Topic The First Amendment and Christmas Trees in the workplace and public arena. Thesis While a strict interpretation of the Constitution could find that Christmas Trees in the workplace are inappropriate, there is a dependent factor based on convergence, tradition, and community values. Outline Overview Presentation of the issue Christmas Trees in the Workplace and the First Amendment a. The First Amendment Review b. Review framing of Constitution vis-Ã -vis 1st Amendment c. Political and
Successful Management of a Diverse Workforce Successful management of a diverse workforce poses many challenges in the confusing aspects of diversity that exist in today’s workplace. Equal employment opportunity is an attempt to pay retribution for past errors and many say it was a good beginning but more is needed. We commonly read and hear the increasingly popular term diversity training. The new catchphrase to be found gaining popularity in the workforce is inclusion. With all these confusing
Stereotype threat and gender differences are two key contributors to stagnant equality for pay and leadership in fields or positions currently dominated mostly by men. Stereotype threat can “result in reduced performance and tendency for women to opt out of participation” and gender differences “in self-positioning and communication can result in un-writing discrimination because employers and often fail to notice qualified female candidates”
traditional communication, technical writing, rhetorical theory and ethics. According to Julia Wood (2004), communication is “a systemic process in which individuals interact with and through symbols to create and interpret meanings.” A technical communicator is responsible for writing documents, designing and creating graphics, designing and creating websites, copyediting other documents, examining documents for usability, illustrations, and much more. Technical writing is now known as technical communications
Individuals and organizations view conflict as a negative but is a natural result when individuals work together. Constructive conflict can be positive as conflict can inspire change. There will be differences and disagreements as goals or values and even perceptions between individuals differ but without conflict, teams can become complacent and not perform at optimum levels. It is safe to say that the values of team members are a common source of conflict as are the goals and expectations of expected
Molly O’Malley College Writing II Mrs. Wollenzier September 24, 2012 Gender Differences Gender has played an enormous role around the world from the very beginning. A major part of gender differences involves woman continuously being treated as inferiors to men in many ways. Men seemed to have the upper hand in numerous parts of the world. Gender differences have and still are a problem around the world today even after progress has been made with laws being passed against it. A world without
beliefs. I then composed a biography of an individual from the Chinese culture named Faith. Writing her story has given me the opportunity to gain a great deal of insight into the influences her different culture has had on her development. There are kindred attributes and stark differences when comparing our two extremely diverse cultures. Nonetheless, I am convinced it is within the differences that subsist between any cultures that the greatest value and benefit to society will be realized. A comparison
that communication skills should be identified as one of the key issues in marketing education. Brodowsky and Anderson (2003) found that even business students themselves perceive inadequacies in their communication education. So, despite agreement between business and academia regarding the importance of communication skills, a gap persist regarding desired versus acquired communication skills levels. Several studies reveal that business education should be sensitive to, but may not understand, the
discrimination and sexual harassment etc. Over the years the Equal Opportunity commission has received many critics by civil rights advocates on the way it operates. The critics have been mainly about the unsatisfactory efforts and liability of the numerous discrimination accusations. It is stipulated that this poor performance of the EEOC is due to either lack of funding or lack of will and maybe even both. The various challenges that the EEOC has to improve are to first give more importance to class-based
Summary Reading Work: Literacies in the New Workplace centers around five adult educators and scholars who challenge the meaning of literacy in workplace environments by identifying subtleties beyond reading and writing. Belfiore, Defoe, Folinsbee, Hunter, and Jackson (2004) utilize “various strands of literacy theory and research associated with social practice, sociocultural or ‘the new literacy studies’ approaches to defining literacies” (pg. 4) to define this research. Throughout the book, literacies