... Pre-sessional 2013 Why is it particularly necessary for HR managers in national companies in China to focus on protecting female employees’ working rights Written Project By LI FANGCHEN 30th August 2013 Supervisor: Darren Fox Declaration The work contained in this project is my own and has not been submitted for any other qualification. All sentences and passages quoted from published sources have been specifically acknowledged by referencing to author, work and page(s). Name: Li Fangchen Signature: Date: 30th August 2013 Content 1. Introduction 1 2. Current situation and problems of gender inequality in the workforce in China 1 2.1 General situation in gender discrimination 1 2.2 Discrimination against young women 2 2.3 Discrimination against migrant female workers 3 3. Compare with the situation in Europe 3 4. What measures should be taken 4 4.1 Recruitment and selection 4 4.2 Personal development 4 4.3 New organization of work 5 Reference 6 1. Introduction Gender inequality is a problem among the workplace globally, female employees tend to be paid fifteen to fifty percent less than male employees when they are working the same job. (Burnett,2010) In terms of the situation in China, although the Constitution in 1982 has reinforced laws and regulations to protect women's rights, the level...
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...discrimination and the diverse outcome for males and females. This is commonly referred to as gender inequality. According to Dorius and Firebaugh (2010), gender inequality is where one gender possesses an excessively large proportion of valued items, such as political influence, wages or good health. Although every region of the world has developed policies and laws to tackle gender inequality, Asia-Pacific has countries with varying social and economic circumstances. This essay will examine gender inequality in two Asia-Pacific states, namely China and Singapore. The essay will consider employment and family-based gender inequality in each nation and assess the similarities and differences between them. Gender inequality has major impacts on nations, in particular on the Asia-Pacific zone. Francisco (2007) delineates various forms of inequality, namely mortality, natality, basic facility, special opportunity, professional, ownership and household forms of inequality. In this field, Jutting, Morrison, Dayton- Johnson and Drechsler (2008) argue that gender equality is vital to promote economic growth, wealth creation and poverty reduction. As an illustration, the Asia-Pacific region foregoes approximately 2-4 percent of GDP per year due to low female workforce participation rates (UNDP 2014a). Similarly, Plagnol and Scott (2009) cite a leading study that shows women are subject to a “pay penalty”. This is evidenced by females being paid between 15 and 50 percent less for the same...
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...Gender Differences and Social Work Intervention in China Introduction Professional activity is one of the most important human activities in modern society; its effects permeate all areas of personal, family and social life. As China's market economy development and social transformation, and increasingly fierce competition in the labor market, unemployment and the rising threat of job flows down, various pressures caused by occupational activities are turned into a widespread social phenomenon. Social development is sustainable, inappropriate occupational stress is not only not conducive to human physical and mental health, family harmony, organizational effectiveness, from a long-term point of view to harmonious and sustainable economic and social development will have a negative impact. Occupational stress mechanisms, manifestations and reaction of certain differences exist in different populations. From a gender perspective, we can see that female occupational stress problem is very prominent. Thus, gender differences in occupational stress is becoming a psychology, sociology, economics, management, organizational behavior, and other subjects of concern to many disciplines. In view of this, angles of social work, this paper, combined with the gender difference in occupational stress survey data, create female occupational stress management and mitigation of social work intervention mechanisms with a view to achieving ease female occupational stress and effective stress management...
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...Introduction: China as a developing country, she changes a lot especially in the recent years. China had changed planning economic into market economy. After the reform of China policy, China’s gross domestic product growth rapidly. These kinds of situation bring about good opportunities for foreign investment to invest in China. Howton Ltd, is interested to take over a Chinese telecommunication company, New wonders in Shanghai, and Howton Ltd was interested in increasing its market share. Before the take over, to understand the local situation and Human Resource situation in China is very important. In term of the requirement of the Chief Executive Officer of Howton Ltd, Mr. Richard Wilson, we reported some researches and give some recommendations to Mr. Richard Wilson. The purpose of study of this report were as followings: To provide necessary information for Howton Ltd take over the local telecommunication company. Analysis the Chinese local situation for the Human Resource Department, help them to know the opportunities and threat in China. Recommend some suggestion for Howton Ltd to cope with the local situation in China, also give some recommendation for reform New Wonders’s Human Resource System. The scope of our research included all the east city of China; the emphasis of our research is Shanghai. During in the research we use interview, research on the ground, questionnaire, also get some professional report from the Internet. ...
