cross-national transfer of employment practices in multinationals Abstract This paper argues for the systematic incorporation of power and interests into analysis of the cross-border transfer of practices within multinational companies (MNCs). Using a broadly Lukesian perspective on power it is argued that the transfer of practices involves different kinds of power capabilities through which MNC actors influence their institutional environment both at the ‘macro-level’ of host institutions
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Conflict is a natural life fact. It is a result of different needs‚ interests and perspectives of the individuals and groups. Most people think that the conflict is unusual situation and that it is always destructive. Runde and Flanagan (2007) clearly layout how destructive conflict can be prevented while fostering the kind of constructive debate a creative solutions which businesses need to thrive. When one mentions the word conflict most people associate it with negative thoughts or uncomfortable
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Interpersonal Conflict not Handled Effectively in the Film Spanglish The movie Spanglish shows many examples of conflicts. The movie displayed conflict in romantic relationships‚ in parenting decisions‚ healthy lifestyle‚ and the one I elected to focus on‚ cultural conflict. Deborah Clasky‚ a wife and mother of two children‚ hires a poor Mexican housekeeper‚ Flor Moreno. When the two families move in together for the summer into a Malibu beach house the conflict of colliding cultures and values begin
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Assess the impact of the conflict in Indochina for the citizens of Vietnam and Cambodia The conflict in Indochina had both short term and long term social‚ cultural‚ environmental‚ economic and human impacts on the citizens of both Vietnam and Cambodia. Civilians in both countries were affected by political oppression due to American intervention which had‚ and continues to have‚ a detrimental effect of all aspects of society in Vietnam and Cambodia. The conflict in Indochina had a detrimental
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2. Discuss the effect that modernization has had on ethnic identification and ethnic conflict. The effect modernization has had on ethnic identification and ethnic conflict is not a great one. Early modernization theorists‚ who were quite optimistic about the positive effects of literacy‚ urbanization‚ and modern values‚ clearly underestimated the extent to which these factors might mobilize various ethnic groups and set them against each other (Handelman‚ 2011‚ p. 113). Modernization challenged
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With reference to a conflict over use of a local resource that you have studied‚ discuss the extent to which all interest groups involved can be satisfied with its outcome. The local conflict that I have studied is that over the mix of opinions regarding the Carsington Pastures wind turbines. In this case only people with negative views vocalize their opinion‚ take to court and protest. This makes its difficult to find opponent groups who are positive towards the turbines as they will not vocalize
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Business Law Project Topic: Conflict of Laws Introduction: What is Conflict of Law? Conflict of laws is that part of the law in each state‚ country‚ or other jurisdiction that determines whether‚ in dealing with a particular legal situation‚ its law or the law of some other jurisdiction will be applied. An alternative term‚ widely used in Europe‚ is "private international law May arise because of differences between the law of the country of nationality of a person and that in which that person
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Conflict Diagnosis Conflict can be found every day in the news. Whether it be in a newspaper‚ on the Internet‚ or on the television there is evidence of conflicts over the media. The resolutions are not always clear and it depends on whether a formal form of mediation is used as to whether or not the public will hear of the resolution that came to pass from the conflict. This paper will take a look at one story found on the internet recently that talks about a conflict and how its resolution
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CONFLICT MANAGEMENT Conflict management refers on the way how we approach the other party in a conflict situation. There are main structural approaches such as emphasizing superordinate goals‚ reducing differentiation‚ improving communication and understanding‚ reducing task independence‚ increasing resources‚ and clarifying rules and procedures. Emphasizing Supeordinate Goals The first way to resolve the conflict is to seek and find the common goals. The emphasizing superordinate
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Executive Summary Conflicts are inescapable in an organization. However‚ conflicts can be used as motivators for healthy change. In today’s environment‚ several factors create competition; they may be differing departmental objectives‚ individual objectives‚ and competition for use of resources or differing viewpoints. These have to be integrated and exploited efficiently to achieve organizational objectives. A manager should be able to see emerging conflicts and take appropriate pre-emptive
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