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Personnel Managers Industrial Relations
3,214 wordsThis paper is the result of research into and reflection on the roles carried out by those who are responsible for managing the 'people' function within organisations. Whether these incumbents are called personnel or HR managers is not necessarily important; it is however critical to give recognition to the complexity of the task that faces those who have to take responsibility for this function. This paper raises two inter-related issues. First, in what sorts of activities do personnel managers...
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Collective Bargaining Trade Unions
2,227 words... ely presumed not to have been intended by the parties to be a legally contract unless the agreement - (b) contains a provision which (however expressed) states that the parties intend that the agreement shall be a legally (2) Any collective agreement which does satisfy these conditions in subsection (1) (a) and (b) above shall be conclusively presumed to have been intended by the parties to be a legally enforceable There are four main advantages claimed for the legal enforcement of (a) colle...
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Financial Crisis East Asia
1,323 words... d up. "This financial crisis will probably lead to loss of confidence by investors in Thailand's economy and a slow down and then a slump would ensue", she predicted. Unemployment. Unemployment is already a problem, concentrated for the moment in urban areas, and affecting both skilled and unskilled workers in Asia. It is expected that in Thailand an estimated 900, 000 workers will have lost their jobs by the end of 1999; in Indonesia, it is estimated that unemployment may have increased by ...
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Heavy Losses Present Moment
1,361 wordsA short over-view to the Government Corporations and other segments in the Transport Sector of Pakistan including the M 2 Motorway, the Railways, Pakistan International Airlines Corporation and Pakistan National Shipping Corporation. Different Segments of the Transport Sector of Pakistan Land Transport including the Railways Pakistan National Shipping Corporation Pakistan International Airlines Corporation Pakistan is standing at the cross roads of the 21 st Century. The new millenium is just ro...
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Correctional Facilities Deter Crime
1,331 wordsPrivatization in corrections is a trend that is assuming increasing significance. Pratt and Maahs, characterizing privatization in corrections as a growth industry go on to note: Rooted primarily in the political and economic context of the 1980 s. The movement to privatize public services has received increasing support in response to taxpayer demands that government provide more services with fewer resources. Advocates of correctional privatization often argue from a public choice theoretical ...
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Joint Ventures Automobile Industry
1,990 wordsThe Tata Engineering & Locomotive Company (commonly known as Telco), is India's largest private sector company in terms of revenues and market capitalisation. It is also one of the 6 largest manufacturers of commercial vehicles in the world. Telco is a part of Tata Enterprises, which is the largest industrial group in India, employing assets of Rs. 267 million (US$ 7. 6 billion) in a wide range of businesses including Automobiles, Steel, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Energy, Chemic...
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Asia Pacific Region World Trade Organisation
2,078 wordsTrade and investment Australia's export structures have changed considerably over the past 15 years. Although trade in commodities remains strong, new services and sophisticated manufacturing export markets have emerged. Merchandise exports were valued at $ 86 billion in 1998 - 99. During the same year, Australian exports of services totalled $ 26 billion. Exports recorded seven per cent average annual growth in the five years to 1998 - 99. They now account for 20 per cent of GDP, compared with ...
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Employers And Employees Sexual Harassment
1,772 wordsA man walks into his workplace thinking that it will be another normal day at work. However, his employer calls him into his office and fires him, on the basis that he had written offensive threats in an email towards one of his bosses. The employee now files a wrongful discharge action alleging that the employers actions violated his right of privacy. The employee also states that the company had assured its employees that all email would remain confidential. The employer strike back by saying ...
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Women And Children Welfare Recipients
968 wordsIs Welfare a necessity for poor women and children, or is the government wasting its money on this program? In the article Poor Women and Children Need Welfare, Betty Mandell tries to prove her point that it is a necessity. Michael Tanner, who wrote the article Welfare Should be Eliminated, believes welfare is a waste of government spending. Both of the articles make vale judgments and factual points to prove their argument. In the article by Mandell, she says the idea of the Republicans then an...
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Grand Jury Private Citizens
1,695 wordsFor important study links to this article, please visit: web 1. Everyone, including President Macapagal Arroyo of the Philippines, exactly knows that the lack of economic growth and absence of political stability in the Philippines are primarily caused by Graft and Corruption. The present form or political structure of the government has nothing to do with graft. The corrupt politicians who cannot steal enough the entire patrimony of the Filipino people that run the government are the problem. S...
