Understanding quality of work life
Tutorials/exercises - 38 pages - Human resources
Human resource management is concerned with human beings, who are the energetic elements of management. The success of any organization or an enterprise will depend upon the ability, strength and motivation of the persons working in it. The Human Resource Management refers to the...
Exploitation of human rights of undocumented workers in the United States
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
Undocumented workers area at risk throughout the American States and their lines are in danger. Their human rights are violated all times and their rights as workers abridged without the knowledge of the appropriate authorities. Protecting this group of people is becoming difficult because of...
Why you should be chicken about Chicken?
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
Though chicken is a staple in most people's everyday diet, the chicken industry is a dark and dirty place, plagued with abuse, carelessness, and greed. This negatively affects the chickens, farmers, plant workers, and consumers to the point where chicken are no longer always a healthier...
Significant roles played by labor unions in the United States
Thesis - 5 pages - Labor law
This research paper examines significant roles played by the labor unions in the United States. A declining rate of union membership has been seen during the last few decades. Globalization, outsourcing jobs, economical changes, and new technological advancements, and inactive roles of labor...
Labor and the National Question
Essay - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In many social instances, the representation of interests and issues affecting a specific group is greatly felt and taken seriously when presented in numbers. It is through this line of thought that lobby groups are formed to jointly represent the concerns of their members. A perfect example of...
Walt Disney World in Orlando: trainee as park greeter (2008)
Internship report - 12 pages - Management
I stayed for two and a half months at the Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. I worked at the main entrance of Typhoon Lagoon, and thereafter in the Water Park as a park greeter. I was determined to work at Walt Disney World because I was sure that I would acquire sufficient experience and...
The Role of Industrial Production in Labour Organizing
Tutorials/exercises - 3 pages - Modern history
A look back at the development of the labour movement in Niagara can be traced back to the commercial capitalism facilitated by the construction of the well and canal. In this period, the majority of waged workers involved in the construction were unskilled laborers. Their lack of skills became...
Rigoberta Menchu Tum: A peacemaker from the start
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
Rigoberta Menchu? Tum, a great nonviolent leader, born in 1959 in Guatemala, struggled through many hardships with her family. Her mother and father, community leaders working towards their goal of giving power to the peasant workers, fought through to the end when tortured and killed by...
How can the "crisis" of the Welfare States affect the policy of fight against poverty?
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
Since the end of the XVIIIth century, the disastrous consequences due to the Industrial Revolution and to “savage capitalism” on working conditions has been underlined through the rising resentment of the working class. That is why, in order to avoid social...
Industrial relations in the United States: A way from confrontation to cooperation
Essay - 6 pages - Labor law
The industrial relations characterize the employee-employers relation in a company. In the United States, the term “industrial relation” really appeared with the creation of the Commission on Industrial relations in 1912 after two leaders of the Structural Ironworkers Union killed...
An examination of the quality of work
Tutorials/exercises - 39 pages - Human resources
Quality of work life is a process of organizations, which enables its members at all levels to participate actively and efficiently in shaping the organizations environment and out comes. It is a value based process which is aimed towards meeting the twin goals of enhanced effectiveness of...
Case Study on Chronic Illnesses
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
This is responses can be manifest in some decisions she makes. Some of her decisions may be irrational. Alternatively, she can be over cautious when making decisions especially those that involve her family such as vacation destinations or simple errands such as going to shop and eating out. Her...
Corporate strategy and the role of HRM
Thesis - 8 pages - Human resources
Throughout “The Thirty Glorious Ones”, HRM started adapting to strategies. Indeed, this period is defined by a spectacular economic growth in which products are uniform and in which customer's needs are the last preoccupations of companies. Thus, the Taylor-Ford model finds in this...
Employee welfare measures taken in the Indian South Central Railway
Dissertation - 44 pages - Human resources
Human Resource Management is one of the most complex and challenging fields of management. It deals with the ‘People Dimension' in management. Human Resources play a very important role in the development of the business. They constitute the organization at all levels and are regarded as a...
Marionnaud - Risks and Opportunities that a Potential "Repreneur" Needs to Take Into Consideration for a Good Development
Case study - 3 pages - Services marketing
Marionnaud is the first company in perfume business in France (with more than 20% of the market share in the French market) and the second in Europe. The company places customers on the center in accordance to the company's interests. Mr Frydman heads the company. He is very close to its...
