browse the web. Moreover‚ many people are browsing social networking sites‚ especially Facebook. Facebook is a social networking website that was founded in 2004. There are over 500 million active users (users that have returned to the site in the past 30 days) and it is estimated that people spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook. (http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics) So what is that Facebook has that attracts so many people to visit its site? While older social networking
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Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining Agreements Strayer University BUS 310 Prof. Robert High March 15‚ 2009 Outline Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining Agreements I. History of the American Labor Movement a. Labor and Employee Laws b. The Union II. Labor Relation Process c. Public-Sector Labor Relations
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Bulletin of Science‚ Technology & Society http://bst.sagepub.com/ Facebook Use and Social Capital: To Bond‚ To Bridge‚ or to Escape Min-Woo Kwon‚ Jonathan D ’Angelo and Douglas M. McLeod Bulletin of Science Technology & Society 2013 33: 35 originally published online 14 August 2013 DOI: 10.1177/0270467613496767 The online version of this article can be found at: http://bst.sagepub.com/content/33/1-2/35 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: National Association
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THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF FACEBOOK ON TEENAGERS Advances in technology enhance our lives in healthy‚ positive ways. These days‚ shopping‚ education‚ communication and entertainment are only a few clicks away. Social networking‚ especially Facebook- the most popular social network site currently‚ enriches our lives by helping us to connect and share with colleagues‚ clients‚ family and friends in ways that wouldn’t otherwise be possible. Spending too much time on this site‚ however‚ can have negative
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establish a comfortable working relationship based on mutual understanding and respect between the two. If there had been early resolution of the problems employees’ morale and overall productivity mostly likely would have improved. The collective bargaining process enhances labor relationship of its employees and union to perform better with fewer hazards for either party. These protective legislations improve the work quality with less negative effects. It ensures employees of their security and employers
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Case study 15-1: The Union’s Demand for Recognition and Bargaining Rights 1. Evaluate the various claims made by the union and counterclaims made by the company regarding the charges of unfair labor practices. Which of the arguments are most persuasive? The union claimed that the company had violated Section 8(a)(1) of LMRA by: Repeat investigate employees about union activities Threat employees that they would take the benefits if the selected union present for them Threat employees because
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Explain the factors which might affect a grocery retailer’s selection of suppliers. 300 words. The supply chain needs to deliver the grocery retailer the competitive advantage to create value for the customer at an acceptable cost (1). It has been noted the reduction of time not only reduces costs but also gives a competitive edge to the business‚ therefore the time it takes for stock to arrive is important. ‘The supplier needs to be lean (efficient) and agile (innovative).’ (1) To do this there
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Collective Bargaining Exercise BUS 305 – Industrial Relations A critical part of industrial relations is the collective bargaining process. As a class‚ and individually‚ we have studied the different stages of collective bargaining‚ their importance and contribution to maintaining amicable relations between the unions representing employees and ther employers. On March 15‚ 2013‚ our class had the opportunity of participating in an exercise
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Millions of people use Facebook every day. Some people use it to see what is going on with their friends or family. There are also others that will just go on to see what their old classmates are up to. There are dangers of Facebook though. Facebook could bring out the jealousy in some‚ Muise‚ A.‚ Christofides‚ E.‚ & Desmarais‚ S. (2009). Facebook on the other hand could raise self-esteem‚ Gonzales‚ A. L.‚ & Hancock‚ J. T. (2011). Muise‚ A.‚ Christofides‚ E.‚ & Desmarais‚ S. (2009) has said social
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POWER: A capacity that A has to influence the behaviour of B so that B acts in accordance with A’s wishes. DEPENDENCY: B’s relationship to A when A possesses something that B requires. BASES OF POWER: Formal Power: Is established by an individual’s position in an organisation; conveys the ability to coerce or reward‚ from formal authority‚ or from control of information 1. Coercive Power • A power base dependent on fear 2. Reward Power • Compliance achieved based on the ability to distribute
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