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Understanding Conflict

Basic Characteristics of a Conflict

• Subject or grounds: The relationship of each person on that issue creates conflicting positions.
• Subjects with a different perspective: They have different ideas regarding the matter or wish for different solutions.
• Agreements: The parties try to settle the dispute by agreement or end the conflict through the same.

Causes of Conflict

Causes related to relationships between individuals, groups, or organizations:

• Differing interests or desires.
• Differences in values or beliefs.
• Personal clashes.
• Need to make a decision.

Individual Conflict at Work

Arises between an employee and an entrepreneur. Its purpose is the recognition of a subjective right of individual character.

Collective Conflict at Work

Arises... Continue reading "Conflict Analysis: From Causes to Peaceful Resolution" »

Entrepreneurship: The Autonomous Individual

An autonomous individual is a person who engages in economic activity, managed by their own organization and acting in their own name for all operations. This individual is responsible for their business and its outcomes.

Characteristics of an Autonomous Individual

1. Legal and Physical Person

An individual can be a physical person, meaning they exist naturally and possess rights and obligations. Alternatively, they can be a legal person, which also has rights and obligations within the legal framework.

2. Individual Status: Owner vs. Employee

• Individual (Self-Employed): Owns their work and reaps the benefits.
• Individual (Employee): The fruits of their labor are not their property; they receive a salary.

Item 1: Employment Relationship

Conditions of Employment:

• Personal: Work carried out by the individual.
• Volunteer: Work done voluntarily.
• Employed: Work done under the employer's direction.
• Employment: Workers get paid for their work.
• Dependent: Subject to the employer's rules and obligations.

Failure to meet one of these conditions means it is not an employment relationship.

Relationships Not Considered Employment:

• Public officials (working for the state or autonomous region).
• Mandatory personal benefits.
• Work done out of friendship (helping a neighbor with a move).
• Family work (working with your father without receiving remuneration).
• Self-employment.
• Commercial agents.

Special Industrial Relations:

• Household services, athletes, entertainers, individuals

Understanding the Production Plan

A production plan is a set of procedures designed to ensure our product, good, or service meets the objectives defined by the company. Each procedure is a process, and each process should have defined goals to contribute to overall objectives.

Key Objectives of a Production Plan

Some of the basic objectives that should feature in a production plan are:

1. Have the necessary production capacity to meet product sales.
2. Define the methodologies to achieve the objectives.
3. Describe the need for supplies.
4. Achieve the quality expected by customers.
5. Determine the characteristics of the infrastructure required for development activity.
6. Establish personal profiles, define tasks, and account for associated costs.

Estimating Production

Understanding Occupational Safety & Health

Costs Associated with Workplace Incidents

• Medical expenses
• Benefit allowances
• Disruption of production
• Material costs
• Cost of days not worked
• Corporate responsibility

Techniques for Preventing Work-Related Damage

Prevention techniques can be broadly categorized into two areas:

• Acting on Health: Involves medical techniques.
• Acting on the Work Environment: Involves non-medical prevention techniques.

Preventive Medical Techniques

• Preventive medical examinations
• Preventive medical treatments
• Professional aptitude assessments (choice of profession)
• Health education

Non-Medical Prevention Techniques

• Job security measures
• Workplace hygiene
• Ergonomics
• Psychosociology
• Education and training
• Social policy initiatives

Employer and

Residue Definitions

Residue (Generic): Any product in solid, liquid, or gas form from an extraction, processing, or use process that is worthless to the owner, who decides to discard it.

Residue (Legal): Any substance or object belonging to any of the categories listed in the annex to this law, which the holder discards or intends or is required to discard. This consideration also applies to items listed in the European Waste Catalogue (EWC), approved by Community institutions.

Urban and Municipal Waste

Urban and Municipal Waste: Waste generated in private homes, commercial establishments, offices, and service industries, and those that do not have hazardous classifications, which by their nature and composition can be likened to waste produced... Continue reading "Essential Waste Management Terms & Definitions" »

The Origins of Scientific Inquiry and Knowledge

The scientific attitude begins by questioning the phenomena of reality, seeking to understand their underlying causes. From these probable causes, descriptions are formulated.

The source of this attitude can be traced back to figures like Galileo, often considered the father of modern science. This pursuit of knowledge translates to episteme, a concept contrasted with doxa (common opinion).

Plato considered episteme to be the highest form of knowledge, while doxa was mere opinion about contingent things. Aristotle, on the other hand, conceived of knowledge as an integration of sensory experience and mental abstraction. Crucially, knowledge requires language for its expression and development.

Therefore,... Continue reading "Scientific Knowledge: Foundations and Reasoning Methods" »

Understanding Business Legal Forms: Pros and Cons

Characteristics of a Civil Company

• Unlimited liability
• Minimum 2 partners
• No minimum capital requirement
• Taxation: Personal income tax
• Social security: Freelance contributions
• Name: Free choice with the addition of "SC" (Sociedad Civil)

Advantages and Disadvantages of Choosing a Legal Form

Sole Trader

Advantages:

• Simpler constitution procedures compared to other legal forms.
• No minimum capital requirement for establishment.
• Taxed under personal income tax, with potential tax benefits for lower income brackets (up to 35%).
• The employer retains total control over the company.
• Public assistance may be available for establishment.

Disadvantages:

• Employer's liability is unlimited, risking personal capital.
• Establishment

Organization of the Department of Trade

Different forms of organization that have a commercial department:

Types of Commercial Department Structures

Functional Organization

This structure is built on the basis of work carried out within the department. Also called classical, it is a cost-effective form of organization.

Each department head is responsible for the specific functions that occur within the functional organization.

Product-Based (Divisional) Organization

The distribution of material and human resources is based on the products or services the company offers, especially when these require very different facilities and specialist equipment.

Joint Organization

This structure emerges when product-based organization is too expensive for the sales... Continue reading "Commercial Department Structure and Interdepartmental Relations" »

Understanding Business Logistics

Logistics is a comprehensive set of actions a business performs, starting from the purchase of inputs and raw materials to the final product delivery to the customer.

Importance of Logistics in Business

The importance of logistics stems from the critical need to improve customer service by optimizing the marketing and transportation stages at the lowest possible cost.

Role of Business Logistics

Business logistics serves as a vital component in an organization's processes. It optimizes costs and processes, aiming to eliminate non-value-adding activities in a product and pave the way for new, essential processes that benefit the product as a whole within the company.

Key Activities of a Logistics System

• Provision of