The role and functions of the news media is the facilitation of the flow of the information in our society. Without media‚ the public would be isolated from the information of the world‚ and daily happenings. Such limits the opinions‚ views‚ impressions and conclusions of the society and the politics. The surveillance-type function states that news media provides interpretations of information by sorting through the facts and statistics and by stating out the issues and points in a simple context
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Compare and contrast the similarities and differences between work and employment relations in the fast food industry in Singapore with work and employment relations in the fast food industries in Germany and the United States. How would you explain those similarities and differences between Singapore and the other two countries? Introduction The fast food industry‚ and McDonald’s in particular‚ have come to be regarded as emblematic of a new global culture (Leidner‚ 2002‚ pg 8). McDonald’s operates
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Explain the purpose of employment law and how it is enforced. Choose an area of employment you are familiar with and state whether or not you believe the objectives of this law are met in practice and whether or not its enforcement is effective. 1.1 Explain the aims and objectives of employment regulation The role of employment law is to achieve social justice and protect employees. There are two distinct branches of law‚ which include criminal and civil law. Criminal law in concerned with
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The term ‘Industrial Relations’ refers to all types of relationships between various parties concerned with the industry‚ starting from relation in the government with owners and ending at employers with employees. In between there is influence of employers and its associations on employees and their trade unions‚ economic conditions of the state as well as particular industry environment. All these factors put pressure on the Industrial Relations in India and new problems emerge as the state and
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This essay seeks to explain the Elitist and Pluralist approaches to governance and advance both positive and negative sides for each approach. It shall begin by defining the major terms/ concepts Governance‚ Elitist and Pluralist. The essay shall then explain in detail the two approaches respectively. Then it shall highlight the positives (merits) and negatives (demerits) for each approach. Finally the essay shall give a conclusion based on the main points of the essay. Governance is the activity
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Elitist vs Pluralist In an elitist government it is believed that only a select few of people should hold political power. People who are maybe from a higher class or wealthier than the others form the group of elites. Elitist point of views are taking much more serious and carefully than those who are outsiders to this group. A pluralist government is much like the opposite of the elitist government. In a pluralist government the power of decision making and policy making are based more
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SUPPORTING GOOD PRACTICE IN MANAGING EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS 1. Describe 4 factors‚ 2 internal and 2 external‚ which impact on the employment relationship. Employment Relations is defined by David Farnham as “that part of managing people that enables competent managers to balance‚ within acceptable limits‚ the interests of employers and those of employees in the labour market and workplace”. The employment relationship is affected by: External Factors: Economy The level of economy affects
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Unitary perspective views The Unitary perspective views the organisation as a team ’unified by a common purpose’ (Fox‚ 1996: 2)‚ namely the success of the organisation. This perspective views all the people in the organisation as part of one big team. Unitarists view everyone within the organisation as part of one team with one loyalty structure. This immediately says that there are no barriers between different groups and departments which could lead to poor communication and animosity‚ which would
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The pluralist model allows minorities to voice their opinions too. It requires citizens to have a certain amount of knowledge before they form a group‚ so that they are more successful when presenting their interest to the government. The majoritarian model need
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IN MANAGING EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS 1. The impact of employment law at the start of the employment relationship. Employment Relations is defined by David Farnham (2000: xxiii) as “that part of managing people that enables competent managers to balance‚ within acceptable limits‚ the interests of employers as buyers of labour services and those of employees as suppliers of labour services in the labour market and workplace”. The impact of employment law at the start of the employment relationship
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