Sign Up Now
Get instant access to over 1 million+ study documents
OR
Already registered? click here to login
By creating your account, you agree to our terms of service, privacy policy and student honor code.
Critique:
Opperman's article did a good job of introducing the topic of workplace violence. It helped defuse the myth that some workplaces are immune from workplace violence. In addition, by alluding to the term "going postal" and describing the incident at NASA, Opperman made it clear that federal agencies are very at-risk for workplace violence. In addition, Opperman did a good job of defusing other myths about workplace violence, such as the fact that workplace violence is almost always preceded by very threatening behavior. In that way, Opperman's article was a good introduction to the topic of workplace violence.
However, Opperman's article was seriously lacking in substance. The article's title asks the question "is your agency prepared?" But leaves the reader with no real way to assess whether their workplace is prepared to deal with workplace violence. From the title, the reader expects to see a detailed description of the steps that agencies need to take in order to be prepared to deal with workplace violence. For example, one expects Opperman to describe predictors of workplace violence. Yes, Opperman describes the fact that workplace violence is often preceded by threats and violent displays, but he does not describe the type of threats that should concern agency security officials. How...
For example, many federal agencies have standard security measures, such as security checkpoints and metal detectors. However, the assailant in the NASA incident was able to smuggle his weapon past the security checkpoint. What type of security should the various federal workplaces be employing to help protect against workplace violence? Which agencies have the greatest threat of workplace violence, or is the threat relatively evenly distributed across the spectrum of federal agencies? Does the federal government have a duty to provide employees with a designated person for the reporting of workplace threats, and what rights does a federal employee have when targeted by those threats? Answering those types of questions would have given the reader a much better idea of whether or not each agency is prepared to deal with the threat of workplace violence.
Workplace violence is a major threat to American companies, and costs billions of dollars each year is lost wages, health care, and legal fees. In light of current trends towards company downsizing and higher levels of job stress, these acts of violence are on the rise, and affect every employee and the entire community, as well. Since violence can come from any number of sources, including threats, actual physical violence,
Workplace Violence Violence in the workplace is an everyday event that affects employees throughout the nation. It must be addressed, clearly defined, and possible solutions presented that will eventually identify the potential aggressor and victim. According to the United States Department of Justice (1998) the workplace is the most dangerous place to be in America. In fact, workplace homicide is the fastest growing category of murder in the United States (U.S.
Workplace Violence This is a paper that outlines the issue of workplace violence and its implications on security managers. It has 16 sources. In order to prevent violence in the workplace and other crimes, it is essential to have in place the Classical theory and/or Biological theory of behavior, which has punishment and rehabilitation/treatment respectively enforced as solutions. In the United States today, there are several organizations of different sizes. Each of these
Workplace violence in the nursing field makes it difficult if not impossible for a nurse to do their job. Whether the bullying is lateral or vertical, the results are consistently the same: decreased self-confidence, fear, and work-related stress. Although highly discouraged by hospitals, incidents still happen regularly. This paper will focus on the reasons why bullying happens, how bullying can be avoided, and the actions hospitals should take to protect
Workplace Violence Major Findings and Implications Corrective Actions and Recommendation Plan Evaluation of Effectiveness of Plan This paper is based on workplace violence, predominantly in the health care industry. Workplace violence in the today's time has accelerated immensely amongst various industries, and healthcare industry is considerable amongst them. The violent actions and behaviors performed in the workplace environment that can cause emotional and psychical damage to a person is typically referred to as workplace
Workplace violence (Bullying) Workplace violence can be defined as an action that manifests itself in threatening behavior, physical assault, aggression or any other violent form that may be displayed at work setting and may be directed towards coworkers, managers or even the customers themselves. These aggressions can cause emotional or to great extent physical harm or both (USLegal Inc., 2011). In the context of this paper, bullying as one of the aspects