manage and retain knowledge workers? As Peter Drucker recently quoted‚ the new knowledge economy will rely heavily on knowledge workers who are not‚ as a rule‚ much better paid than traditional skilled workers but also see themselves as professionals. Knowledge technologists are likely to become the dominant social and perhaps‚ political force over the next decades. Thus‚ it is very important to have the right strategies in place to select‚ develop‚ manage and retain knowledge workers. But before we
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If you’re reading this‚ you’re almost certainly a knowledge worker of one sort or another. And if you’re a knowledge worker within an organization‚ here’s an essential question you need to ask: Am I being managed‚ or am I being led? And if in turn you’re responsible for the performance of other knowledge workers‚ you need to ask yourself: Am I managing‚ or am I leading? I’m prompted to ask these questions by Peter Drucker’s Management Challenges of the 21st Century‚ one of the most insightful
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The General Strike The General Strike started May 3rd 1926 and lasted nine days ending on the 12th May 1926. Mine owners wanted to normalise profits even during times of economic instability – which meant that miners’ wages would be reduced and working hours would be extended. The miners were not happy with the changes that were about to happen so they decided to go on strike. This documentary exercise is going to evaluate two primary sources from the General Strike. It will consider form‚
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Devante Williams pd 7 Labor Strike The labor strike in which I chose was the textile workers strike. The textile strike happen in 1934 which then was in U.S. history the largest labor strike. The strike involved half of million strikers. Textile workers came from New England‚ the Mid-Atlantic states‚ and the U.S. Southern states. The strike present o for twenty-two days. They strike twenty-two days about issues were deplorable working conditions‚ low wages‚ and lack of union recognition. However
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The Pullman Strike was a nationwide conflict in the summer of 1894 between the new American Railway Union (ARU) and railroads that occurred in the United States. It shut down much of the nation’s freight and passenger traffic west of Detroit‚ Michigan. The conflict began in the town of Pullman‚ Illinois‚ on May 11 when nearly 4‚000 employees of the Pullman Palace Car Company began a wildcat strike in response to recent reductions in wages. Most factory workers who built Pullman cars lived in the
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will be discussing the current issue of conflict between nurses’ demand of increase on their pay and government’s comparatively lower related nurse pay policy. Background information will presented first‚ followed by an analysis on the strike and reasons why this strike happens. In the end‚ there will be theoretical evaluation about industrial relations focusing on absenteeism and industry productivity. Background information The contemporary human society is composed with many fundamental facilities
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UPS Strike In early August of 1997 the United Parcel Service (UPS) had a predicament on its hands‚ a teamsters strike. UPS‚ the world ’s largest package distribution company was coming off a year [1996] in which they reported sales of $22.4 billion. UPS Employed 75‚000 management and non-union employees compared with 185‚000 teamsters who are part of the AFL-CIO that were going on strike. The teamsters rejected a contract extension offer from the company leaving the fate of millions of packages
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Strikes and lockouts constitutional or official strikes unofficial strikes general strikes lockouts rotating or revolving strikes sit-ins tool-down or pen-down strike The data supplied to the ILO do not include statistics on sympathetic or political strikes or on gheraos (harassment of employers‚ etc. by workers preventing them from leaving the premises until their claims are granted) which result in work stoppages. The statistics for these types of action are collected and published separately
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Lockouts and its psychological effect on workers A lockout has been defined at common law as the cessation by the employer of the furnishing of work to employees in an effort to obtain for the employer more desirable terms. Lockouts can have three purposes: 1. Designed to frustrate bargaining efforts 2. An economic countermove to union’s right to strike 3. To minimize economic or operational losses threatened by an imminent strike The third type of lockout is legally justified
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The Pullman Strike: The U.S went through a serious depression in the late 1800’s‚ promoting wage cuts and layoffs. Many strikes and uprisings occurred at this time. Unfair treatment by employers was one of the main causes that led to the majority of strikes and uprisings. They usually ended when the government intervened and stopped the workers from boycotting. One of the major strikes occurred in Pullman‚ Chicago. George Pullman founded the town‚ Pullman‚ for the workers who manufactured the
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