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Ethan Kapstein?s ?Worker in the World Economy?, 2005. This paper is a critical review of Ethan Kapstein's article "Worker in the World Economy" in "Foreign Affairs Magazine", 1996, and includes ripostes against his treatise. 1,060 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 11 sources, MLA, AU$ 60.95 »
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Abstract This paper explains that Mr. Ethan Kapstein's treatise on the "Worker in the World Economy" offers many effulgent observations but fails to validate universal resolution of the global worker's plight. The author points out that Kapstein suggests that economic policies and programs supported by international policy coordination do not take into account the complexity of individual infrastructure, social priorities or, in many countries, the political dogma workers sustain in earning a living. The paper relates that, in a fully employed economy, the unemployment rate will not equal zero; in this case, unemployment is classified as either frictional or structural unemployment.
Table of Contents
Easing Pressure on the Losers
Economies Vary for Different Reasons
Technology in the Workplace
Competitiveness Is Healthy
"Hanging Together" or Hanging Ourselves?
From the Paper "Mr. Kapstein is rectified in his view that governments should assist in re-training and education for displaced workers, Even Mr. Lawrence agrees. Mr. Kapstein is short sighted in his verge upon "tight money and lose fiscal policies." Lose money or lower interest rates encourage growth, but we cannot forget about inflation. Federal and state governments offer such relief in the form of JPTA. This program has successfully re-trained thousands of displaced workers for entry into technical job markets. Third World economies are largely oblivious to job training/re-training, in some cases even unemployment relief. Compulsory elementary education together with a two-track secondary system of academic and vocational schools can produce a generally well-educated population in these economies."
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Women Workers in a Globalized World, 2002. Examines globalization and its impact on women laborers in developing countries. 1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 71.95 »
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Abstract This paper shall use the books "Global Shift: Industrial Change in a Turbulent World" by Peter Dickens and "The Geography of the World Economy" by Paul Knox and John Agnew in order to assess how capital organization in transnational companies have changed over the past twenty- five years and how such changes have created a new international division of labor. A strong emphasis shall be applied to the role of women in the industrial society during this period in order to better clarify the direction and the force of such changes. One outside source shall also be consulted to support this thesis.
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The World of the Canadian Workers- 1850-1950, 2003. Looking at the growth and changes of the Canadian worker since immigration. 2,300 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 2 sources, APA, AU$ 128.95 »
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Abstract This paper discusses the growth and changes of the Canadian worker since the wave of immigration began in the mid-Nineteenth Century to post-war Canada. It provides an overview of early immigration and the improvement of conditions of the workforce.
From the Paper "Canada like the United States is a nation made up of immigrants. While it seems possible that Eric the Red and other Vikings discovered Canada in about AD the actual growth of population and ..."
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Satisfied Workers Are Productive Workers, 2006. This paper examines the results of various surveys as well as a detailed questionnaire which indicate that praise and recognition of a job well done is significantly more important to employees than meeting salary demands. 2,849 words (approx. 11.4 pages), 9 sources, APA, AU$ 136.95 »
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Abstract The writer of this paper contends and proves that worker satisfaction goes far beyond salary demands. Recent surveys indicate that the most important aspect of worker satisfaction is recognition and praise for a job well done. This paper stresses the importance of human resource managers in finding the proper mix to garner satisfaction on behalf of the employee while obtaining efficient and productive results for the employer. This paper contains a detailed questionnaire which was used to interview managers and workers in both the service and production industries, as well as the results of the interviews. Based on the results of the questionnaire, there is a remarkable difference between the service industry and a production facility, which are detailed in this paper. The writer also delves into the issues of women, discrimination and affirmative action in the work place.
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Introduction
Satisfaction Questionnaire
The Measurement of Satisfaction
Conclusions
Works Cited
From the Paper "The interviews with "ordinary" workers as well as low-level management were conducted anonymously. There was no mention of name, race, or gender. Permission was sought and granted that the results would be shared with Human Resources Management. Unfortunately, as is often the case, less than 60% of the questionnaires passed out were submitted. Time did not provide sufficient availability of the employees for a "sit-down" discussion. Approximately 10% of the questionnaires, therefore, were filled out during personal, head-to-head discussions. One listened as long as the employee/manager was willing to talk. One thing was obvious, a sort of theme running throughout: in a tight labor market, there is far less loyalty to a company than there used to be. Books on the subject bear this out."
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Happy Workers Make Loyal Workers, 2007. This paper presents an examination of the benefits of providing on-site childcare for employees' children. 2,362 words (approx. 9.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 116.95 »
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Abstract The paper discusses a company's need to maintain a work environment that stimulates employee interaction and economic growth. The paper explains that offering employees on-site childcare will help strengthen the retention rate of the workers and attract the best in the industry for future hire. The paper discusses the benefits of both contractor and company run on-site childcare, as well as the ways that the company will succeed in this proposal. The paper concludes that companies no longer only have a competitive obligation to their industry, but they also have a social obligation to the community that they impact. Providing an on-site daycare center will help with that social obligation as well as increase the ability to recruit and retain the most professional employees in the industry.
