scholarly journals Work Organization and Training in American Enterprises

2005 ◽  
pp. 34-59
Keyword(s):  
Work Organization ◽  
And Training

Societal Effect, Organizational Effect and Globalization

1994 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 407-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Mueller
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
Multinational Companies ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
And Training

This paper argues that traditional contrasts between countries as depicted by the societal effect approach, among others, may have been over-emphasized. Diverse evidence suggests that aspects of work organization, government policies and training arrangements have changed substantially over the last decade or so, and multinational companies have been effective in diffusing best practices across borders. One implication is that organizational and globalization effects may complement or even counteract the societal effect. This suggests that some cases, where the presumption has been that societal effects are dominant, may be open to a modified analysis.

scholarly journals Experiences and Challenges of Foreign Agricultural Workers in Finland

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-28
Author(s):  
Tiina E. A. Mattila ◽  
Ulla Ovaska ◽  
Birgitta Kinnunen ◽  
Veli-Matti Tuure ◽  
Jarkko Leppälä ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
Foreign Worker ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Foreign Workers ◽  
List Type ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Working And Living Conditions ◽  
And Training

HighlightsBetter control of musculoskeletal workload remains a key factor in improving working conditions on Finnish farms.Orientation and training of workers should be carefully prepared with attention to content, method, and timing.Continued training is needed, especially for foremen and the increasing number of long-term foreign workers.Abstract. Foreign workers have become an important part of the workforce on horticulture and livestock farms in Finland. The aim of this study was to investigate the experiences of foreign workers regarding their working and living conditions. We conducted semi-structured theme interviews during two time periods: in 2008-2009 (n = 40 workers on eight farms) and again in 2018-2019 (n = 9 workers on four farms). We found variations in expectations and goals among workers when they take a job abroad. Compelling factors in the origin country included unemployment, low wages, and low standards of living, and enticing factors in the destination country included social relationships and expectations of better income. Personal networks had a strong role in the recruiting processes. Work on farms is physically demanding, and being a foreign worker affects social life in many ways, such as being separated from family and facing pressures from the home community to arrange jobs for others. New communication technologies have improved possibilities to stay in contact. Employers could contribute to better working and living conditions for foreign workers by improving work organization, ergonomics at work, orientation of new workers, and continued training of supervisors. Worker orientation and training should be carefully planned, taking into consideration the limited language skills, work competence requirements, and possibilities for career advancement of the workers. Keywords: Descriptive study, Foreign farm workers, Horticulture, Occupational safety.

scholarly journals CSI, voor open sociale innovatie

2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fietje Vaas
Keyword(s):  
Work Organization ◽  
Kunnen Zijn ◽  
And Training

Uitvoeren van een programma voor 'marketing, manpower utilization, work organization, techniques for labour and management cooperation and training'. Dat zou een goede omschrijving kunnen zijn van de missie van het in juni 2006 opgerichte Centrum voor Sociale Innovatie (CSI).

scholarly journals Researching the Development of Remote Work in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (517) ◽  
pp. 190-197
Author(s):  
О. M. Bondarenko ◽  
◽  
T. M. Tardaskina ◽  
L. D. Bogatyryova ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Work Organization ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Technological Improvement ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Work Level ◽  
New Forms Of Work ◽  
The Impact ◽  
And Training ◽  
New Jobs

The article considers the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the process of implementing technologies for the organization of remote work both in management and in the technical sphere. The COVID-crisis is seen as a factor that has facilitated, accelerated and intensified the introduction of remote forms of work, because precisely due to the problem of new jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic both remote work and information-technological improvement of enterprises become relevant. The article is aimed at researching the development of remote forms of work under the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic. The object of the research is the process of introducing remote forms of work at Ukrainian enterprises. The subject of the the research is the organization of remote forms of work at enterprises during the COVID-19 pandemic. The article presents the results of the study (based on a survey) of the demand for a remote form of work and training among Ukrainians during the COVID-19 pandemic. 150 Ukrainians took part in the survey. Among them are women and men aged 18 to 65 who work and study both traditionally and remotely. The analysis of the data was carried out using a Google survey. The survey participants were asked topical questions about their possibility and desire for a complete transition to a remote form of work; level of development of the remote form of work at their enterprise or place of study. As result, the most positive and negative, according to the respondents, traits of a remote form of work are identified; also the most frequently used programs to provide remote work. The conclusions emphasize that Ukrainians are not only ready to accept new forms of work organization, but also actively adapt to them and, despite the shortcomings, the remote form of work is in demand and promising, especially in the context of quarantine measures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Organizational stressors and burnout in public librarians

