Grumpy Old Workers
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Grumpy Old Workers
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Author : Stuart Prebble
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-12-29
Grumpy Old Workers written by Stuart Prebble and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-29 with Humor categories.
'I owe, I owe, so off to work we go.' A Grumpy perspective on the daily grind. Whether we are celebrity chef or hapless waiter, engineer or oily rag, commissioning editor or TV producer, all of us have a whole daily wagon-load of s**t to deal with in the name of work. From boardroom to boredom, from 'what's the point?' to Powerpoint, from 9 to 5 to P45. And that's what this new book from uber-grump Stuart Prebble is all about; the utter everyday relentless crapulence of working for 'the man', or indeed 'the woman'. The workplace is a piece of cake for someone of his curmudgeonly quality. It's not possible in a book of this size to include ALL the grumps arising from the working day - the office politics, the shortcomings of IT, the interminable meetings and some of your colleagues' weirder habits, but he is giving it a go. Grumpy? I'll say we are ...
Grumpy Old Drivers
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Author : Stuart Prebble
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-12-29
Grumpy Old Drivers written by Stuart Prebble and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-29 with Humor categories.
How modern motoring drives Grumpies to distraction We've said that Christmas is the worst thing; we've said that working for idiots is the worst thing; we've said that holidays are the worst thing. But driving is the worst thing of all. It brings together so many of the multitude of individual elements which combine to make Grumpy Old Men and Grumpy Old Women grumpy. It's got queuing - at petrol stations, on side roads, on A roads, on motorways, at car parks and even at the 'drive through'. Very few things make Grumpies more grumpy than queuing. It's got being ripped off - when you buy a car, when you have it serviced, when you buy anything for it, when anything goes wrong, when you put petrol in it, when you wash it, when you park it, when it gets towed away and when some arsehole you've never met bumps into it. It's got being pissed about - when you want to book it in for a service, and when you get to tax it, insure it and get the MOT for it, and again when you want to sell it. And last but not least, it's got the most essential ingredient of grumpiness. Driving is a triumph of disappointment over expectation. When we were kids we thought driving would be the ultimate freedom and all it has turned out to be is a total pain in the tushkin. And that is not even mentioning Top sodding Gear...
Facing The Challenges Of A Multi Age Workforce
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Author : Lisa M. Finkelstein
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-04-10
Facing The Challenges Of A Multi Age Workforce written by Lisa M. Finkelstein and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-10 with Psychology categories.
Facing the Challenges of a Multi-Age Workforce examines the shifting economic, cultural, and technological trends in the modern workplace that are taking place as a result of the aging global workforce. Taking an international perspective, contributors address workforce aging issues around the world, allowing for productive cross-cultural comparisons. Chapters adopt a use-inspired approach, with contributors proposing solutions to real problems faced by organizations, including global teamwork, unemployed youth, job obsolescence and over-qualification, heavy emotional labor and physically demanding jobs, and cross-age perceptions and communication. Additional commentaries from sociologists, gerontologists, economists, and scholars of labor and government round out the volume and demonstrate the interdisciplinary nature of this important topic.
Street Level Workers As Institutional Entrepreneurs
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Author : Olivia Mettang
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-11-14
Street Level Workers As Institutional Entrepreneurs written by Olivia Mettang and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-14 with Political Science categories.
Introducing the institutional logics perspective to street-level analysis, this book examines how street-level workers deal with the institutional logics that guide their organization – whether they follow or challenge them. While doing so, the book develops a theoretical framework to study street-level workers’ institutional agency within organizations from different institutional backgrounds. The book conceptualizes street-level workers as institutional entrepreneurs and presents an original process model to capture deinstitutionalization efforts in street-level discourse. This ordinal model accounts for embedded agency and institutional entrepreneurship as well as for more gradual moves towards deinstitutionalization through the hybridization of institutional logics. The author tests the model empirically using interview data and discusses how street-level workers diverge from the institutional logic of their organization in almost two thirds of their statements, indicating a tendency towards institutional entrepreneurship. The book finally combines two literature strands: institutionalism and implementation research, showing how street-level workers may be perceived as institutional entrepreneurs. This book will appeal to students, scholars, and researchers of political science, public policy, public administration, and organizational studies, as well as to practitioners and policy-makers interested in a better understanding of institutional entrepreneurs, street work, and the institutional logics perspective.
