Businesses that fail to retain knowledgeable employees risk remaining competitive in the marketplace. Approximately 25 million people quit their jobs in 2016, overall. This single case study explored strategies business managers use to reduce employee turnover. The population for this study was 5 business managers from a business and technical personnel support organization in the information and solutions industry in the state of New Jersey who had experience with strategies to improve employee retention. The conceptual framework used in this study was systems theory. Data were collected from company archival documents and semistructured face-to-face interviews with 5 business managers. Moustakas' modified van Kaam method was used for data analysis. Member checking helped to ensure credibility and trustworthiness in the interpretation of interviewee responses. Three major themes emerged: workplace environment, safety, and training. Strategies ascertained in this study may be helpful for business managers who develop ways to reduce employee turnover. The implications for positive social change include retaining valuable employees in critical positions, reducing unemployment rates and unemployment compensation, and the potential to disencumber funds to support additional social services.

Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.

Although Workplace Risk Assessments (WRA) are legally required in all EU member states and widely considered to be a core element of occupational safety and health (OSH) management, the state of their implementation at company level is still viewed rather critically, both in quantitative and qualitative terms. In this study, data from a representative company survey (N = 6500) were used to estimate the frequency of different patterns (and corresponding quality levels) of WRA practice in Germany and to determine organisational factors influencing the chance of occurence of these WRA patterns. Results show that only one out of four companies carry out WRAs which not only meet the essential procedural requirements but also take account of potential risk areas in a fairly comprehensive manner. Multinomial logistic regression analysis further revealed that company size is by far the strongest predictor of WRA activity, especially of its more developed forms. Availability of safety specialist assistance, availability of occupational health specialist assistance, affiliation to the production sector, presence of an employee representative body and a good economic situation of the company were each associated with WRA activity as well. The still considerable deficiencies in WRA coverage and quality indicated by this study clearly call for an intensification of WRA-related control and advisory efforts by the OSH authorities, primarily in small companies and in the private services sector. Findings also suggest that reinforcement of worker representation structures at company level and strengthening professional OSH expert utilisation would be beneficial for WRA implementation.

Submitted by Sandra Pereira (srpereira@ufrrj.br) on 2018-03-15T13:45:45Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2012 - Marcelo Sperotto Genaio.pdf: 24359473 bytes, checksum: 6c05b9789012ed5abf7af41aa1b20219 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-03-15T13:45:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2012 - Marcelo Sperotto Genaio.pdf: 24359473 bytes, checksum: 6c05b9789012ed5abf7af41aa1b20219 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-08-06 / This study presents data concerning a survey to evaluate the importance of training the Technologist in Viticulture and Enology at the Federal Institute of Pernambuco Hinterland ? PE, Brazil, in the matters related to safety in the workplace, from the discipline and Safety Management as a requirement in the preparation of future professionals for the labor market. For it was possible to find answers to the research problem as well as achieve the objectives, our research was divided into four stages: the first, we bibliography; in the second phase we collected data from teachers and students, for teachers which was applied a semi-structured in order to analyze the concepts of the research subjects and for the students completed a checklist at the beginning of the ministry of discipline, parallel analysis was done of the Educational Project Course of Technology in Viticulture and Enology in order to observe how the theme work safety is developed throughout the course, the third phase of the ministry after the completion of the course was again applied the same checklist for students, and the fourth stage have been made to analyze the data collected . It was found that teachers of the course have interest in the subject Occupational Safety and have some knowledge about the risks, but little studied the direct relationship between their performance and discipline issues related to safety. As for the students observed an underestimation of the risks of accidents at the beginning of the course however, after completion of the same in more than 90% of the cases observed, there was an overestimation of the risks of accidents, which showed that the students understood and learned about the contents worked in the discipline and Safety Management, contributing to their professional practice with security. / O presente estudo apresenta resultados referente a uma pesquisa com objetivo de avaliar a import?ncia da forma??o do Tecn?logo em Viticultura e Enologia do Instituto Federal Sert?o Pernambucano ? PE, campus Petrolina Zona Rural, quanto aos aspectos relacionados a Seguran?a do Trabalho, a partir da ministra??o da disciplina Gest?o e Seguran?a do Trabalho como requisito na prepara??o discente para o mercado de trabalho. Com a finalidade de encontrar respostas para o problema da pesquisa, assim como, alcan?ar os objetivos propostos, a pesquisa foi dividida em quatro etapas: Na primeira etapa Levantamento bibliogr?fico; coleta de dados dos docentes e discentes, quando para os docentes foi aplicado um question?rio semiestruturado com o intuito de analisar as concep??es dos sujeitos da pesquisa e, para os discentes uma lista de checagem preenchido no in?cio da ministra??o da disciplina; paralelamente a segunda etapa; a an?lise do Projeto Pedag?gico do Curso (PPC) Superior de Tecnologia em Viticultura e Enologia com intuito de observar como o tema Seguran?a do Trabalho ? desenvolvido ao longo do curso; na terceira etapa ap?s a conclus?o da disciplina, novamente foi aplicado a mesma lista de checagem aos discentes e, na quarta etapa foram feitas an?lises das informa??es coletadas. Constatou-se que os docentes do curso apresentam interesse pelo tema Seguran?a do Trabalho e possuem algum conhecimento sobre os riscos, mas pouco se trabalha a rela??o direta entre a sua disciplina de atua??o e os temas ligados ? seguran?a do trabalho. Quanto aos discente observou-se uma subestima??o dos riscos de acidentes no in?cio da disciplina. No entanto, ap?s a conclus?o, em mais de 95% das situa??es observadas, houve uma superestima??o dos riscos de acidentes, o que evidenciou que os discentes compreenderam e aprenderam sobre os conte?dos trabalhados na disciplina Gest?o e Seguran?a do Trabalho, contribuindo para a sua atua??o profissional de maneira prevencionista.