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magnus Lindén ◽  
Ilkka Salo ◽  
Anna Jansson
Keyword(s):  
Stress Management ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Structural Interventions ◽  
Organizational Stressors ◽  
Public Librarians ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
And Training

We investigated the relationship between organizational factors and three dimensions of burnout in a sample of 53 Swedish public librarians. We also qualitatively identified specific library-related stressors based on the organizational factors investigated. The results showed that the organizational factors workload and community predicted higher levels of emotional exhaustion while the organizational factors community and values predicted higher levels of cynicism. Beyond that we also found that the most frequent stressors reported by the participants were overload of working tasks, technostress, patrons, management feedback problems and isolation. It is suggested that structural interventions to deal with burnout among librarians can be managed by both changing the work-organization and training the employees in stress-management strategies.

scholarly journals EMPLOYERS’ ASSESSMENT OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE GRADUATES FROM NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 52-65
Author(s):  
Edith Onowe Odia ◽  
Benedicta Okaima Imasuen
Keyword(s):  
Work Organization ◽  
Management Science ◽  
Age Difference ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Convenience Sampling ◽  
Analyse Data ◽  
And Training

In view of deteriorating quality of graduates from Nigerian tertiary institutions, this study sought to determine employers’ assessment of management science graduates on key employability skills. The study involves the administration of questionnaires by means of convenience sampling on 680 employers of management science graduates in public and private sectors in Edo/Delta States. T-test and ANOVA were used to analyse data. Notwithstanding the age difference, the result obtained shows that employers rated the graduates of management sciences as slightly ‘fair’. Notably, employers in the private sector rated management graduates higher and more positively than their counterparts in the public sector. Additionally, the employers in the present study described management science graduates as reliable, employable and hardworking. It was recommended that the quality of management science graduates can be improved by placing emphasis on increased funding, infrastructural development, and educator-employer based curriculum which focuses on practical skills, as well as the reactivation of industrial attachment in the Nigerian universities. On the side of the employers, investment in the orientation and training of new entrants into work organization should not be neglected.

scholarly journals Workforce agility: a systematic literature review and a research agenda proposal

Innovar ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (81) ◽  
pp. 155-167
Author(s):  
Geraldo Tessarini Junior ◽  
Patrícia Saltorato
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Workforce Agility ◽  
And Training

Workforce agility has been described as a management strategy that allows companies to respond quickly and effectively to threats and opportunities arising from a competitive and unstable business environment. In the current literature, there is still a lack of efforts to systematically review the state of the art on this subject. The aim of this paper is to address this gap by studying the academic progress on workforce agility. A systematic literature review was carried out to analyze the academic articles within the workforce agility topic that were published online until the end of June 2020 in three electronic databases: Web of Science (WoS), Scopus, and Science Direct. The bibliometric indicators present how the field has developed and which actors (authors, institutions, countries, journals) are the most relevant. Regarding the conceptual aspects, the findings allowed us to identify that an agile workforce consists of four interrelated and interdependent dimensions: proactivity, flexibility and adaptability, resilience, and competence. These attributes can be promoted through strategies related to i) learning and training, ii) forms of work organization, iii) human resource management; and iv) culture and organizational structure. Our findings also allowed us to propose an agenda for future studies on workforce agility and other related topics. This paper contributes by promoting a debate on a subject still incipient in the literature, especially in Latin America, and by highlighting the potential competitive advantage associated with workforce agility for companies.

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