Essays on Work

Refurbishment of the premises in readiness for habitation and use (painting and repairs) $4, 000 2 Purchase of new fixtures (bathroom,) $2, 500 3 Travel per month $2, 000 4 Purchase of new furniture and equipment $6, 000 5 Supplies Food items Personal hygiene items Clothes Fitness gear $10, 000 6 Monthly salaries for personnel; Dentists Dental care assistants Caregivers Licensed vocational nurses Certified nursing assistants Physical therapists Registered nurses Dieticians $ 100, 000 7 Center administration; Managers Human resource Marketing Accounting  $...

Leaders inspire their employees to think creatively, innovate and endeavor for perfection, while bosses only concentrate on issuing directions. Leaders work alongside their employees and present ideas to solve workplace challenges while bosses push and command employees other than direct them. Some bosses, particularly those that have preferred employees are...

In the article “Blue Collar Brilliance,” Mike Rose comprehensively elaborates the relationship between intelligence, work, and social class. The author starts the article by offering real-life examples of close family individuals who were involved in blue-collar jobs. Rose further presents his arguments logically by supporting them with examples. Notably, the...

With the prominent shift from using humans to machines in several industries in the last decade, in order to save time and increase the overall efficiency, there has been an ever-augmenting threat from the machines that eventually they will replace human race in all categories of jobs. In order to...

In "Working at McDonald's," Amitai Etzioni argues that students shouldn’t work at fast food places.  He argues that the skills that are taught are not valuable work experience. Etzioni gives examples, for instance, the newspaper route and the lemonade stand uses to compare to fast food jobs. Etzioni states that...

The authority systems and academic disciplines The authority systems have carried out extensive debates of what should constitute a legitimate academic discipline. The uses of academic disciplines have expanded significantly across the globe especially in the learning institutions. Ideally, in the learning institutions, academic disciplines are used in providing a framework...

The following interview was conducted with the interviewee Mike, 18 years old, who is currently in his final year in high school. Interviewer: Hello Mike. How are you today? Perhaps we can begin by telling me about yourself. Mike: Well, I’m 18 years old, and a senior at Cristo Rey high school...

Shipbreaker: A Look into the Life of Shipbreakers in Alang, India Shipbreaker is a title that is used to define a character who is paid to oversee the destruction of old ships. With the intention of making profit, such individuals ply their trade next to the oceans. As workers on a...

Application for a job at Accountemps did not affect the procedure I learned on how to write a letter. It only helped me focus on how I would help the company achieve its goals and objectives. Some computer skills I learned long time ago were a requirement in the advert. This...

The article’s main claim of ‘Some Lessons from the Assembly Line’ by Andrew Braaksma, is the impact of education in securing employment opportunities; because the student’s performance in school is directly proportioned to the kind of job to pursue after graduation. Excellent grades lands individual to less stressful jobs with...

Construction management is the service provider to the project developers and bears the responsibility to oversee the entire work from the beginning to the end. The types of services offered by the construction management include the designing and building projects.  The primary role construction management is to control cost time...

Construction work can be defined as any work done in connection to alteration, maintenance, construction, commissioning, conversion, repair, renovation, dismantling, demolition or decommissioning of a structure or even preparation of a building site (Global Voices). There is nothing more rewarding to construction managers than seeing their projects getting completed (Safe...