[felicita d] Writing Practice Test 197517

The given pie charts compare the proportion of 22 and 27 million homes owned individually, and those rented in the Great Britain in 1991 and 2007.

Overall, it is clear that more than half of houses were personal acquired porperities in both years, while social housing saw a decrease,it was the least popular.The figure of private renting remain relatively stable.

In 1991, home owner accounted for more than half of houses in the UK which is most common type of home. Buildings that were utilized for social activities were approximately 15% whereas homes for private and social housing were 7% and 6% respectively.

According to the second pie chart,in 2007,individual owned home went up to nearly three-thirds,however, social renting home decined by about 5% and social housing also saw a reduction in figure to 3%. Meanwhile the figure of private rented houses remain almost the same at about a tenth in both 1991 and 2007.

The trend of longer working hours is becoming increasingly popular globally,hence some nations have incorparated it in work places.This is probably because of excess workload and fewer employees. From my perspective,the development has a drawback as it reduces output.

There are several reasons countries and companies have embraced long hours at jobs. Perhaps the most significant one,ironically, is a rise in workload.Most employees hire few people which make their task extremely demanding and required accomplishment before closing, thus leading to staying longer at offices. If countries are not shortstaff,the trend will definitely not be accepted. In the Middle East, for instance, where approximately 89 percent of workers are subjected to work more than twelve hours per day due to high cost of employing international job seekers. The longetivity at job places,therefore, is as a result of increase workload.

Some people,however,myself included believe that increasing office hours has a negative impacts .The major effect is low productivity and stress on employees. When people are forced to stay longer at work,they will be stress out and their ouput decreased,so such development does not only affect the company growth but also the workers performance .A research study on workers in Qatar,for example, shows that companies who work for eight hours or lesser had increased productivity and employees satisfication,while those that engaged in more than eight hours achieved lesser goals and unhappy people as well. Clearly,spending long hours at work has a few drawback on companies achievement and individuals as well.

In conclusion, although there are points behind this trend of long timing at work environment,its negative impact impede productivity .Therefore I believe that it should not be generally acceptable .