Industrial Relations: Ideological Perspectives By Femi Aborisade Centre for Labour Studies & The Polytechnic‚ Ibadan aborisadefemi@gmail.com INTRODUCTION This paper identifies the key theories in industrial relations and draws out their implications on the concern for achieving ‘basic needs for all’. The following theories are examined: the political theories of Unitarism and Pluralism; the economistic theory; the democratic and political theory; the moral and ethical theory‚ and the
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’TOPIC 1: STUDYING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS * What is the purpose of a theory of international relations? * The human race has deliberated endlessly on history‚ philosophy and politics. While the relations and between nations were studied within these fields‚ international relations (hereafter "IR)‚ as a separate discipline‚ emerged after the Great War. The purpose of IR was‚ at the time of its conception‚ to understand the relations among states and identify the causes of conflict‚ and
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Emile Durkheim and the Collective Conscience Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) was a French sociologist who strongly influenced the discipline of sociology. It was apparent to Durkheim that since the French Revolution‚ the nation had been wracked by conflict and moral crisis (Stones‚ 2008). At the individual level‚ rising suicide rates reflected a growing sense of malaise. Durkheim’s goal was to develop a sociology that would help France overcome this continuing moral crisis. By tracing the influences
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“Analysis of the Problem of Working Student in Relation to their Academic Performance” A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science and Office Administration BY: Racelle Casimsiman Christine Ann Ramirez Ana Rose Umali TO: Dr. Erlinda Mendoza Table of Contents CHAPTER I The Problem and Background * Introduction * Theoretical Frame Work * Research Paradigm * Statement of the Problem * Hypothesis
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Supporting Good Practice in Managing Employment Relations Unit 3-MER Assessment Employment Relationship Gospel and Palmer (1993: 3) define the employment relationship as ‘an economic‚ social and political relationship in which employees provide manual and mental labour in exchange for rewards allotted by employers’. To this we need to add the ‘psychological contract element‚ which in my words describe the engagement an employee gives the employer as a gift. Lewis‚ Thornhill and Saunders
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Industrial Relations & Labour Policies (Concept‚ Origin‚ Theories & Strategies) Submitted To :- Submitted By :- Dr. Laxmi Amandeep Kaur Anshul Chhabra Arjita Malik Shivendu Sharma Industrial Relations & Labour Policies Industrial relations is a discipline that concerns itself with the study of the relationship between employers and employees at an organization‚ industry or a nation level. It also concerns itself with the two way interaction
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In The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison‚ the main protagonist‚ Pecola Breedlove‚ is outcasted by the Black community of Lorain‚ Ohio and Morrison shows this through collective voice. Pecola is a young African American girl with very dark skin who thinks that if she could have blue eyes‚ she would be the White communities standards of pretty and treated like the other girls surrounding her. The Black community looks down
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Assignment Nowadays‚ “employee relations” appear everywhere‚ from small companies to the big organisations in all over the world. According to CIPD‚ employee relations is an underlying philosophy‚ along with necessary attitudes and skills‚ rather than a specific management function or well-defined activity. In fact‚ there are many problems existing in any firms or organisations. One of these which is considered by human management department is employee relations. Employee relations which used to be known
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Descartes notion of the mind/body problem in relation to Free Will Descartes took an extreme skeptical position by asking‚ “What is impossible to doubt‚ even when trying to believe that everything is false?” His answer was: "I think‚ therefore I am"; which is Descartes ’ most famous one-liner and is the one that explains his understanding of the dualism argument. The term ‘dualism’ has a variety of uses in the history of thought. In general‚ the idea is that‚ for some particular domain‚ there are
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Define the term “collective bargaining” and list and describe four issues that are mandatory components of a collective bargaining agreement. Collective bargaining can be defined as the process of involving representatives from both employers and employees to come to terms and conditions of employment that both parties agree. These agreements are written into legally binding contacts good for one to five years. (Budd‚ 2009‚ p. 229) Four issues that are mandatory components of collective bargaining agreement
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