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    how hard they hit. Racial barriers exist in Africa as they do in Alan Paton’s novel. The racial barriers hurt the people of Africa and touch every citizen’s life in some manner. The damaged people of Africa cannot protect their peers‚ for the racial barriers have disarmed them. Alan Paton uses tone to reveal the racial barriers in Africa‚ through his contemporary novel‚ Cry‚ the Beloved Country. Africa and her people grow weak and shrivel in the face of racial barriers. Discrimination against the

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    Developing Countries in International Trade Developing countries and trade Introduction: International trade is an important source of foreign income in almost all developing economies‚ these countries are referred to as developing due to their low GDP level and they are faced with high levels of poverty and unemployment‚ according to David Ricardo and Adam smith international trade plays a crucial role in the development of an economy‚ the Mercantile theory of development states that trade led to

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    1. How ICT affects developed countries In developed countries‚ people have enough money to purchase the latest equipment and gadgets. They are also highly knowledgeable as they have money to spend on training to improve their skills. Due to CAD and CAM software‚ work is becoming more efficient. The medicine field is also advancing and new cures to diseases (Eg: cure for HIV) are being found due to the improvement of technology. The number of crimes (Eg: identity theft‚ hacking‚ credit card fraud)

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    meaning. Outline a Grievance Procedure (of either 4 or 5 or 6 steps) for a unionized company‚ explaining the activity at each step. (i) Discuss the importance of trust-building in labour- management relations. (ii) Explain what management and trade unions can do to build the level of trust in the workplace. EITHER (A) Explain in some detail how industrial relations legislation has influenced the conduct of industrial relations in Trinidad and Tobago. OR (B) Discuss the impact of the State

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    Import Substitution Industrialization (ISI) Definition Government strategy that emphasizes replacement of some agricultural or industrial imports to encourage local production for local consumption‚ rather than producing for export markets. Import substitutes are meant to generate employment‚ reduce foreign exchange demand‚ stimulate innovation‚ and make the country self-reliant in critical areas such as food‚ defense‚ and advanced technology. What Does Import Substitution Industrialization (ISI)

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    The essence of the discussion is to outline the role of trade unions from its traditional role as compared to its role now in contemporary times most notably in post-Apartheid South Africa. One aims to look at how trade unions have coped with the changing nature of work as the traditional role of the worker has evolved over time‚ as there is an influx of more casualized labour. The impact of globalization on trade unions also has to be examined and how it has affected their traditional role .The

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    Trade Barriers Ways and effects on protecting domestic labour markets from dumping International Business and Social Sciences WS11/12 Labour Market and Human Resource Management International Labour Policy Ways and effects on protecting domestic labour markets from dumping With the grow of international trade in our markets‚ the degree and the amount of competition has increased tremendously in our domestic labour markets. The pressure in our domestic markets are higher than ever

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    The term import is derived from the conceptual meaning as the goods and services into the port of a country. The buyer of such goods and services is referred to an "importer" who is based in the country of import where the overseas based seller is referred to as an "exporter". [1] Thus an import is any good (e.g. a commodity) or service brought in from one country to another country in a legitimate fashion‚ typically for use in trade. It is a good that is brought in from another country for sale

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    steady progress‚ the irony is that the labour market‚ which is a key factor in attaining this progress is not partaking in this progress. Neither is the rate of employment‚ which is not in accord with the increasing working age population‚ nor do the wages match the inflation rate. The present situation of the Indian labour sector could be attributed to a lot of factors like the boom and bust and the integration of the world economy‚ but the major player is the culture that imbues the labour markets

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    A trade union is defined by Smith (2008) as an independent self-regulating organization of workers created to protect and advance the interests of its members through collective action. Trade unions were of course very important once upon a time‚ but their job has been done. The age of mass production is over. The new world is all about individual relationships‚ and unions will wither away. “A glorious past perhaps‚ but no real future” says Jacob (2008). There was at least some evidence to support

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