Therefore we thought interesting to see the application of a marketing concept to a service provider which is famous to have always encountered many difficulties in this management field. ... The social conflict' has virtually upstaged collective bargaining, and has had negative effects both on service quality and on human relations in the company. Undoubtedly, the long, tedious and painful labour conflict in November and December 1995 has contributed to invigorated revival of human resources management, even if some revival was already underway before the conflict. ... As in servi...

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It includes control over the regulation of investment, services, intellectual property, and competition. (1) Some Canadians look at NAFTA (in particular, free trade with Mexico), and see declining wages, lost jobs, and a deteriorating economy. ... (Campbell et al., 1999) Negotiations continued and NAFTA was signed on December 17,1992, but only took effect on January 1, 1994. (Campbell et al, 1999) The key goal of NAFTA was to remove tariffs on all goods and services between Canada the U.S and Mexico. ... NAFTA contains an elaborate schedule for tariff elimination, and reduction of non-tar...

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Such reengineering reinforce behaviors, which are important to teamwork and customer service and better aligning HR with business goals and objectives, thus bring the organization out of recession. ... As the labour market composition is clearly shifting towards the higher skilled occupations in services producing industries. ... Workers should therefore gear themselves up to face with new challenges such as change of job from manufacturing to the service industry to better secure themselves in this down period. ...

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Most working children in rural areas were found in agriculture; urban children worked in trade and services, with fewer in manufacturing, construction and domestic service. ... About 59,600 were younger than age 14, and some 13,100 worked in garment sweatshops, according to an Associated Press series on child labor published in December 1997 (www.ibc.org). ...

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REPORT ON THE MANAGEMENT OF PEOPLE - HRM OR PERSONNEL? 1. TERMS OF REFERENCE During the past 20 years many organisations have evolved and changed the way in which they manage their workforce. The past 2 decades have seen a shift in many organisations from the traditional Personnel Departme...

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In December 1998, twenty workers were illegally fired at Beximco and denied their legal severance pay for refusing to work an all-night shift on top of their daily 12 1/2 hours of work. ... I odn't think adequacy of services applies because most sweatshops are in tiny, hidden buildings. ...

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In December 2002, in the state of Oregon, Wal-Mart has already been found guilty of "systematically forcing employees to work overtime without pay" according to an article in Mother Jones magazine. ... On a positive note, if employees achieve wage increases and better working conditions at this leading employer, it could help set a new standard for workers throughout the service-oriented field. ...

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My current company has family days in June and December when families can come to the office and see what we do. ... We have Thanksgiving, Christmas, birthday, service anniversaries and retirement parties within the departments. ...

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Abstract This dissertation is attempting to delve into the prevailing attitudes and employee engagement with Topaz South Dublin service stations. ... The research seeks to understand aspects of working life at the Topaz service stations within the South Dublin catchment area. ... Topaz has been present in the Irish petrol service station market for the last 3 years. It took a foothold on the Irish market by acquiring and subsequently merging Statoil and Shell service stations, which through their re-branding of the acquired service stations, gave them a country wide presence in a matter of mon...

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Do most consumers shop with a "social conscience?" (Think about it. Are you aware of where the products you purchase are made and under what conditions they are manufactured?) When consumers buy products, without knowledge of their origins, they could easily be breaching their own code of ethics....

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