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...THE WILLIAM DAVIDSON INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Economic Reform and Changing Patterns of Labor Force Participation in Urban and Rural China By: Margaret Maurer-Fazio, James Hughes and Dandan Zhang William Davidson Institute Working Paper Number 787 August 2005 Economic Reform and Changing Patterns of Labor Force Participation in Urban and Rural China Margaret Maurer-Fazio* Department of Economics Bates College Lewiston, ME 04240 (207) 786-6067 (phone) mmaurer@bates.edu and James W. Hughes Department of Economics Bates College Lewiston, ME 04240 (207) 786-6193 (phone) jhughes@bates.edu and Zhang Dandan Division of Economics, RSPAS Australia National University Rm. 5008, Coombs Building 9 Fellows Road, Canberra ACT0200, Australia dandan.zhang@anu.edu.au • Contact author Economic Reform and Changing Patterns of Labor Force Participation in Urban and Rural China By Margaret Maurer-Fazio, James W. Hughes, and Dandan Zhang Abstract In this project, we employ data from the Chinese population censuses of 1982, 1990, and 2000 to examine reform-era changes in the patterns of male and female labor force participation and in the distribution of men’s and women’s occupational attainment. Very marked patterns of change in labor force participation emerge when we disaggregate the data by age cohort, marital status, sex, and rural/urban location. Women have decreased their labor force participation more than men, and urban women much more than rural women...
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...COMPARISM OF HR POLICIES AND PRACTICES IN CHINA AND PAKISTAN INTRODUCTION The introduction of globalization has brought an awareness of the differences in partaking in business activities from one country to the other and from region to region. This is because policies and structures that guide the successful conduct of business activities vary. Human Resource is the most important asset for any organization as it is the source of achieving competitive advantage as well as the development of organisational strategy. In order to succeed, organisations must ensure that they have an effective HRM system in order to achieve organisational objectives. CHINA Name: Peoples Republic of China Population: 1.35 billion Capital: Beijing Largest City: shanghai Area: 9.6 million sq km (3.7 million sq miles) PAKISTAN Name: Islamic Republic of Pakistan Population: 176.7 million (UN, 2011) Capital: Islamabad Largest City: Karachi Area: 796,095 sq km (307,374 sq Major languages: Mandarin Chinese Major religions: Buddhism, Christianity, miles), excluding Pakistaniadministered Kashmir (83,716 sq km/32,323 sq miles) Major languages: English, Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto, Balochi Islam, Taoism Life expectancy: 72 years (men), 76 years (women) (UN) Monetary unit: 1 Renminbi (yuan) (Y) = Major religion: Islam 10 jiao = 100 fen; Life expectancy: 65 years (men), 67 years (women) (UN) CHINA Main exports: Manufactured goods, such...
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...Though red wine has still taken over 85% market share in China, during the first season in 2013, white wine import volume increased by 39% in Hongkong, and in most cases, Hongkong leads the luxury consumption of mainland. IWSR also predicts that white wine market has the possibility to surpass red wine's. During 2011 and 2015, the growth of white wine will be at 69% while red wine is at 53%. Therefore, there is a huge space for Hugel&Fils to expand their market. SWOT Analyze Strength: High quality products Alsace has a unique micro-climate which ensures a build-up of aromatic components. Second, Hugel&Fils is a brand over 375 years, the better equipment for pressing grapes and handpicked skills can ensure the better wines. Considerate and professional services Their factory in Colmar can provide customers with considerate services and professional explanation, so is the cellar door. The website is attractive with many languages. Overseas business and high reputation Hugel&Fils exports 80% of its wines to over 100 countries and it is one of the Primum Familiae Vini which is founded by Top 11 wine family around the world. Opportunity: Huge potential consumers A research from Wine Intelligence indicates that nowadays, more and more young people in China especially the middle class and female consumers are interested in white wine, it becomes popular in south China. People from Southern part of China have the taste preference of light and refreshing wine to...
