Nicholas Savett
Work and Family Balance
Siena Heights University
MGT 360--Human Resource Management
Dr. Ball; Winter, 2015
Bal, K. (2013, May 9). Connecting Work/Life Balance to Turnover. Retrieved from. http://www.hreonline.com/HRE/view
/story.jhtml?id=534355359
The author in this article talks about statistics and how the work/life balance needs to be supported. The
article breaks down many different aspects of what employees see as a balance and what will make
them leave.
Dias, L. (2011). Human resource management. Saylor.org/books. ISBN 13: 978-1-4533194-3 7. Downloaded Jan. 9, 2014 from
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/BookDetail.aspx ?bookId=71
The book talks about many different aspects of Human Resource Management and how their needs to
be polices and procedures. The work/life balance is very important for employers to find a way to help
their employees be successful in the proper balance.
Gregoire, C. (2015, January 27). Working from Home is good for you and Your Boss. Retrieved from
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/27/work-from-home-health_n_6546838.html
The author in this article talks about how so many people have been working at home instead of going into work due to the huge snow storm in
the northeast. It talks about how individuals got more satisfaction from work, more sleep, and accomplished more at work and the home life.
Hakala, D. (2008, April 16). 16 Ways to Encourage Work/Life Balance in Employees. Retrieved from
http://www.hrworld.com/features/encourage-work-life-balance-041608/
The author in this article talks about the recession and with everything going on employers have to keep their employees happy. The article
breaks down in a few categories like On-the-Job training and make work more flexible.
Heathfield, S. (2015). Work-Life Balance. Retrieved from
http://humanresources.about.com/od/glossaryw/g/balance.htm
The author in this article talks about the pursuit of work-life balance, flexible work schedules, and the definition of work-life balance. The author
talks about how the demands of the workplace need to address by the employers to offer some opportunities to help with the balance.
Holmes, B. (2012, July 09). Achieving Work Life Balance. Retrieved from.
http://www.hr-matters.info/features/0711.htm
The author in this article talks about the Global Economic Crisis and the part Human Resource Managers
played in the past. It talks about past practices that seemed to ineffective and what employers need to
do to turn things around.
Kolhatkar, S. (2013, May 30). Alpha Dads: Men Get Serious About Work-Life Balance. Retrieved from.
http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2013-05-30/alpha-dads-men-get-serious-about-work-life-balance
The author is this article talks about a group of dads that would have lunch together and discuss the challenges of juggling their careers and
family. They create a group called “Deloitte Dads” that aim to help working dads.
Shortland, S. (2005). Work-Life Balance: The Impact of Policy and Practice on the Human Resource Function. Retrieved from.
http://www.ircounselors.org/irconcepts/2005summer.html
The author in this article talks about the effects of Human Resourse, what work-life balance is, and who
can benefit from it. It also talks about International trends that have worked for other nations.