Challenges may erupt while implementing a program to diversify the workplace, like the necessity to maintain energy and sustain interest, changing of the key employees, environmental changes and forces of resistance from managers who endure the pressure of their line of duty. Useful responses may include targeted discussions, program review, and maintaining the support from coming from senior management (Loden, 2010)
However, numerous challenges have risen from the great imagination witnessed in the DoD IG Office. (Wheeler, 2011)
By comparison, there were approximately 560,000 primary care physicians (BLS, 2012a). Since numerous studies have found that NPs provide care quality equivalent to physicians (Newhouse et al
7 million of these jobs were held by physicians and surgeons, who earned a median income of about $200,000 and $350,000 for primary care and specialties, respectively (BLS, 2012b). By comparison, the median salary of a NP was about $91,000 (Pronsati, 2012)
8 trillion in 2012, which represented 17.9% of the gross domestic product (GDP) (Turner and Hughes-Cromwick, 2013)
This would probably explain why patients reported greater satisfaction with NP care. A more recent systematic review of the literature encompassed 37 studies, many of which had been published since Horrock and colleagues (2002) conducted their study (Newhouse et al
Nurse Practitioners: Better Care Savings Crosspost: Nurse Practitioner Workforce Nurse Practitioners: Potential Better Care Savings Nurse Practitioners: Potential Better Care Savings With passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 and its stated agenda for controlling the cost of healthcare in America, many are advocating for expansion of the nurse practitioner (NP) workforce and its scope of practice (Poghosyan, Lucero, Rauch, and Berkowitz, 2012)
S. allocated just over 17% of its gross domestic product to health care spending, which is at least 5% above that spent by other Western nations (Squires, 2012)
According to InfoWorld Magazine this automation is being introduced to the market by an organization called webMethods. (Harreld and Sullivan) The article explains, WebMethods plans to add technology that furthers automation of the human elements within BPM in Version 4
This is a prime example of the need for balance between having the proper technology in place and having the proper amount of human capital to deal with the new technology and automation. (Kashyap) It is inevitable that various industries will continue to experience downsizing as a result of process automation
Process Automation According to a whitepaper entitled Requirements and Characteristics of Process Automation, process automation is defined as "Automatic control of an organization's processes, policies, and communications using computer technology which brings about improved productivity and quality." (Matthews) The whitepaper, published by Cypress technologies, states that effective process automation is designed to improve manual processes within an organization
, "People have not put enough money away in order live comfortably, so in may cases, they are forced to go back to work and do something" (Wilson pp). According to a recent survey, approximately twenty percent of recently retired workers are struggling financially, while forty-one percent are concerned that they will outlive their assets (Jaworski pp)
5 million Americans that are 55 years old and older belonged to gyms in 2002, compared with 1.5 million in 1987 (Wilson pp)
According to Dennis, unemployment is high, yet because middle management costs too much, mature workers are the ones who are getting moved out, while at the same time, there is a workforce shortage in certain industries such as health care, information technology, and mental health (Said pp). Dennis says that now employers are saying, "Where are our mature confident workers? How do we keep them and how do we get them back" (Said pp)? Although older workers continue to work and retirees return to work for several reasons including financial reasons, socialization, and wanting to contribute and feel valued, with personal savings significantly lower than in the past, the most compelling reason for older Americans to work is economic (Lockwood pp)
Due to a scarcity of skilled labor, economic factors, and a resistance of being sedentary, many baby boomers will work well beyond the traditional retirement age (Older pp). Many retirees, like Margaret Wellons are either staying in the workforce or returning on a part-time basis (Said pp)
Two main ones are consequentialism and deontological ethics. The former evaluates the goodness of an action (or in this case, an idea) on the basis of its outcomes and the other evaluates on the goodness of the inputs, which are judged according to a categorical imperative (Alexander & Moore, 2012)
The Future Globalization and a diversifying society are relegating the issue of diversity in the workplace to history. Our communities are becoming more diverse and as this happens, our workplaces are as well (Ragins, Gonzalez, Ehrhardt, Singh, 2012)
There had been efforts to end workplace discrimination since the early 1940s from a variety of federal politicians, but none of them really went anywhere. By 1960, amid a growing civil rights movement and notable civil disobedience and violence, both political parties promised to bring about civil rights legislation and in 1964 this culminated in the Civil Rights Act (Vaas, 1965)
It is important to note that, if the average lag for women's compensation is 70 to 80%, it is even greater for women of color. In 1970, when women marched on National Equal Pay Day was held, women were paid 59 cents on the dollar compared to men (Thomas, 2011)
Behind the Pay Gap, a report released in 2007 by the American Association of University Women supports the approaches that FWI and LLC are taking to change the public policies to impact the gender pay gap. To address pay inequity, action must take place simultaneously, among employees, employers, and the public (Murphy, 2005)