1. Team Project – Due Week 11 Monday 11:59AM – 30%

Topic – Team Report – MNCs and Global Industrial Relations context (30%)

Students will write a 1500-word report concerning the following issues:

Q1. How do the MNCs adopt/face/respond to Industrial relations/labour relations policies of host countries they operate in, especially if the parent country and host countries have contrasting views on the role of unions? (For instance, Home country is low unionized/anti-union and Host country is unionized/pro-union and vice versa)

Q2. Based on your research provide suggestion on how the MNCs can overcome the industrial relation challenges faced in host country.

Report should be based on multiple real life MNC examples and/or country/region wide discussions. Descriptive assignments will be marked down. Provide a very short introduction one paragraph half- page only. Your focus should be on Q1 as that’s your main analysis. Include proper in-text citations and APA style referencing for all sources. A minimum of 15 references are required. Follow the APA Report style but DONOT include executive summary – This way you can use your 1500 words towards analysis.

Requirements: TEAM CHARTER – GROUP SUBMISSION – You are required to submit team charter for the team project after you have finalized your team members (only one charter per team). You should agree on meeting times, team goals, allocation of tasks and deadlines for work submission. Signing the charter means you all agree to the goals and tasks. Hand over the team charter to your instructor in week 5 using ‘dropbox’ submission available in week 5.

TEAM EVALUATIONS – INDIVIDUAL SUBMISSION – In week 10 each team member will separately submit the team evaluation form using ‘dropbox’ submission. Inform your instructor right away if any team member is not cooperating and not performing the assigned tasks. After the result is out instructor will not be responsible for any group conflicts that were not communicated in advance.

Each team has to have 5 members strictly – A team with less than 5 people will not be accepted by instructor and your paper will not be checked. If you have a serious issue that requires exception contact your instructor right away and seek permission/approval.

Assessment Criteria:

You will be marked for the following:

1. Clarity: Refers to clarity of writing – How easily understandable your concepts are. How grammatically correct the entire project is. Although simple, error free English is okay but at post grad level you are required to write in formal/academic style.

2. References/Sources: You are required to use at least 15 references for the team project (at least 6 of 15 references should be academic/peer reviewed)

3. Formatting: Assignment should adhere to the APA formatting style; Times new roman, font size 12, double spacing. You should also know the difference between essay/paper and report.

4. Coherence: Since this is a team project, this should not look like different pieces of writing put together. The paper should have connectivity, good transitions and coherence through out.

5. Analysis: Analysis is at the heart of paper – this project requires you to analyse either regions or multinational companies and their union relations globally. You must focus your analysis on region specific/company specific knowledge. Theoretical assignments will be marked down. Use as many region specific/company specific examples as you can.

6. Paper requirements: Lastly, you will be assessed based on whether or not you have answered the questions being asked AND whether your group understood the paper requirements or not.

ZARA 2

Zara

Students Name:

ZARA 1

University Affiliation:

The dream of every other organization is to establish a market that can serve so many people around the globe. This means that the organization will become recognized around the globe and having as many outlets as possible. Zara is a Spanish apparel retailer which is based in Galicia. It is a fast-fashion clothing and accessory retailer that is Spanish. The organization was founded in 1975 by Amancio Ortega and Rosalia Mera. The organization today is well established and popularly known around the globe. In the most recent information for July, food, drink, garments, and transport are altogether less expensive than simultaneously a year ago while, then again, the expense of inns and eateries, schooling, and lodging has gone up. Falling petroleum costs have brought down the expense of transport, yet vehicle protection increments in transit will somewhat offset that (Androsova, 2017).

Regardless of whether you see costs to be falling or rising relies upon the container of products and enterprises you devour, which may contrast from the normal. A cyclist who eats out a ton will not profit by falling petroleum costs and will confront greater expenses for suppers. A couple whose family is raised and whose home loan is paid off will not be disturbed by expansions in the cost of lodging or training. Notwithstanding, as any individual who ventures knows, Ireland is for the most part a costly spot to live (Meyer, 2004).

Germany is the parent country of the organization but yet Ireland is making more money than Germany. Statistically, people in Ireland are willing to spend more money and even the rates and living standards are so high and hence there will be more purchasing power in the country. The more people who are willing to buy in a given country, the more money the organization will be able to make (Dailey, 2003). 

References

Androsova, G., Krause, R., Borghei, M., Wassenaar, M., Auce, P., Avbersek, A., … & Zimprich, F. (2017). Comparative effectiveness of antiepileptic drugs in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis. Epilepsia, 58(10), 1734-1741.

Ghemawat, P., Nueno, J. L., & Dailey, M. (2003). ZARA: Fast fashion (Vol. 1). Boston, MA: Harvard Business School.

Meyer, C. (2004). The hard side of soft policy co-ordination in EMU: the impact of peer pressure on publicized opinion in the cases of Germany and Ireland. Journal of European Public Policy, 11(5), 814-831.