Critique: System and Change in Industrial Relations Analysis As a student of industrial relations‚ I am often bombarded with conflicting theories and reasons for the emergence and importance of this field. Edmond Heery outlines and analyses the justaposition of two different views of modeling this vast and often debated area of industrial relations. His article looks at two types of model building in IR. First‚ the traditional model of systems-thinking set forth by John Dunlop‚ one of the pioneers
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Paper #1: Role of Government Intervention in Environmental Issues In environmental cases‚ a policy framework is sometimes more effective when there is less government intervention. As the level of government intervention diminishes‚ this allows more flexibility for corporations to achieve efficiency. Furthermore the traditional command and control approach has proven to be costly‚ bureaucratic and often inefficient. It is important to address the fact that there are numerous benefits that
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Abstract This is a report exploring three key areas of industrial relations at the University of Ballarat (UB)‚ examining current legislations and the policies and procedures. The three areas are; • Employee attraction and retention • Employee performance and appraisal • Employee voluntary and non-voluntary exit from the organisation This report finds that the adequate procedures and policies in place are in line with all relevant legislation. Contents Abstract 2 Introduction 4 Company
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interest in the issue of globalization‚ internationalization‚ ’best practices’ adoption and its impacts on the convergence of national employment relations system. Many scholars concludes that at the industry level‚ the needed changes to be more flexible and internationally competitive has led to several common patterns in term of employment relations. Meanwhile‚ others argue that cross-national variations such as culture‚ economic stage of development‚ institutions workers‚ behavioral mindset still
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Government Intervention vs. Obesity Problem As a result of the recent public debates centered around our nation’s rising obesity problem‚ Michael Marlow‚ a professor at California Polytechnic State University‚ did his research when it came to what does and does not work when the government tries to intervene in the lives of Americans and their eating habits. He goes into great detail in 2012 with his article‚ “Government Intervention Will Not Solve Our Obesity Problem”‚ about the actions the government
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to shut down resulting in the loss of investments‚ business production‚ and millions of jobs. During the early years of the Great Depression the government did not intervene because they believed that the responsibility lied within the industries. The country was in a dire need of change that they elected a president that promised government intervention. When Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed the New Deal‚ it introduced diverse programs that focused on relieving the current economic status. Though‚
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local government even where the provision of public transport is left entirely to the private sector‚ the government has an important role to play. If only to ensure through appropriate policy measures that the operating environment is conducive to the development of a suitable transport industry. A fundamental requirement is full government commitment to the success of the transport system even if this requires difficult political decision. In this report‚ there are few reasons for government involvement
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Quality of Working Life‚ Industrial Relations and Labour Productivity Report from two workshops in WORK-IN-NET Stockholm‚ May 25-27‚ 2005 Horst Hart‚ Erling Ribbing‚ Kenneth Abrahamsson WORK-IN-NET Labour and innovation: Work-oriented innovations – a key to better employment‚ cohesion and competitiveness in a knowledge-intensive society -2- WIN-Coordinator’s Foreword This report is based on the main findings of two workshops on Quality of Working Life‚ Industrial Relations and Labour Productivity
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6‚800 of Air Canada’s flight attendants were set to go on strike in 2011. However‚ the dispute between the union and the management escalated and got sent to the Canadian Industrial Relations Board (CIRB)‚ and resulted in prohibition of work stoppage. Unwantingly‚ the employees had to resume daily operations at Air Canada. The main issues the employees brought to the table during the negotiations were: job protection‚ wages‚ working conditions and pension changes. Air Canada was planning to launch
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Government Intervention Paper University: FIN 820 25 July Abstract This paper attempts to illuminate the four year-old questions still hanging around regarding the financial crisis of 2007-2009. For example‚ this study will detail the events that led to the problem at Lehman Brothers. What was the exposure that put Lehman Brothers at risk? What did Lehman Brothers seek from the regulators? Was there a precedent for the request? What was the reasoning for the decision by the regulators and
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