Suicide In Later Life
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Author : Nancy J. Osgood
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 1992
Suicide In Later Life written by Nancy J. Osgood and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Psychology categories.
For many, the "golden years" are so tarnished they long for an ending. All too often, those who are closest to the elderly miss the warning signs. Here Nancy Osgood describes the symptoms to watch for and addresses the question of how we as a nation can change our attitudes and behavior toward the elderly and take steps to help reduce their risk of suicide.
Working For Respect
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Author : Adam Reich
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2018-07-24
Working For Respect written by Adam Reich and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-24 with Social Science categories.
Walmart is the largest employer in the world. It encompasses nearly 1 percent of the entire American workforce—young adults, parents, formerly incarcerated people, retirees. Walmart also presents one possible future of work—Walmartism—in which the arbitrary authority of managers mixes with a hyperrationalized, centrally controlled bureaucracy in ways that curtail workers’ ability to control their working conditions and their lives. In Working for Respect, Adam Reich and Peter Bearman examine how workers make sense of their jobs at places like Walmart in order to consider the nature of contemporary low-wage work, as well as the obstacles and opportunities such workplaces present as sites of struggle for social and economic justice. They describe the life experiences that lead workers to Walmart and analyze the dynamics of the shop floor. As a part of the project, Reich and Bearman matched student activists with a nascent association of current and former Walmart associates: the Organization United for Respect at Walmart (OUR Walmart). They follow the efforts of this new partnership, considering the formation of collective identity and the relationship between social ties and social change. They show why traditional unions have been unable to organize service-sector workers in places like Walmart and offer provocative suggestions for new strategies and directions. Drawing on a wide array of methods, including participant-observation, oral history, big data, and the analysis of social networks, Working for Respect is a sophisticated reconsideration of the modern workplace that makes important contributions to debates on labor and inequality and the centrality of the experience of work in a fair economy.
What Next
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Author : Kaye Fallick
language : en
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Release Date : 2010
What Next written by Kaye Fallick and has been published by ReadHowYouWant.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Family & Relationships categories.
If the work you are doing is no longer doing it for you but you feel uncertain about how to change your situation then What Next? is for you. And you are not alone, either. More than five million Australians, aged 45--64, are experiencing a new life stage - not a mid-life crisis so much as a ''turning point'' - as they consider their options moving from full-time traditional career or homemaker roles. And countless younger people are looking for a better work/life balance as well. What Next? Mixes loads of practical information and people's stories as it looks at all levels of the decision-making process. Kaye Fallick checks current workplace trends and choices and helps you ask the important questions as you ponder what you'd like to do next and how you are going to do it; she also reveals the secrets to managing your finances and your time, and explores a wide range of options including further education. What Next? is for those who want to change gear rather than retire or continue on in an unfulfilling role. As AFL legend, Sam Kekovich puts it: ''I hope I work until they put me in the pit and, unless my mind goes, I'm a chance. Retirement is the single biggest killer in today's society. It has no place. Our parents were duped by the system that says you must retire at 65. ''Put this aside for tomorrow so you have a nest egg, a Hills Hoist, and barbecue.'' It's bullshit.''
The Importance And Value Of Older Employees
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Author : Anne Inga Hilsen
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-08-17
The Importance And Value Of Older Employees written by Anne Inga Hilsen and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-17 with Social Science categories.
This open access book makes a contribution to our understanding of one of the social challenges facing many western nations i.e. the challenge of an ageing population. It specifically addresses the issue of competence among older employees. Others have studied ageing populations in terms of the economic burden or the pressure on healthcare services and generally view the rising numbers of seniors more as a challenge than an opportunity. In this book, authors discuss ways of gaining positive benefits from our ageing and more experienced work force.
Secrets Of Working Across Five Continents
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Author : Meltem Etcheberry
language : en
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Release Date : 2020-11-20
Secrets Of Working Across Five Continents written by Meltem Etcheberry and has been published by Emerald Group Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-20 with Business & Economics categories.
As technology erodes the impact of time and distance, more and more people live and work across cultures. This book equips readers with the tools to embrace the richness and beauty brought by cultural diversity, and ultimately engage with the key skills for thriving in today’s fast-paced, highly interconnected and interdependent world.
Sociology
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Author : Anthony Giddens
language : en
Publisher: Polity
Release Date : 2006
Sociology written by Anthony Giddens and has been published by Polity this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Ecology categories.
This updated edition provides an ideal teaching text for first-year university and college courses.