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Introduction
Benefits
Comparing Contracting It Out Or Providing It Ourselves
Approximate Cost of Each Option
Conclusion
From the Paper "Avionics Solutions, a small firm based in Washington, D.D., is a leader in manufacturing avionics equipment and prides it self on being a family-owned business that delivers high quality products. It is in the company's best interest to stay ahead of the competition to retain its best employees. To this end, the company must maintain a work environment that stimulates employee interaction and economic growth. To recruit and retain the best employees in the industry it is important to understand that they are the company's greatest asset. Offering employees onsite childcare will help strengthen the retention rate of the workers and attract the best in the industry for future hire."
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Worlds Within Worlds, 2002. Examines the hidden lives of women in works by feminist writers de Beauvoir, Wollstonecraft and Woolf. 2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 129.95 »
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Abstract This paper will compare and contrast the one theme that binds all these three authors which is the dual role of women in society. The first role being that of the public woman (performing the duties that societies expect them to play) and the second is the private woman (the woman who realizes that what they desire does not always blend well with what society expects from them).
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From Old World China to the New World America, 2004. This paper reviews three novels, based on the generational transition from China to America: Amy Tan?s ?Joy Luck Club? and ?The Bonesetter?s Daughter? and Maxine Kingston?s ?The Woman Warrior". 835 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 47.95 »
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Abstract This paper explains that Amy Tan and Maxine Kingston?s central themes reflect the inherent difficulties faced by the foreigners in a different land. The author points out that, in ?Joy Luck Club?, Amy Tan employs the stories of four Chinese women and their highly Americanized daughters, bred and born in America. The paper states that Maxine Kingston reveals a great deal about the Chinese convictions pertaining to their culture and traditions, which have many superstitious beliefs in her book, ?The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood among Ghosts?.
From the Paper "However, the basic problem that thoroughly reflects the uneven, unbalanced and highly disturbing transformation from the old world to the new world is that of the lack of comprehension and interest of the young girls that belonged to these four Chinese women. Born and brought up in America, Jing-Mei, Lena, Rose, and Waverly all exhibited little emotional attachment to the culture they never experienced living in a foreign land and consequently showed clandestine aversion towards their own native cultural values. The four Chinese women who were also good friends, wanted comforts, luxuries and all the positive American values for their Chinese American daughters but also desperately wanted to inculcate a strong sense of discipline arising out of the Chinese traditions and cultural values into their daughters."
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'The Harper Collins World Reader - The Modern World', 2002. A critical analysis of 'The Harper Collins World Reader - The Modern World'. 1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, AU$ 71.95 »
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Abstract A paper that answers specific textual questions from the stories within the 'The Harper Collins World Reader -- The Modern World' written by Mary Ann Caws and Christopher Rendergast in a concise and clear manner.
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The Causes of World War I and World War II, 2002. A comparative analysis of the origins of the two World Wars. 900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 57.95 »
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Abstract This paper identifies the major causes of World War I and World War II. The causes of both wars lay in the political and military rivalries and consequent alliance building among major European powers. However, the rise of fascism and the Great Depression put World War II in different contexts. The scale of destruction is greater in World War II, but major changes in Western ideas emerged from the destruction of World War I.
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Capitalism in Today?s World, 2005. Examines the effects of capitalism on the workers of the world. 1,731 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 89.95 »
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Abstract Despite the obvious advantages of capitalism-increased production and availability of products-it tends to increase the gap, actual and proportional, between the upper and lower classes. This fact is true not only within countries with capitalist economies, but between nations with capitalist economies and developing nations. This paper shows that the global and social division of wealth, despite the new world economy, has continued to draw a sharper and deeper contrast between the rich and the poor of the world.
From the Paper "Largely, the global distribution of wealth has been determined in the past fifty years by those nations who have opened their doors to the western economy and those who have not. Obviously, the first stage of economic development is industrialization. The industrial revolution began in the United States almost a century ago, and has yet to reach many nations of the world. Unfortunately, many of the problems that faced the American workforce a hundred years ago face the workforce of these third and fourth world nations today. Lack of unions and labor laws make these workforces weak, and therefore, attractive to multinational corporations. The difference in today's market, however, is that the means by which American workers improved wages and conditions will simply not work in the global economy: companies do not depend on their workers in the same way; they can always move production elsewhere in the event of a strike."
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World Food Supply Verses World Population, 2002. A look at the growing population and what this means for world food supply. 2,010 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 102.95 »
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Abstract This paper analyzes the food supply available in the world and compares it to the rapidly growing world population. The author examines world food distribution and how it effects world hunger arguing that distribution is unequal. Includes arguments by various critics.
