’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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EMPLOYEE RELATIONS 13/02/2014 A MARXIST (OR RADICAL) PERSPECTIVE OF THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP LOCATES ’THE ASYMMETRY OF POWER BETWEEN EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE’ AT THE HEART OF ITS ANALYSIS. (BLYTON AND TURNBULL‚ 2004: 34). The conviction that there exists a power imbalance in the employment relationship which gives employers a prejudicial benefit over employees takes its existence for several centuries. Karl Marx known for his theories and contributions related to the employment relations field‚ became
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INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS PERSPECTIVES UNITARY THEORY Workplace “has one source of authority and one source of loyalty” (Fox 1996: p. 3) - Dunlop (1958) argues that in a unitary theory‚ work organizations are integrated institutions with workers and management working in harmony. - Thus no conflict thesis is a dubious integration. It thrives on assumptions that all workers identify not only with the aims of the enterprise but also with the operating methods (Seifert 1992)
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Conflict in the workplace is a complex and multifaceted issue facing all Australian employees and employers. It differs from person to person‚ and organization to organization but the resolution must be resolute as the consequences for a business could be dire. It is important to understand firstly why conflict occurs‚ and whether or not there are systems in place to minimise its impact to the organisation. “The goal of management is to coordinate all available resources to produce an end result”
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explaining the state of industrial conflict in Singapore presently. An employment relation is the relationship between managers and employees in an organisation which is usually informal – for example‚ between supervisors and subordinates. At the industrial level‚ the relationship between the management of an organisation and its union is more formal and referred as industrial relation which is a subset of employment relations (Tan‚ 2007). Industrial conflict is the total range of behaviour and attitudes
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HUMANITIES 1. Meaning of Humanities 1.1. 1.2. Humanus – Humanitas – Human‚ Humanity – it refers to the quality of being a human; huma‚ civilized‚ cultured) Branch of Learning – it refers to the study of the arts. As a study‚ its material object is “artwork” and its formal object is “creativity and appreciation.” Every creation around you which is made by human beings represents someone’s humanity. The chair you’re sitting in‚ the clothes you’re wearing‚ the building you’re in‚ or your home‚ even the time
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and academic professionals. This will include different perspectives‚ approaches and definitions of “what employee relations is”. “Employee relations is a common title for the industrial relations function within personnel management and is also sometimes used as an alternative label for the academic field of “industrial relations”. The term underlines the fact that industrial relations is not confined to the study of trade unions but embraces the broad pattern of employee management‚ including systems
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Introduction To enable employees to deliver productive outcomes at work and within society‚ one must first consider the concept of industrial relations; later known as employee relations due to the shift in trading trends of the UK from predominantly manufacturing industries. Employee relations concentrate on the management and maintenance of the employment relationship between employer and employee. This means dealing with employees either through trade unions or individually to bargain for employment
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Employee Relations LAW 1202 Arvin SEECHURN Contents 3.8 Gender differences ................................................................................................... 23 . 3.9 The New Roles of Trade Unions ............................................................................. 24 1 Industrial Relations ................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Introduction and Definition ..
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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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