Introduction In Singapore industrial relations is important as Singapore is a hub for global activities‚ if Singapore were to be an inequitable place to work in‚ it will result in Singapore being unattractive to people to work in and firms would not be enticed to expand their business in Singapore leading to low job creation. There are various systems in place in Singapore to create an equal playing field in industrial relations. But no system is perfect‚ in the essay I would be talking about the
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Human Relations Movement refers to those researchers of organizational development who study the behavior of people in groups‚ in particular workplace groups. It originated in the 1930s’ Hawthorne studies‚ which examined the effects of social relations‚ motivation and employee satisfaction on factory productivity. The Neo-Human Relations School focuses on the structures of modern organizations. It gave rise to several famous theories‚ including Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs‚ which suggests that
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Comparing and Contrasting Western European and Asian Employee Relations Systems INTRODUCTION For this week’s group assignment‚ our team researched China‚ Japan‚ Canada‚ and Denmark. Our team sought to better understand Western European and Asian Employee Relations Systems from comparing and contrasting the systems that each have in place. For this assignment‚ we looked into three key dimensions for the countries named above. Specifically‚ we researched the traditional role of the government
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Key Topics in Labor Relations 26 February 2012 Lynne Treykor Collective bargaining‚ as its name implies‚ is achieved when two or more parties come together to make a decision about something. Specifically‚ it is achieved when employers and a group of employees work together to decide important terms and conditions regarding employment. These terms and conditions include compensation as well as rights and responsibilities of employees‚ employers‚ and unions. They can also include guidelines
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Corine Lightner POL 140 Essay #1 (Ch. 3 & 4) Dominant-Minority Relations In the early years of the United States‚ dominant-minority relations were shaped by the agrarian technology and the economic need to control land and labor. The agrarian era ended in the 1800s‚ and the U.S. has gone through two major transformations in subsistence technology since‚ each of which has transformed dominant-minority relations and required the creation of new structures and processes to maintain racial stratification
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Public Public Relations PR The main goal of a public relations department is to enhance a company’s reputation. Staff that work in public relations‚ or as it is commonly known‚ PR‚ are skilled publicists. They are able to present a company or individual to the world in the best light. The role of a public relations department can be seen as a reputation protector. Role of PR: Public relations (PR) is the practice of managing the flow of information between an organization and its publics
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1. International economic relations‚ their meaning and significance. International economic relations - a special form of social and industrial relations between individual states‚ between states and international organizations‚ between organizations. In the world there are now more than 220 sovereign and independent states‚ both large and small. The level of economic development is different. Countries can be divided into those economically developed (USA‚ Japan‚ Germany‚ Italy‚ France‚ Britain)
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Mary Parker Follett advocated for a human relations emphasis equal to a mechanical or operational emphasis in management. Her work contrasted with the "scientific management" of Frederick W. Taylor (1856-1915) and evolved by Frank and Lillian Gilbreth‚ which stressed time and motion studies. Mary Parker Follett stressed the interactions of management and workers. She looks at management and leadership holistically‚ presaging modern systems approaches; she identifies a leader as "someone who sees
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critically review the major opposing perspectives on arbitration and industrial relations‚ with particular attention to how government regulation and intervention relate to the changes made to the system after 1996. The major focus of this brief paper will be to demonstrate that Howard ’s industrial relations policies resemble those of the late 1800 ’s‚ where the Master and Servant Act ’s regulated the relationships between employer and employee. These were replaced with the introduction of the Commonwealth
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Decent Work and Industrial Relations in Gurgaon: For this study a total of 8 representatives from the below Organizations were interviewed: 1. Provisional Working Committee – Maruti Suzuki Workers Union 2. Mazdoor Ekta Manch 3. Garment and Allied Workers Union 4. Automobile Industry Contract Workers Union 5. Hind Mazdoor Sabha The primary data was collected through semi structured interviews oriented towards the Decent Work agenda and its application in their appropriate industry. Secondary data
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