iCEV- Workplace Issues Vocabulary Review

prevent against electrical fires

• Electrical Surge

• Friending

• Monitor Outlets

• Surge Protectors

protects employees with disabilities

• Americans with Disabilities Act

• Everyone with Disabilities Act

• Americans with Donors Act

• Americans with Disabilities Association

control loose wires or fraying cords

• Electrical circuit

• Monitor Outlets

• Power Outages

• Surge Protectors

to friend; to accept another user’s friend request on a social networking website

• Ask a stranger

• Friending

• Social Media

• Helping Hands

centralized and often used by large companies; follow a specific chain of command

• Asymmetrical Organizations

• Horizontal Organizations

• Pop-Up Organizations

• Vertical Organizations

an online network of individuals where users can connect with other users through photographs, updates and common interests; Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Friendster

• Anime

• Social Networking

• Workplace Issues

• Workplace Procedures

decentralized; employees make more of their own decisions, communication is less distorted

• Asymmetrical Organizations

• Horizontal Organizations

• Middle Management Organizations

• Vertical Organizations

step-by-step descriptions of how duties or functions are to be performed within a job; can also be written down and distributed in the form of a company handbook

• Electronic Commerce

• Worker’s Compensation

• Workplace Policies

• Workplace Procedures

commonly known as the “grapevine”

• Formal Communication

• Horizontal Organizations

• Informal Communication

• Vertical Organizations

responsible for the “fair and equitable treatment of employees”

• Equal Opportunity Commission

• Family Medical Leave Act

• Occupational Safety and Health Act

• Worker’s Compensation