Question

TOPIC: Allowing dress down Fridays at work

More satisfied employees Staff job relationships may blur Must have core list of unacceptable attire Personal lives easier to manage No direct monetary cost to the company Shoe sales May affect company professionalism May lead to bad judgment by some staff Gender or income inequality may surface

Easier for employees to care for work clothes Greater efficiency Employees are more productive Employees gain more control over their lives Could result in decreased control by managers and supervisors Could produce happier employees Could lead to reprimands and reminders May degrade formal internal meetings

OUTLINE 1: Advantages vs. Disadvantages		OUTLINE 2: Worker vs. Management issues
Hint: Items could be for management and workers.		Hint: Items could be positive and negative.
Section 1 - Advantages:		Section 1 - Worker issues:
Section 2 - Disadvantages:		Section 2 - Management issues:

QUESTION:	STUDENT RESPONSE:
What brief, general observation can you make about how the topic affects the data selected for the outline?

Answer 1

OUTLINE 1:

Advantages vs. Disadvantages

Hint: Items could be for management and workers.

Section 1 - Advantages:

More satisfied employees

Easier for employees to care for work clothes

Greater efficiency

Employees are more productive

Personal lives easier to manage

No direct monetary cost to the company

Could produce happier employees

Employees gain more control over their lives

Section 2 - Disadvantages:

Could result in decreased control by managers and supervisors

May lead to bad judgment by some staff

Gender or income inequality may surface

Staff job relationships may blur

Could lead to reprimands and reminders

May affect company professionalism

May degrade formal internal meetings

For the outline 1, In general, I can see that there are more advantages which outweighs the disadvantages. Happy employees are more satisfied and can work with great efficiency and be more productive. So all the advantages are related to performance of every employees while disadvantages are more of concerned values or culture which does not affect the performance in any way.

OUTLINE 2:

Worker vs. Management issues

Hint: Items could be positive and negative.

Section 1 - Worker issues:

Staff job relationships may blur

Shoe sales

Section 2 - Management issues:

Must have core list of unacceptable attire

May degrade formal internal meetings

Could lead to reprimands and reminders

May affect company professionalism

Gender or income inequality may surface

In general, there are some concerns to management, but those can be managed well with more appropriate approach to deal with situation.