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Communications Technology Global Information Infrastructure
2,384 wordsIntroduction We are in the midst of a global information revolution driven by the convergence and proliferation of information and communication technologies. The telecommunications sector is changing at warp speed, driven by technological innovation that results in new equipment and services, and also by new entrants and alliances between companies with experience in a wide range of information industries from telecommunications to broadcasting to computer hardware and software to publishing. T...
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World Bank Report 1999 Development 2000 2001
1,156 words... until's economic performance. For example, in Africa, because of the high poverty, the Bank helped by funding the private sector, to achieve economic growth. It also helped with the AIDS problem, which is one of the most serious problems facing Africa today. Another example is South Asia, where the Bank's help was needed in rural and urban necessities, like Infrastructure, health and education, because of the high percentage of the poor. It also helped in many other regions, like East Asia, ...
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Correctional Officers Private Prisons
1,313 wordsPrivate universities, private jails, private health-care and private water testing. What do all of these things have in common? They are all services the Tory government in Ontario has been trying to privatize with some disastrous results and possibly more to come. The Ontario government, lead by Progressive Conservative leader Mike Harris, has been slowly trying to do away with services that are currently administered by the province. The ideology in question, privatization, has been a hallmark...
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Letter Of Credit Private Sector
1,151 words... re the marriage. In an 'affair' marriage, two persons fall in love and get married, with or without the permission of their families. This is considered a social crime, and the newlyweds are forced to leave their families. After I came back from the US, I met my sweetheart who was attending medical school. We courted each other for years, and when she graduated we figured it was time to marry. I asked my family to select the woman of my choice so as to marry the woman I love without upsettin...
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Moral Authority Private Sector
399 wordsThe Philippine government has no moral authority to collect taxes. This government has no moral authority to collect taxes because it has failed miserably in its most basic of functions which is to deliver services to the people. A government collects taxes from its people based on the premise that it uses these funds to provide services for the people. While this government is bleeding the people dry by asking more taxes, it is at the same time systematically cutting back on social services and...
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Analysing The Growth Of Korean And Japanese Economy
1,449 wordsSouth Korea (henceforth referred to as Korea) is being looked upon as the role model by different countries for their economic development. Korean history and culture, state intervention, policy reforms, and Chaebols have been the corner stones for Koreas success. As B N. Song (1990) describes The way the Korean economy has grown, and the way the Korean people have shared the fruits of economic growth, have been greatly influenced by Koreas history and culture. Korea was among the very poorest c...
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Unwanted Pregnancy Northern Ireland
771 wordsWhy we need reform - Whose Choice? It is a popular misconception that the current law allows for abortion at the request of the women concerned. In fact, abortion is legal only if two doctors certify that it is necessary under the terms of the 1967 Act; unwanted pregnancy is not one of these terms. Some doctors accept that an unwanted pregnancy is potentially harmful and will support her request for this reason They are legally permitted to do this Other doctors may be judgemental, obstructive a...
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Health Care System Public Health Care
511 wordsPublic health care, the crown jewel of social programs, has worked extremely well for Canadians. Yet today, Ontario is witnessing piecemeal privatization in health care. The introduction of private-sector business strategies and management ideologies into the public health care system, the restructuring and rationing of publicly delivered services and the cost shifting from the public purse to the individual households has Ontario's health care system in jeopardy. The cost shifting of health car...
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Economic Growth Government Spending
1,010 wordsGovernment Economy Policies USA has one of the most technologically advanced and largest economies in the world. Its GDP is near 12. 373 trillion dollars. US economy is capitalistic and free-market oriented where the vast majority of microeconomic decisions are made by In this capitalistic, free market-oriented mixed economy, corporations and other corporations and other private firms. Business firms are under less control comparing to other countries because government prefer to minimize its ro...
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Natural Gas Gas Prices
1,778 wordsHigh Prices Gas Scientists and specialists in oil and gas industry believe that energy tops the list of problems facing humanity today because it impacts all other major problems, including water, food, environment, poverty war, disease, education, democracy, and population. Energy impacts everything that occurs in modern society. The US was built on the shoulders of reliable and affordable energy. For the past 50 years, oil has been the primary source of energy in the country, and the price of ...
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