II State boundaries have constituted a major topic in the tradition of political geography. Political geography ‘is concerned with the relationship between political power and geographical factors. It is interested in how geographical factors correlate with power‚ such as how land‚ air and sea power correlate with a country’s political‚ military and economic power. Its focus is on area or space and their physical‚ human and spatial (space-related) dimensions.’ The countries of the world can be divided
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• Delphi process - a method of polling an audience to reach a consensus. It begins with a questionnaire designed to allow open-ended responses. • Pretest - pilot study - questionnaire are used to gauge the initial reasons and the validity of doing a particular investigation. It can be translated into another language to be sure that the intended meaning is conveyed by word choice. • Public - any group of people tied together by some common bond of interest or concern and who have consequences
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the collusion between the government‚ banks‚ and the corporate sector is leading to trigger the crisis. Because of the misconception of industrial relation theories‚ where there is a good companion between the government and workers‚ the imperfection in financial markets will distract the productivity of capital and labor. A. Industrial Relations System in Indonesia Indonesia has experienced rapid economic growth and rising per capita income from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990 that improved its
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for all their stakeholders‚ covering suppliers‚ employees‚ shareholders and environments‚ all is not gone as the statement‚ especially in the case of employee relations at Wal-Mart. If enter ’Wal-Mart’s employee relations’ in Google search‚ countless lawsuits and issues regarding to its workforce will be brought up. It is evident that Wal-Mart suffers from infamous employment relations and workplace unfairness. Compare to the minor favor of employees’ right‚ which includes the wages‚ working hours
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The functions of Public Relations (PR) can be grouped into two loose categories: organizational and societal. Many viewpoints of the functions fall into both categories and are not mutually limited. The scope of organizational functions of PR involves actions concerning the company‚ and societal functions of PR interests ’ activities regarding society. Organizational functions of PR are activities that interact with or affect organizations while societal functions of PR have to do with actions that
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PR99 – Contemporary Public Relations Study Guide 1. All of the following are to be considered when making ethical decisions in public relations EXCEPT: * Ethical decisions are based on: the public interest‚ employer or client‚ * professional organization code of ethics and personal values. 2. Which demographic group is the largest consumer of television‚ magazines‚ books‚ and newspapers? * Baby Boomers 3. “Respecting all opinions and supporting the right of
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DEFINING PUBLIC RELATIONS Lecturer: Cassie @ Chitara Ramasamy Session: 2014 Lesson Outline: Definition of public relations Process to influence public opinion The publics of public relations The functions of public relations Learning Objective of Topic 1: After reading this chapter‚ you should be able to Explain the meaning of public relation Explain the various process of public relation
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Managing Employee Relations * Relationship between an employer and employees lies at the heart of what makes an organisation effective. * Employees have power to allow organisation to meet and exceed its objective or to fail. * Highly motivated employees= more productive‚ engaged and greater contribution towards its overall direction and success. * Demotivated employees= high absenteeism‚ poor time keeping‚ low productivity‚ strikes (collective strike) ‚ working to rule= undermine
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of Public Relations? This section features Public Relations as a career option‚ elaborated with reference to the job profile‚ personality traits required‚ the courses and training involved‚ premier institutions and future prospects. Public Relation is a management function that involves monitoring and evaluating public attitudes and maintaining mutual relations and understanding between an organisation and its public. Public could include shareholders‚ government‚ consumers‚ employees and the media
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Anderson Reflection Paper 2 Comm 100 November 11‚ 2012 Since the development of public relations in the 1920s‚ its popularity and significance in the world has grown immensely. Public relations opened up a new way of creating an understanding for a companies‚ people and products‚ much different than had been known through advertising. While advertising is a one-way form of communication that costs money‚ public relations is a two-way communication system that is free and cannot control what people do with
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