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Legal and Negotiating Strategies Every Manager Should Know

admin — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:52:29 +0000

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 past leaders on the battlefield.

What’s changed the most, on the other hand, is that today’s leaders are surprisingly unprepared to lead their “troops” into battle. It’s shocking, frankly, how naive and ill-equipped most executives and business leaders are, both before and after they enter the modern-day legal battlefield.
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From Minimum Wages to Living Wages?

admin — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:00:52 +0000

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 industry in Bangladesh. The second question concerns thecorporations’ responsibility for their workers. The third, and last, question addresses howcultural dimensions influence the corporations and how wages are set. To find the answers tothe sub questions I divided the research into four main topics: “Wages – Minimum and LivingWages”, “Morality, Ethics and Business Ethics”, “Employees as Stakeholders of theCompanies” and “The Cultural Dimension”.
A case study of the export-oriented garment industry in Bangladesh

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Labour Standards and Globalisation: A Case Study of Implementing Minimum Wages

maddy — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:31:54 +0000

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 resulted in a precipitous drop of wages for workers, especially in the so-called ‘unorganised sector’. The present note is an attempt to capture the process and consequences of institutionalisation of payment of minimum wages in a public sector academic institution.
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Employment Relations in India

newuser — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:49:29 +0000

A paper that analyzes the employment relations in India. It covers various aspects such as effect of legislation on employment relations. The various legislations that comprise of the employment relations…click here for furthur details

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8 Steps to Immediately Reduce Workforce Costs

maddy — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:32:07 +0000

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 how to ensure that workforce cost reductions are done effectively. Read more to know how….

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Should You Tell Them They’ll Be Laid Off? : A HR Case Study

maddy — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:24:08 +0000

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, the more it is skewed to finance and less to HR. At Thoratec, HR couldn’t go out and spend a lot of money without working with finance, but finance, on the other hand, shouldn’t make assumptions about cost of labor and cost of benefits without talking to HR about it. A good HR department is going to force the general manager to communicate increasingly and more. If the current economic downturn continues and layoffs persist, more and more CFOs might find HR officials checking their work when their companies are thinking about a merger. Read more…

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Corporate strategy and the role of HRM: critical cases in oil and chemicals

maddy — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:00:33 +0000

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 before the various strategic choices can be analysed. Empirical research in two UK oil and chemical companies provides evidence that the effect of HR issues on corporate strategy is understated. Read more to know….

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Voluntary Redundancy Programs in India: A Case Study

newuser — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:43:48 +0000

This paper provides an overview of the theory and practice of Voluntary Redundancy Schemes (VRS) in India. Through the 1990s a number of Indian States developed VRS for employees of Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs).
As overstaffing is said to be one of the main contributory factors to the heavy losses of many PSUs, governments recognised that is was simply impossible to reform, restructure or modernise PSUs without tackling the difficult question of staff reduction…click here to read ahead

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INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED CORE LABOUR STANDARDS IN INDIA

newuser — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:34:39 +0000

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) (Singapore, 9-13 December 1996) in which Ministers stated: “We renew our commitment to the observance of internationally recognised core labour standards.” The fourth Ministerial Conference (Doha, 9-14 November 2001) reaffirmed this commitment. These standards were further upheld in the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work adopted by the 174 member countries of the ILO at the International Labour Conference in June 1998…click here to read ahead