construction workers who toil hours in the sun. Society has taught us that the money is the key to a successful and fulfilling life. And so, university students elevate themselves to righteously believe that being a waiter at MacDonalds, a cashier at NTUC, or a part-time plumber is shameful. They are taught that they are failures if they go through education only to fail to be a big shot at your office. The perception of success has become a sick-twisted tale. We need to change
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UNIT 1 INTRODUCTION CONCEPT The term ‘Industrial Relations’ comprises of two terms: ‘Industry’ and ‘Relations’. “Industry” refers to “any productive activity in which an individual (or a group of individuals) is (are) engaged”. By “relations” we mean “the relationships that exist within the industry between the employer and his workmen.” | | | | The term industrial relations explain the relationship between employees and management which stem directly or indirectly from union-employer
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102 Part On e Organization s, Manag ement, and the Networked Enterprise Modernization of NTUC Income CASE STUDY TUC In com e (Incom e ), one of Singapore's la rgest insure rs, has over 1.8 million policy hold ers with total asse ts of S$21.3 billion . T h e insurer e mploys about 3,400 insurance advi sors a nd 1,200 oHke staff, with the majority located across a n e ight hranch n etwork. On Jun e 1, 2003, Income suc ceeded in the migration of its le gacy insura nce sys tems
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Introduction Flexible work arrangement denotes that employers permit employees to have alternative work schedule or arrangement apart from the traditional working conditions; allowing people who are unable to work at traditional office hours due to personal or family commitments to join the workforce. The common flexible work arrangement includes Flexi-Time, Part-Time Work, Job Sharing and Telecommuting. Gajendran and Harrison (2007, 1538) have concluded that flexible work arrangement has positive
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Imagine that you have been hired by a life insurance company to serve as a consultant. The company is especially interested in your opinions about what it might do to(1) convince consumers that currently do not own life insurance that they should have a life insurance policy, and (2) encouraging existing policyholders with inadequate levels of coverage to increase their coverage. Which stage of the decision-making process is most relevant here? How would you proceed in deciding what the company should
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(Syllabus) 週次 日期 內容（Subject/Topics） 1 101/09/13 Introduction to Case Study for Information Management 2 101/09/20 Information Systems in Global Business: 1. UPS, 2. The National Bank of Kuwait (Chap. 1) 3 101/09/27 Global E-Business and Collaboration: NTUC Income (Chap. 2) 4 101/10/04 Information Systems, Organization, and Strategy: Soundbuzz (Chap. 3) 5 101/10/11 IT Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies: Salesforce.com (Chap. 5) 6 101/10/18 Foundations of Business Intelligence: Lego (Chap. 6) 2
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Contents Company ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 1.1 Company Introduction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 1.2 Company Mission --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 1.3 Company Vision ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 1.4 Company Objective -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Company Brief History Ben & Jerry’s (B&J) Ice Cream first started in 1978, where their very first scoop shop opened in a renovated gas station in Burlington, Vermont. It was founded by two friends, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, who started the business out of their passion for eating. It has slowly expanded its scoop shops to other states and started distributing its ice-creams in pints. In 1988, B&J introduced its 3-part mission statement which shows their desire
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1.0 Introduction: Nestle is founded by Mr. Henri Nestle in 1866, thereafter he diversified his business and latter was branded the world’s largest food and beverage company. Nestle adopted the international strategy and led them to provide nourishing food for Asians’ health and wellness. In order to attain a higher market positioning, Nestle designed a customer-driven marketing strategy that build the right relationships with the right customers and in turns segmented them based on their needs
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SMRT Bus Driver Case: More pay but more work? A study of union, management and employees’ relationship and dispute management SMRT Bus Driver Case: More pay but more work? A study of union, management and employees’ relationship and dispute management 1. Negotiating Labour Agreement between Union and Management Both unions and management of organizations have their individual objectives that could be similar or different accordingly to their perspectives
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