Foucauldian Studies and HRM Chenchen Liu Abstract When discussing and analyzing the nature of human resource management‚ Foucault‚ who not studying HRM‚ gives us much space to think about HRM in different ways. His theory on discourse‚ power and knowledge greatly influence the studies on HRM. This paper will follow Foucauldian studies on HRM‚ discussing three contributions Foucauldianism studies on HRM including HRM as discourse‚ HRM and
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created a political system where power and wealth were unequally distributed and social inequalities appeared through publically sanctioned discrimination against those deemed lower in structural hierarchy; this divide promoted by hereditary and authoritarianism implied there was a social contract between privileges and social obligations. Centuries before the development of the hierarchical caste system‚ India’s social structures were less rigidly defined. Men and women obtained equality in their
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Existence of Sino-Russian partnership Generally‚ the reason causing the formation of Sino-Russian energy mercantilist partnership in Central Asia is the containment of liberal penetration of U.S. Details would be explained as below. In term of value‚ Central Asia traditionally sticks to Russia as countries are pre-communist regimes. It possesses abundant natural resources. For instance‚ the area of Caspian Sea consists 210 billion barrels of oil which is about 4 trillion U.S dollars. 4.89 million
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Annotated Bibliography Black‚ Jeremy. "Napoleon & Europe." History Today‚ vol. 48‚ no. 1‚ 1998‚ p. 10+. Biography in Context‚ link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A20227236/BIC1?u=nort76383&xid=6c0638fc. Accessed 1 Jan. 2017. Jeremy Black is a Professor of History at the University of Exeter. He studied at Queens’ College Cambridge‚ St John’s College Oxford‚ and Merton College Oxford before joining the University of Durham as a lecturer. Where he gained his PhD and ultimately his professorship. He
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Most people have experienced prejudice‚ stereotyping‚ or discrimination at some time in his or her life. There is no doubt social discrimination‚ prejudice‚ and hostility still create serious problems and challenges‚ even in today’s apparently more and more individualized and “enlightened” society. This paper will discuss prejudice‚ stereotypes‚ and discrimination in the context of social psychology; what the consequences of stereotyping and discrimination are; and strategies to improve attitudes
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Centralization is said to be a process where the concentration of decision making is in a few hands. All the important decision and actions at the lower level‚ all subjects and actions at the lower level are subject to the approval of top management. According to Allen‚ “Centralization” is the systematic and consistent reservation of authority at central points in the organization. The implication of centralization can be :- 1. Reservation of decision making power at top level. 2. Reservation of
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peace with Charles and did not approve of the New Model Army‚ and were also drawn more closely to the Presbyterian Scots whereas the Political Independents were in favour of a more considerable measure of religious toleration and disliked the authoritarianism of Scottish Presbyterianism. This division throughout Parliament meant that they had failed to reach a settlement negotiating peace terms that was to be decided upon them. In July 1646‚ the Political Presbyterians had presented Charles with the
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influence on many aspects of American society for much of the second half of the 20th century. It escalated due to antagonist values between the United States‚ representing capitalism and democracy‚ and the Soviet Union‚ representing communism and authoritarianism. Being the two dominant world powers after WWII‚ contention between the Americans and Soviets became a global conflict. The Cold War differed from most wars in that it was as much of a propaganda war as a war with military engagements. The Korean
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German politics. However‚ other structuralists have argued that mass political movements were consistently growing throughout the period‚ and did in fact have influence over politics‚ and as such if Germany was to some extent authoritarian‚ this authoritarianism was by no means entrenched. In this essay I will discuss these
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The subjugation of the protesters provided an essential meaning to the CCP‚ they persevered. The rebellion was crushed‚ callously‚ despite expectations in the west that the government would collapse and a ‘serious chaotic state’ would appear‚ they remained. The reality that the government remained distinctly indicated an end to calls from pro-democrats to reorganise a rebellion. Gittings argues that ‘fear of national upheaval with historical memory of the rebellion within the past century remained
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