From the Paper "The increase in food production over the past 200 years has been greater than the increase in population. So we ask, Why do nearly twelve million children per year die of hunger? That number is more than the number of people who died each year in World War II, and these are children, not soldiers, we are talking about. (Lappe 2). It has been proven that there is enough food in the world for everybody to be sufficiently healthy. The problem is that this food has not been distributed equally among countries. With the world?s population expected to grow fifty percent by the year 2050 to 9.37 billion, What are the odds we can feed everybody then when we can?t even do it now? This is a question that has been studied, pondered, and written about extensively for years. Many people have different thoughts and opinions about it. Something definitely will have to be done in the future. The question is what."
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The Developing World versus the Developed World, 2008. This paper discusses the power held by the developed nations over the developing world. 861 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 2 sources, APA, AU$ 49.95 »
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Abstract In this article, the writer notes that the G7 nations of Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, and the United States remain some of the most powerful economic forces in the world today, yet they seem unable to exert any real pressure upon China according to Reuters reporter Louise Egan. Their conflict with China over China's currency value exemplifies the greater power held by developing nations in the current world economy. The writer points out that despite increasing pressure from the G7 nations to ensure that China's currency more accurately reflect its real value, China seems unlikely to allow its currency rise according to G7 demands.
From the Paper "Once upon a time when the U.S. caught an 'economic cold,' the rest of the world, particularly the G24 nations would catch the flu. Now that has changed. Furthermore, of the powerful, developed nations, the EU block countries rather than America and Japan exercise more dominance and have more confidence in the wake of difficulties when negotiating with the developing world.
"The IMF has been somewhat caught in the middle of this war between the G7 and G24 war for dominance. Because it has an inclusive membership policy for all nations, it strives to be accommodating rather than polarizing, especially after it was criticized for being unduly harsh to developing nations when they were suffering their own financial difficulties. "
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The Post World War I World Economy & The Plunge Into The Great Depression, 1987. Reviews the weakness of the post-WWI British economy & the hesitancy of U.S. policymakers of the era as the primary causes of the Great Depression. 900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, AU$ 50.95 »
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From the Paper " With the end of World War I, international efforts were begun to restore the workings of the international economy and the gold standard. But the restoration of the gold standard also meant the re-establishment of the old political order. Britain, however, lacked the economic power to fulfill the role she had played in the prewar system and the United States, her major economic rival after the defeat of Germany, was not prepared to fill the vacuum. This analysis will maintain that Britain's economic weakness and the inability of the United States to use its economic power to bolster the international economy were key sources of the structural weakness of the interwar gold standard. This general factor, combined with the financial complications of (...)"
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Imaginary Worlds in C.S. Lewis' Stories, 2005. A look at how author C.S. Lewis drew analogies between the imaginary world and the real world in his stories. 1,072 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 60.95 »
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Abstract This paper discusses and analyzes stories by C.S. Lewis and looks at how they challenge the reader to make sense of the secondary worlds and to imagine themselves in the place of the heroes and heroines who populate those worlds. The paper explains that, in his stories, Lewis supplies the imagination with information that the reader uses to distinguish what is true in the primary world from what is not in the secondary world.
From the Paper "In Prince Caspian, Lewis uses the metaphor of faith as seeing and the mystery that faith in the primary world is able to apprehend. The characters, Prince Caspian and Lucy Pevensie stand out as characters whose faith in the figure of Aslan is severely tested. Each rises courageously to the occasion and as a result serves all of Narnia. Lewis depicts the final fulfillment of faith and courage in the seventh concluding book of the Narnia series, The Last Battle. In this book, wickedness conspires against the primary world values of goodness and wins the struggle, and all of the heroes and heroines of Narnia end up on the other side of death in a better world. They have passed beyond the "Shadow-lands" where it is always "the morning" (The Last Battle 228)."
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Poverty and the World Bank, 2002. A paper which studies the problem of poverty in the world and questions the World Bank's policies to educate the poor. 2,995 words (approx. 12.0 pages), 8 sources, APA, AU$ 142.95 »
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Abstract This paper examines the efficacy of the World Bank?s educational policies as perceived through various literature that has been devoted to the subject recently. It determines whether the World Bank is truly addressing the root of the problem of poverty by investing so many millions of dollars yearly on educating the poor. This paper utilizes, primarily, two articles that deal specifically with the efficacy of the World Bank?s education programs: ?The Impact of Education on Economic Growth? by Francisco Rivera-Batiz and ?The World Bank?s Mission Creep? by Jessica Einborn. In addition, the paper uses several New York Times articles that question the World Bank?s role in alleviating poverty.
From the Paper "The result was apparent in India during the 1970s and early 1980s. India spent a large part of its government and private resources on educating its work force. The result was perhaps the most technologically literate and advanced workforce in the world -- at least among India?s middle-classes and upper-middle classes. But a huge number of these skilled laborers like doctors and engineers simply left the country en masse to America, Britain, the Middle East and Canada. India called the phenomenon the ?Brain Drain,? but indeed, it drained India?s spirit as well."
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New World Order, 2002. A look at the world's attempt to make a new world order. 2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 10 sources, AU$ 143.95 »
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Abstract This paper discusses the new world order, i.e. the steady efforts by the nations of the world to forge a world system that can secure for humanity the possibility of peace, justice and prosperity.
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