Thesis (DTech (Philosophy (Human Resources Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2007 / With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1998 and the fall of the
famous Berlin Wall, the final victory or triumph of capitalism over
its alternatives, heralded a neoliberal economic system known as
globalisation, which was postulated to address the problem. of
humankind, including workers, on a global scale. This postulation·
led many nations to rush to infuse themselves into the capitalist
global system, which is reflected by the opening up of borders to
the transnational juggernauts of globalisation. However, a few years
into the euphoric global capitalist triumphalism, globalisation and
internationalisation seems to have produced some negative
consequences for human resources and industrial democracy, both in
the North and South. As capital proceeds with its accumulation,
expansion and profitability, unemployment has burgeoned, as the
government's power to create lasting employment has been supIne
owing to the privatisation of the public sector, retrenchment in the
private sector, as a direct result of automation, re-engineering,
outsourcing and the disastrous effect of global competition, which
has eroded labour unionism. In the present state of affairs, labour
has been requested to bear the burden of global capitalist hegemony,
and the pro-globalist argument, that in the long-run the benefit of
globalisation would yield a trickle-down effect to the worst affected
workers, has turned a mirage, while the discontentment of the
average working class and the majority who have lost out In the
global economy, is the cause of renewed widespread global tensions.
The current state of affairs has had a polarising effect on people's
view, and has resulted in the development of two schools, namelythe pro-globalist and the anti-globalist camps. With the former
persistently asserting that globalisation and internationalisation
have positive repercussions for workers and industrial democracy,
the latter strongly opposes the above assertion. The author of this
study aligns more with the latter's view. Therefore, the aim of this
research is to prove, beyond reasonable doubt, that there is actually
a negative functional relationship between globalisation,
internationalisation, human resources and industrial democracy, and
to postulate some ameliorating mechanisms, which could enhance·
the putative negative relationship, so that a higher human, social
and economic order is realised
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| Date | January 2007 |
| Creators | Ukpere, Wilfred Isioma |
| Publisher | Cape Peninsula University of Technology |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/za/ |
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