Not So Terrible By Ben Powell - 945 Words

Not So Terrible Ben Powell’s â€Å"In Defense of ‘Sweatshops’† article offers an uncommon point of view regarding the necessity of sweatshops. Powell knows that people know about sweatshops, but he offers another angle to the topic. The point he tries to get across is how sweatshops can actually be beneficial to the people in the third world countries, rather than them being a terrible thing. Throughout the article, he brought up some relatively good points, but not all he had to say was backed up with evidence. Therefore, Powell’s article was semi-effective. In Powell’s piece, he talks about how people in the United States view sweatshops as a terrible thing, but sweatshops are not the same in our first world country as they are in third world countries. He talks about how in third world countries, workers try to find the jobs available that are better than their alternatives. He also has charts that show that even though sweatshop workers get paid way less than what we as a first world country would even consider to be a livable wage is a higher paying job compared to the alternatives for the standard of living in that country. He also goes on about the people that are anti-sweatshops and want to increase working conditions for workers. They want to see changes such as, a minimum age requirement, minimum wage, safety and health conditions, and limited hours actually worked. What these people do not recognize is the fact that in third world countries the productivity in workersShow MoreRelatedOrganisational Theory230255 Words    |  922 Pagesdone some sterling service in bringing together the very diverse strands of work that today qualify as constituting the subject of organisational theory. Whilst their writing is accessible and engaging, their approach is scholarly and serious. It is so easy for students (and indeed others who should know better) to trivialize this very problematic and challenging subject. This is not the case with the present book. This is a book that deserves to achieve a wide readership. Professor Stephen AckroydRead MoreTop 1 Cause for Project Failure65023 Words   |  261 Pagesdelivery of and manage this combined service. The Research bodies were very reluctant to comply with a one size fits all arrangement. (There were research functions as diverse as Arts to Engineering and Environment to Social Sciences).So we had from the beginning poor Stakeholder ownership. Involvement was varied from truculant to compliant. Then there was the Vendor Issue! Two high profile companies were involved in the database platform and desktop/back room hardware. ThereRead MoreStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 PagesDilemma Is Social Loafing Shirking? 300 Case Incident 1 Negative Aspects of Collaboration? 300 Case Incident 2 Herd Behavior and the Housing Bubble (and Collapse) 301 CONTENTS xiii 10 Understanding Work Teams 307 Why Have Teams Become So Popular? 308 Differences Between Groups and Teams 309 Types of Teams 310 Problem-Solving Teams 310 †¢ Self-Managed Work Teams 310 †¢ Cross-Functional Teams 311 †¢ Virtual Teams 312 Creating Effective Teams 312 Context: What Factors Determine Whether Teams