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...message to one and the opposite individual retrieves it and responds. However the message that is sent can be misunderstood in various ways usually this can happens for a number of reasons however cultural influence in the most prominent effector for both verbal communication and non-verbal communication. All heath care professionals need to be understanding, considerate and have patience in order to communicate to other individuals what are native to speaking English and using English terms and customs. Responding to the sent message. Responding to the sent message. Retrieving and understanding the message. Retrieving and understanding the message. Sender Sender Care professionals need to have awareness of and sensitivity to cultural differences when communicating with others. For example people speak a range of languages, use different words, phrases and dialects I different regions of the world and may use different forms of non-verbal behavior to express themselves during individual and group interactions based on their culture. Health care professionals don’t develop an awareness of cultural variations in communication and in interaction styles and presences, communications may be misunderstood or may make no sense at all. Cultural influence on verbal communication. Words. Many people find that that learning a second language is exceptionally difficult and are...
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...the wayside. Banana Republic needs to be renewed and evolve to the ever changing consumer environment. With this IMC plan Banana Republic will rise to the top again and become a top competing brand in the retail clothing industry. Through some research we have established an IMC that will bring about ultimate success for Banana Republic. We will start by the creation of a new branch of Banana Republic with a new target market that seems to have a lot of control and power these days on what is trendy and what isn’t. This market is what I would consider the young professional group, consisting of both males and females that are in the stage of their life where they have either graduated high school, in college, or graduated college and are starting their own lives. The IMC plan suggests the creation of the new brand Banana Republic Young or better know as BRY. Like mentioned it will cater to the young professional group and we will reach them through multiple ways. We will reach out to them through magazine, TV, radio, internet, and through our public relations to rebuild a better brand of Banana republic and to make what was once a very successful company successful again. Introduction Banana Republic was founded in 1978 by Mel and Patricia Ziegler in San Francisco California and is a subsidiary of The Gap (Banana Republic Inc. History). It originated as a safari and travel clothing company and reflects an American sensibility with a positive and optimistic viewpoint...
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...Doc 3 is the constitution of North Vietnam that explicitly states how women will receive equal pay with men for doing the same work. In fact, the constitution even allows women to take time off of work before and after work, a privilege that men did not receive. Doc 4 is a study on the percentage of women that held professional jobs in the Soviet Union. While the study shows that women are the minority of the workforce in professional jobs, this study was made in Washington, D.C. and published in the U.S. during the cold war. An American study during the cold war would be biased against the Soviet Union and would want to portray the Soviet Union in a negative light. In this case, inequality in their workforce. While this source contradicts document 3, it is not creditable. Evidence that women did not fully achieve equality is in doc 7. Document 7 was made in 1980, decades after the establishment of Romania as a communist state. Women's struggle for rights continued after the establishment of a communist government and well into the late twentieth century. Women in Romania were faced with many more responsibilities...
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...One Child Policy China What is the Policy? In the late 1970’s the Chinese government decided to introduce a number of measures to reduce the country’s birthrate and slow down the mass population growth. One of the greatest and most successful policies was the “One Child Policy”. This policy involves a couple only being allowed one child per family. In 1950 the rate of population change in China was 1.9%, an increase of around 1% would mean that the population would double in less than 24 years. The policy was established by the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in 1979, at first this was a temporary measure to limit childbirths but has been continued ever since. At first when the policy was introduced there were two major concerns, how it would affect the booming economy and society in general? Why was it introduced? When the “One Child Policy” was brought into action in 1979 China’s population was 975.4 million people, in 2012 the population of China is around 1.34 billion, this is a growth of 138%. Although this seems a lot China is slowly slowing down their population growth especially compared to India’s which has had a 180% increase. The most recent peak in fertility rates in China was in the late 1960’s when it was 5.91. When the “One Child Policy” was introduced the fertility rate of Chinese women was 2.91 and the country had to slow this down, as they would not have enough resources and a structured infrastructure for the country to keep growing. Previous...
