Collective action

The Labor Unions of the present found their roots with the rise of the big businesses in the later stages of the American Revolution. With these corporations came the exploitation of the worker whose rights were not yet guaranteed under any formal document. Arisen solely from the need for job security, unions quickly came to also represent those laborers at a great disadvantage, particularly women and children. This emergence of labor unions came at the onset of the Industrial Revolution, where…

are free to join or create organizations to represent them; employers are not allowed to intrude on the process. There are two ILO (International Labor Organization) agreements that are designed to protect workers’ rights to freedom of union and collective bargaining. They are: “Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention No. 87 of 1948 (C87)” and “Application of the Principles of the Right to Organise and to Bargain Collectively Convention No. 98 of 1949 (C98)”…

George Orwell A Comparative analysis George Orwell’s Animal Farm (1945) and Shooting an Elephant (1938) both share two major characteristic features, namely politics and history. Animal Farm is mainly an allegory of the Russian Revolution which took place in 1917. All of the characters in the story represents the biggest names in the Russian Revolution and the early start of the Soviet Union. The farm itself is also supposed to represent the Russian Federation, which they fight for in the…

Social contract theory is best defined as the agreement which human beings have made to protect themselves from each other. This theory explains that the principles of ethics which we are following now days are made by us for our benefits. We make rules according to our wisdom and nature so we can eliminate various negative elements from our lives such as fear. Another important element which this theory has enlightened is that the power is essential for protection and implementation. The labor…

Introduction. Lower-level staff members seldom practice work place negotiations. Negotiations can create the stigma of negative breeding grounds. However, when executed correctly, positive outcomes can ensue. The following example journeys into a personal experience with negotiation that resulted in a beneficial opportunity for all parties involved. Background & Settings. In my undergraduate years, I experienced working part-time in the retail industry, selling wine, spirits, and beer products…

Chapter 10 is entitled Making Rational Decisions in Negotiations and is said to outline the framework for a rationale two-party negotiation. It looks to improve your outcomes as the primary negotiator and improve the outcomes for all parties involved in the negotiation. Economists were the first to give advice in this area and the most effective is game theory which is mathematical models to look at potential outcomes in multi-party negotiations, if all involved act rationally. It is the most…

industry. These competitors are implementing new techniques and training that surpasses UPS outdated methods. These companies are using new technology and creating processes that fit the targeted employee group. Human Resource Management (HRM) The patterns that the competition uses in hiring and training their new employees vary greatly from UPS (Schmidt, 2015). The competition uses cross-training when initially bringing new employees on board. UPS uses a silo method that stagnates the…

Unionize and Non-unionize System According to Timur, et al., (2012) studies point to the lack of flexibility in unionized systems; for instance, unionized workplaces are obsessed with fixed wage and the compensation that accompanied it. Thus; the argument that union members are more likely than non-union members to have a better compensation, based on productivity and other measurable factors; such as bonuses, profit-sharing, incentive pay, and stock options. This applicable position Lepie,…

Carl Jung was a swiss psychiatrist who believed that the human psyche consisted of three parts: the ego, the personal unconscious and the collective unconscious. According to Jung, archetypes are universal patterns which exist in the collective unconscious. He believed these recurrent images possessed universal meanings that appear in literature. Carl Jung theorized that archetypes lead to insight on humans and the world around us. Jungian archetypes can be identified in nearly all literature,…

purpose was to motive and facilitate an agreement. However as the negotiation started to unfold new frames were adopted that began to move away from the initial goals of the party. The parties did refocus on their goals and adjusting their framing and actions accordingly to reach an…