Individuals and Work Syllabus Flashcards
1
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Reasons people work (MEV)
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- meet specific needs
- economic
- value and status
2
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The labour force
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- labour force concepts and terms
- labour force participation across the life span
3
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Labour force concepts and terms (PEELUE)
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- participation rate
- employed full time
- employed part time
- labour force
- unemployed
- employed
4
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Patterns of work (SSSOWVPF)
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- seasonal
- self-employed
- shift work
- others
- working remotely
- voluntary
- permanent, temporary/contract
- full time, part time, job share, casual
5
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Social factors leading to changing work patterns
TEEEPFG
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- technology (computers, automation/robotics, research/development)
- education/retraining
- economics
- employment/unemployment
- perceptions of gender
- family circumstances, including
structural change - government policy
6
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Rights and responsibilities
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- employees
- employers
7
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Work place structures (LWFLWT)
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- legislation, eg health and safety, equal employment opportunity
- work conditions, eg awards, grievance procedures
- flexible work patterns and practices,
eg job share, flexible work
arrangements - leave entitlements, eg parental,
carers - workplace culture, eg childcare,
prayer room, kitchen - trade unions
8
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Maintaining work and life balance
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- individual roles
- individual strategies for managing multiple roles
9
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Individual roles (WLPCVRRSH)
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personal commitments and interests
- work
- leadership
- parenting
- caring
- volunteering
- religion
- recreation
- studying
- hobbies
10
Q
Individual strategies for managing multiple roles
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- negotiating and sharing roles
- managing resources
- using technology
- accessing support
- utilising workplace structures
11
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Issues that impact on youth employment (PPSR)
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- personal management skills required in the workplace
- predominant patterns of work of young people
- steps taken to prepare and plan for a career
- rights and responsibilities of young people in the workplace
