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11.3 Conducting a Feasibility Analysis
LEARNING OBJECTIVES By the end of this section, you will be able to: Describe the purpose of a feasibility analysis Describe and develop the parts of a feasibility analysis Understand how to apply feasibility outcomes to a new venture As the name ...
Introduction to Personality and Behavior in the Workplace
Personality Traits Recognizing your personality traits is the first step in successfully achieving your goals. Being able to capitalize on your strengths and also understanding how to strengthen your weaknesses is the cornerstone of success. When we use our p...
Consequences and Costs of Stress
Today’s typical workplace expects quite a bit from its employees. In a climate of layoffs and downsizing, employees are typically expected to do “more with less”—that is, additional work for the same pay, often without updated resources and in a short amount o...
Sources of Stress
If you poll a group of individuals about what their biggest stressors are, they’re likely to give you these four answers: Money Work Family responsibilities Health concerns In most surveys on stress and its causes, these four responses have be...
What is Stress?
Like motivation, stress is a very individual experience. One person can feel extreme pressure and anxiety over a task that is looming, and another might look at the same task and see it as an exciting challenge. In spite of that, we’ve seen an overall jump in ...
Technology and Organizational Behaviour
How technology can impact people's organizational behaviour Communication Technology has made communication easier than ever before. Long gone are the days where you send a letter and wait for a written response or have to use an operator to connect a call....
Extroversion & Introversion
Managing Introverts and Extroverts in the Hybrid Workplace *ARTICLE* by: Erica Dhawan From less social interaction to more opportunities for autonomy, if you’re an introvert, chances are you’ve enjoyed working remotely over the past year plus. On the other h...
Introduction to Workplace Influence on Individuality
Today’s workforce is a balancing act. It is important to promote diverse thinking while also aligning all employees to the company mission and goals. It is important to streamline processes within an organization while also allowing room for creativity and out...
Individualized Management
When asked what type of company college students want to work for when they graduate, a common answer includes working at a place where the student believes they can make a difference and feel valued. Finding meaningful employment seems to be a top priority fo...
Legal Context of HRM
The Black Lives Matter movement and the call for a ‘new’ police In the Spring of 2020, while the pandemic raged on, people from around the world rallied around a common cause: Black Lives Matter. This social movement has focused on a quest for liber...
11.4 The Business Plan
LEARNING OBJECTIVES By the end of this section, you will be able to: Describe the different purposes of a business plan Describe and develop the components of a brief business plan Describe and develop the components of a full business plan Unlike...
Discrimination and Harassment
Harassment and discrimination among faculty and researchers in Canada's postsecondary institutions Harassment and discrimination can exist across all Canadian workplaces, occurring in any type of occupation and setting, including postsecondary institutions. T...
Canadian Legal side of HRM
The Canadian Human Rights Act (CHRA) The CHRA became effective in March 1978. It proclaims that “all individuals should have an opportunity equal with other individuals to make for themselves the lives that they are able and wish to have and to have their n...
Introduction to Legislation
Equal opportunity is one of our nation’s core values and should be a core company policy. In this section, we’ll summarize employment discrimination legislation and highlight interpretation and enforcement changes The Law and Discrimination A SHRM article ...
7.5 Reality Check: Contests and Competitions
Portions of the material in this section are based on original work by Mark Poepsel and produced with support from the Rebus Community. The original is freely available under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license at https://press.rebus.community/media-innovation-...
7.4 Protecting Your Idea and Polishing the Pitch through Feedback
Portions of the material in this section are based on original work by Mark Poepsel and produced with support from the Rebus Community. The original is freely available under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license at https://press.rebus.community/media-innovation-...
7.3 Developing Pitches for Various Audiences and Goals
Portions of the material in this section are based on original work by Mark Poepsel and produced with support from the Rebus Community. The original is freely available under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license at https://press.rebus.community/media-innovation-...
7.2 Sharing Your Entrepreneurial Story
Portions of the material in this section are based on original work by Mark Poepsel and produced with support from the Rebus Community. The original is freely available under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license at https://press.rebus.community/media-innovation-...
7.1 Clarifying Your Vision, Mission, and Goals
Portions of the material in this section are based on original work by Mark Poepsel and produced with support from the Rebus Community. The original is freely available under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license at https://press.rebus.community/media-innovation-...
Workplace Stress Management
Back in 1908, psychologists Robert Yerkes and John Dodson developed a theory about stress and performance. They proposed an “inverted-U” relationship between arousal and performance, crediting heightened states of arousal with optimum performance. At a certain...