of individuals holding precarious work are usually women, migrant workers and minorities in the country. Walton (1990) emphasized that women in part-time employment are usually due to family commitments and mothers after preganancy often

LEARNING OUTCOME 7 As a small business employer, explain how nontraditional work schedules might make it easier for you to recruit employees.

(2.1) Explain why scarcity forces individuals and society to incur opportunity costs. Give specific examples.

Topic - Job Specialisation uses standardised work procedures to have workers perform repetitive; precisely defined and simplified tasks. Explain why companies use this approach to job design. Using the Job Characteristics model, describe how specialised jobs can be modified to eliminate the boredom and low job satisfaction associated with them. (Chapter 9)