Category Archives: Industrial Relations
Case Study on Brinks
It was founded in 1859 for security and protection. Brink's became concerned with their existing infrastructure of digital video recorders in the USA. They were experiencing a large number of hard drive failures and cumbersome software issues; clearly not measuring up to the [...]
Case Study on Alaska Air Group
Alaska AirGroup was founded on 1985 for transportation. It has 157 aircraft. It also provides domestic airline services. The problem was not lack of data, but rather a wealth of it residing in disparate legacy systems. Alaska Air Group had data tracking customer [...]
8 Steps to Immediately Reduce Workforce Costs
Current economic conditions are forcing many companies to significantly cut workforce operating costs. While this may be necessary to remain solvent during difficult times, if done poorly it is just as likely to exacerbate an already difficult situation.
To learn [...]
Legal and Negotiating Strategies Every Manager Should Know
Today, in what I like to call the civilized world, disputes are resolved in courtrooms. Sure, that’s a step in the right direction. But surprisingly, the strategies and tactics of today’s business disputes are remarkably similar to those used by [...]
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Should You Tell Them They'll Be Laid Off? : A HR Case Study
This article is a case study indicating that how a CEO tells why HR should work hand-in-hand with finance in a merger. If one look at the acquisition strategy of most companies, the earlier is to get in the process, [...]
Labour Standards and Globalisation: A Case Study of Implementing Minimum Wages
Minimum wage policy has remained in contention with economists and policy makers aligned on both sides of the debate. Increasingly the state has been forced to formally retract these laws under the onslaught of the globalisation of capital. This has [...]
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Corporate strategy and the role of HRM: critical cases in oil and chemicals
HR issues are fundamental to business is compelling at the level of unit labour costs, but whether they are fundamental to the strategy process has remained highly questionable. The paper suggests that a favourable HR environment has to be established [...]
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INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED CORE LABOUR STANDARDS IN INDIA
This paper on the respect of internationally recognised core labour standards in India is one of the series the ITUC is producing in accordance with the Ministerial Declaration adopted at the first Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) [...]
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Case study on Avon Products
Avon Products was founded in 1886 by David H McConnell. It produces cosmetics, perfume and toys. It is also know for it leadership. In addition to providing back-up child care, Avon also partnered with Bright Horizons to provide educational and parenting seminars [...]
From Minimum Wages to Living Wages?
question is if there can be a shift from minimumwages to living wages in Bangladesh. In order to bring clarity to the question, three subquestions have been used. The first question looks into how wages are determined in theexport-oriented garment [...]
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