Work Life Balance

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Work Life Balance
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Executive Summary
This report intends to discuss about work life balance and the diverse benefits that it offers
not only to the individuals but also to the organizations to which they are related. The report
begins with a general introduction of work life balance and the diverse benefits which it
offers to the employees and the organizations. Furthermore, the report at the same time
discusses about the diverse important theories related to the concept of work life balance. In
addition to these, the report at the same discusses the diverse issues that the various
organizations face because of the use of this particular concept within their organization. The
report also explores the history of the use of the use of this particular concept within the
nation of Australia and cites few examples of the organizations that are utilizing this
particular concept within their framework. Finally, the report concludes with a discussion of
the diverse management strategies that can be used for addressing the growing conflicts
related to the concept of work life balance.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Work-Life Balance.....................................................................................................................3
Theories of Work Life Balance..................................................................................................6
Issues of Work Life Balance......................................................................................................7
Examples of work-life balance in Australia...............................................................................7
Management strategies to address the growing concern of work-life conflicts.........................8
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................9
References................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
The continuously changing landscape of the modern business world has made it
imperative for them to shift their focus from the earning of an enhanced amount of revenue to
other related aspects of the processes of business itself (Goodwin & Graebe, 2017).
Furthermore, the changes in the demands of the customers and at the same time the increased
amount of competition that the business enterprises that the business enterprises need to deal
with in the business market has forced them to take the help of the diverse traditional
strategies (Goodwin & Graebe, 2017). It is pertinent to note that in the latter segment of the
20th century because of the improvements made in the technological sectors and others the
focus of the business enterprises shifted from the diverse aspects of the business processes
solely to the ways in which they can earn a higher amount of revenue (Caesar & Fei, 2018). It
was a reflection of this particular fact that the diverse organizations had to resort to the use of
innovative as well as modern strategies of business (Caesar & Fei, 2018). However, in the
present times the diverse organizations realizing the fact that the employees form the core
entity of the entire business process focus on the concept of employee performance as a way
to improve the financial prospects of the entire organization and this particular fact accounts
for the popularity gained by the concept of employee performance and in turn the concept of
work life balance (Deery & Jago, 2015). This report will discuss about the concept of work
life balance and its related aspects.
Work-Life Balance
Individuals or the employees of the present times generally like to keep their personal
as well as work lives apart and thus work-life balance has become important (Direnzo,
Greenhaus & Weer, 2015). In the present times this has emerged as one of the most needs of
the employees and the employees perform in a much better in the organizations which take