Labor Management

If you’ve ever struggled to keep your business staffed with high-performing, loyal employees - even for “unsexy” jobs with high turnover rates - this audiobook is here to solve your hiring and retention woes. Fully Staffed will give you an edge over your competitors by enabling you to streamline your hiring process, expand your brand awareness through job advertising, build a pipeline of qualified candidates ready to fill positions before they’re even vacant, and refine your hiring funnel so that these superstar employees stay with you for the long haul.

Dr. Faith, author of the best-selling Unf*ck Your Brain and Unf*ck Your Intimacy, tackles one of the toughest emotional topics there is with her trademark mix of neuroscience, gentle encouragement, and no-nonsense language. This book isn’t about getting rich quick (or necessarily at all) - it’s about figuring out your own economic values and baggage, and learning to be the person in the world you know you have it in you to be.

This is a book for working women and mothers who are ready to release the culturally inherited belief that their worth is equal to their productivity, and instead create a personal and professional life that's based on presence, meaning, and joy. As opposed to focusing on "fitting it all in", time management, and leaning in, as so many books geared at ambitious women do, this book embraces the notion that through doing less women can have - and be - more.

ATTENTION STUDENTS: If you need to write a paper on labor unions or negotiation in organizations, then this is the perfect reference. It's simple, easy to understand, and right to the point. Labor Unions Labor unions have had a significant impact on organizations in the United States, and they are very important to many employees. Debates on the value of unions often end up in heated discussion, and it is highly unlikely that one side will ever completely agree with the other. However, one thing is for sure… workforces would not be the same without unions. This eBook examines employee ...

This book is excellent for beginners or those new to learning about unions because it helps them gain an understanding of the subject matter. It discusses union types, structures, activities, and functions while analyzing the role that they play for their members. It does not support or oppose unions in workplaces, nor does it argue the topic from any perspective. The goal is simply to educate readers about unions so they can formulate their own opinions.

From inside the walls of Enron, a lone whistleblower attempted to avert the course of events leading to the largest bankruptcy in American history. On August 16, 2001, Sherron Watkins wrote an anonymous letter to Enron's Chairman, Ken Lay, laying out problems with Enron's use of partnerships to hide debt. She warned of a possible scandal that could topple the company if investors and the news media learned of the operations. Then, she revealed her identity and confronted Lay directly.

This book explores five different organizational topics including legal teams, labor unions, negotiation, record keeping, and employee reviews. Each topic is described and exemplified for better comprehension of the subject matter. The text is informative and educational, and it is written for easy reader understanding at all levels.

This book is great for beginners or those new to the manufacturing process because it is packed with real-world examples. It provides a better way of learning because readers are shown how rather than told how plants operate and employees interact. In a clear and concise manner, assembly type operations are explored while examining the various departments and people that exist within. Each department’s function is discussed along with a special “In action” section that shows how employees in those departments work together to accomplish organizational goals. As an added bonus, Louis ...

Today's ways of working are not working - even for professionals in "good" jobs. Responding to global competition and pressure from financial markets, companies are asking employees to do more with less, even as new technologies normalize 24/7 job expectations. In Overload, Erin Kelly and Phyllis Moen document how this new intensification of work creates chronic stress, leading to burnout, attrition, and underperformance. "Flexible" work policies and corporate lip service about "work-life balance" don't come close to fixing the problem.

No business concept was more important to America's economic revival in the 1990s than reengineering, introduced to the world in Michael Hammer and James Champy's Reengineering the Corporation. Already a classic, this international best seller describes how the radical redesign of a company's processes, organization, and culture can achieve a quantum leap in performance.

On April 10, 1966, a crowd of 10,000 farm workers and supporters gathered at the California state capitol to celebrate victory in one of the most significant strikes in American history - one that made Cesar Chavez famous as leader of the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), which later became the United Farm Workers (UFW). Marshall Ganz tells the story of the UFW's ground-breaking victory, drawing out larger lessons from this dramatic tale.

In Reefer Madness, the best-selling author of Fast Food Nation investigates America's black market and its far-reaching influence on our society through three of its mainstays - pot, porn, and illegal immigrants.

Conquer the Class B Contractor Exam: Your Guide to Business and Law for Professional Contractors is a comprehensive study guide designed to help aspiring contractors pass the Class B Contractor Exam and succeed in their careers. This guide covers essential topics such as business structures, legal responsibilities, construction contracts, employment law, and risk management, providing detailed explanations and real-world examples tailored to the construction industry. With chapters on project management, bidding and estimating, building codes, safety regulations, and financial management, ...

One of the central dynamics shaping organizations today is a contradiction managers face between ensuring workforce discipline and harnessing worker creativity. In manufacturing, global best practice includes lean production with substantive worker empowerment; cross-training in enlarged tasks and inclusion in problem solving and decision making. Yet, many managers instead face these conflicting pressures by training workers in narrow tasks and using them exclusively for manual labor.

Based on extensive research and workplace experience, The Female Vision demonstrates that what women perceive in organizations and beyond that goes unnoticed and unrewarded is exactly what so many companies need to succeed. Helgeson and Johnson delve deeply into the stories of a number of women whose vision improved their companies - although often they had to struggle not only against unresponsive organizations, peers, or others, but also against their own personal fears.

Eve Rodsky is changing society one relationship at a time, by coming up with a 21st-century solution to an age-old problem: women shouldering the brunt of domestic responsibilities, the mental load, the emotional labour. Everything that is required to keep the fridge full, the children's homework in their schoolbags, and the the household running. The unequal division of all this invisible work in relationships is a recipe for disaster, but no one has offered a real solution to this dilemma, until now.

Unlock the future of business with "AI-Powered Business," the definitive guide to transforming your company by harnessing the power of artificial intelligence. This comprehensive eBook lays out the roadmap for deploying AI to revolutionize operations, decision-making, customer experience, financial management, and more. Dive into an introduction to AI-powered business models and discover how this dynamic technology is reshaping industries. Learn to identify and automate routine operations, unleashing efficiency and freeing up valuable resources through smart AI tools and technologies. ...

In "Talent and Freight Forwarding in the Digital Era: Embracing Automation for Supply Chain Success," we delve into the transformative impact of automation and digital networks on the world of supply chain management. This book explores the critical role of talent management in the freight forwarding industry and how it intersects with the advancements in technology. With supply networks becoming increasingly complex and digitally-driven, the traditional roles of employees are evolving. We uncover how workers are focusing on areas of value as new technology platforms and automation emerge, ...

Eve Rodsky is changing society one relationship at a time, by coming up with a 21st-century solution to an age-old problem: women shouldering the brunt of domestic responsibilities, regardless of whether they work outside the home. The unequal emotional labour and 'invisible work' in a relationship is a hot-button issue, but no one has offered a real solution to this dilemma, until now.

Conquer the Class A Contractor Exam: Your Guide to Business and Law for Professional Contractors is a comprehensive study guide designed to help aspiring contractors navigate the complexities of the Class A Contractor Exam. This guide covers essential topics such as business structures, licensing requirements, contractor law, project management, safety regulations, financial management, and dispute resolution, equipping readers with the knowledge and strategies needed to pass the exam and thrive in the construction industry. Each chapter delves into the practical and legal aspects of ...