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...1. For the consumption and class issue, please review any two articles in the section to show how the state’s social engineering projects created classes in contemporary China. a. State Meets Capital: the Making and Unmaking of a New Chinese Working Class by Ngai Pun b. Creating an Urban Middle Class: Social Engineering in Beijing by Luigi Tomba Before explaining how the state’s social engineering projects created classes in contemporary China, I will provide a definition of class. According to Fred Chiu in Pun’s work, the term “class” exists because individuals join together to form an identity. Classes are created in contemporary China through modernization and creating job opportunities. Traditionally, during the Mao era, urban planners tried to design cities that had diversity and not segregated to prevent inequality. It was to emphasize and support the principles of Communism. Also, the usage of temporary workers in the Mao era was not common. According to Tomba, the way the government distributes is still part of the segregation today. The government has been giving easier access to those that work for the government housing of their choice. Also, the commercialization of housing is another reason. However, it started to change when plants starting to grow in cities like Shenzhen. According to Pun, open-door policies and economic reform encouraged the introduction of foreign capital. Shenzhen was chosen by Guangdong provincial government as an experimental model...
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...There are various cultures in the world. Cultural diversity has brought cross cultural interactions beyond geographical boundaries. Every culture has values and beliefs which reflects cultural and social influences, relationships, and personal needs in an individual. Health cultural values “shape human behaviors and determine what individuals will do to maintain their health status, how they will care for themselves, and others who become ill, and where and from whom they will seek health care” (Edelman & Mandle, 2010). Transcultural nursing is a practice to transform health care and help people of diverse cultures. An analysis of Leninger's vision for the work of transcultural nursing indicates that there are many barriers and issues in health care, particularly for persons from diverse cultures. For instance, health care for poor Americans and ethnic minorities is less than optimal because they are unable to pay for services because of lack of insurance (Edelman & Mandle, 2010). Ethnicity is a reference to a collective identity, a sense of uniqueness within the larger society, and a distinction from nonmembers. Ethnicity denotes a sharing of customs, food, dress, music, religion, and of symbols, such as language, among those who see themselves as fellow members of the group (Edelman & Mandle, 2010). An ethnic group may have “common geographic origins, family patterns, language, religion, values, traditions, symbols, music, dietary preferences, and employment...
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...Haoyang Ding Soc 324 As my background, I come from China, the traditional Chinese mode of thinking that boys are important than girls. In the feudal China society this situation is more significant. Most Chinese families has a very clear distinction between different gender. For instance, my father responsible to earn money and my mom responsible to take care All family member's life. Like, cooking, take care my grandmother and grandfather. On the one hand, I grow up in the traditional Chinese family and as the only male in the second generation in my family. So mostly my opinion about sexuality are influenced by my parents. On the other hand, as a foreigner, I studied in the US four years, so I think race, religion, nationality also influences my ideas about sexuality. For my personal experience, there are several factors influenced my sexuality. Firstly, my parents influenced my sexuality. When I was children, my parents told me you can’t dress, skirt, you should dress like a man. When I was in elementary school, my parents start asking me, “do you have a girlfriend?” all those things remind me, I should dress like a man not lady and I should find a girlfriend not boyfriend. So I think my parents influenced my sexuality. Secondly, in adolescence period, all my friends are straight guy, we always talked about pretty girls. I think at this progress, I know I should date with girls, not boys and in that period I never thought about the sexuality. I never meet gay or lesbian before...
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...19 Introduction Background Mr. Pizza Korea Co., Ltd. is a Korean pizza franchise company. Headquartered in Banpo-Dong Seocho-Gu Seoul, Korea, it was established in 1990. It is a restaurant chain making Korean style pizza. After establishing a franchise in Ewha Women's University, Mr. Pizza opened a store in Beijing, China in 2000. The Mr. Pizza’s logo, a slanted, stylized 'Pizza & Hand', is symbolic of two people (the company and customer) shaking hands. And its official slogan is "Love for Women" as for 2008. Its food is healthy and of good quality. Its service is full of creativity and elegance. And it is famous for its Golden Pizza series with relatively higher price. It keeps up with the trends of the food industry: healthy food with fashionable experience, and aimed at the white-collar female as their target market. Therefore, Mr. Pizza enjoyed a huge success in Korea with 370 branches, and was regarded as Korean’s favorite pizza brand. Problem Soon, it spread its market to the US, Vietnam, and opens its first store in Beijing, China in 2000. With a big proud, Mr. Pizza set up their goal that it would open as much as 300 branches in China until 2008. However, when we look at the figure we get from its official website, we are totally surprised that the number is only 20. The information above reflects a big conflict between their goal and the very uncomfortable truth....
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