The right to strike in Europe
Essay - 9 pages - European law
'A strike is the name given to a collective movement conducted at the initiative of all or part of the staff of a company, usually intended to compel employers to negotiate working conditions and pay (Law Dictionary). The right to strike presupposes that there is a contract of...
Malongo's coffees
Case study - 12 pages - Services marketing
Back in 1934, Malongo coffees came into being in a small roasting shop in the heart of Nice. After the Second World War, the brand was launched on the radio.In 1980, the first cafés were opened in Cannes and Nice. In 1992, Jean-Pierre Blanc, the general manager of Malongo met Father Van de Hoff...
Evaluation of Wal-Mart's business strategies
Thesis - 23 pages - Business strategy
Wal-Mart was founded by Sam Walton in 1962. The group operates in sixteen countries including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, and China. In 2005, the total number of stores amounted to nearly 5000, with more than a quarter positioned abroad. The group has around 180 million...
The marketing tools of the low cost airline companies
Thesis - 31 pages - Services marketing
The low cost concept was first introduced in 1971 in the United States, with the launch of a new company called "Southwest Airlines". However, the concept only gained popularity and set the cash registers ringing with the creation of Ryanair in 1991. Backed by its pioneering pricing policy, the...
Organizational Development: Motivation through financial and non-financial incentives
Case study - 7 pages - Management
Nowadays, salary and non-financial incentives constitute part of the methods that companies and managers use to motivate people. Through the study of different theories of motivation and needs, we explain the most important catalysts of motivational behavior. There are no doubts that all...
The image of McDonald's in France
Case study - 1 pages - Services marketing
For the French people McDonald's is a symbol of junk food, like all fast food. But it has more the image of American food with the results it provides, such as obesity. The French consider this diet is not balanced with those fries and burgers full of these sauces. To make matters worse in the...
Chanel - Global Operations
Market study - 7 pages - Business strategy
Chanel S.A., fondly known as Chanel is a privately owned fashion brand. It was founded by Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel in 1909. Company is headquartered at Paris, France and is present in more than 310 locations worldwide. The annual revenue as recorded in 2010 stands to be ?1.809 billion.The company...
When Mao died his only legacy was the political and economic devastation of China. Arguments in favor and against this proposition.
Case study - 4 pages - Political science
Revolutionary communist, philosopher and theorist, Mao made a significant impact of what is today in the People's Republic of China. In order to understand the complexity of Mao's regime, it is necessary to look at the context and period of history in which Communist China emerged as a nation....
OSHA Act and its relation to aviation industry
Case study - 5 pages - Management
This Act is part is part of the labor Laws enacted by the American parliament to protect the rights and safety of workers. It was enacted by the parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. Its main aim was to ensure that persons at work are in good working conditions free from health hazards...
Mistreatment of employees by management
Case study - 2 pages - Management
Surveys have shown that the mistreatment of employees by the management is a common occurrence among many firms and corporations. Employees allow the management to disregard their rights as employees of the company, to avoid being fired by the same management. Drafting a survey for a...
Historical Literary Analysis
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
The 20th century saw many historical events take place. One the most significant events in the American society the fight for civil rights also referred to as the civil rights movement. The fight for civil rights in America had its roots in the 13th Amendment of the constitution which freed all...
The Right to Equal Pay
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
The Right to Equal Pay is a civil liberty set out to protect every employee from unequal pay based on gender bias in comparison to fellow employees. According to the Women's Bureau, the right provides that all individuals ought to enjoy equal employment opportunities and better yet a paycheck...
Radical poetry: William Blake and the fight against oppression
Essay - 6 pages - Literature
The industrial revolution. The term conjures up images of unstoppable progress, the advancement of mankind, economic expansion, and technological achievement. At the same time, it also drags up such sights as the oppression of the common man, dehumanizing working conditions, and...
Gender equality and employment in the European Union
Essay - 29 pages - European union
Gender equality is among the fundamental principles and the common values of the European Union. In the 2nd Article of the Treaty of the European Community, it is even mentioned as a “task” to perform for the Community, and again in Article 3(2) TEC. But two questions already appear:...
Memo Human resources: The Lidl case (2008)
Case study - 11 pages - Human resources
The Concept of purchasing power has been highly debated in France for the last few months. Because of a recent and substantial increase in prices, grocery retailers have been under suspicion of being the main engine of this inflation. Why have prices been increasing so quickly in the last few...
