Saturday, March 5, 2011

SHORT PASSAGES






1>All laws emanate from the constitution of India. Both central and state Governments can enact legislation on labour affairs . The origin of labour legislation lies in the ILO , an international body consisting of Representatives of Government , labour  and employer from from various countries. Legislative enactments covering the two areas of Norms and Standards and 
Welfare and Amenities are under the guidance of ILO. These two problems of legislative enactments help in reconciling the strains of industrial work with social needs.


2>Wage is a remuneration to fabour of the work done or the service rendered by it to the employees.The problem of wage fixation in a modern democratic society is by far the most difficult of all empolyer-employee  relationship. A delicate balance has to be struck between wages paid to the workers , the profits passed on to the shareholders and the services rendered to the community 
.The committees on Fair Wage , distinguished their levels of wages namely minimum wage , living wage , and the fair wage,,  immediately after the attainment of independence, the industrial relations situation started deteriorating rapidly and thus industrial policy resolution was declared in 1948. The first five year plan (1951-56) contained some significant statements regarding wagepolicy.


3>The internet is clearly the foremost among new information technologies that promise to significantly impact the day to day circumstances of all social relations. The internet is a real example of broad band wide area computer network that allows each individual user an equal voice or atleast an equal opportunity to speak. Increasing number of people upon discovering the internet 
are enamoured by the technology's ability to publicly legimate their self expression and by the freedom it provides from traditional space and time barriers. A central question is whether, as is often claimed , this empowerment and the ability to connect with increasing ease to ever growing numbers of like minded people encourage a sense of community.




4>Success does not mean the absense of failures. It means the attachment of ultimate objectives. It means winning the war, not every battle. We have met people and who literally wander through life. They simply accept whatever fat brings them. A few may succeed by accident , but most suffer through a lifetime of frustration and unhappiness. Have you ever wondered why some individuals, organisations are more successful than others? It is not a secret. These people simply think and act more effectively . They have learnt how to do so by investing in the most valuable asset viz. people. The success of an individual organisation or country depends on the quality of the people. people can be your biggest asset or your biggest liablity. 




5>Advertising is the practice of informing and influencing others not personally known to the communicator. through paid messages in the media. From humble origins. advertising has developed in parallel with modern industrial society and the mass media News sheets in the 17th century carried brief statements, but it was not the until the late 19th century , with the advent of mass production of consumer goods . that the industry developed on the huge scale found today. Advertising for consumer goods. weather of the fast moving variety or durables has long been the most conspicuous kind . on poster sites . in the press , and on television. 'display' ads for such 
products in news-papers or magazines are characterised  by their size and use of graphics ,slogans and large type. In contrast 'classified' ads are typically single-column width, consisting of words only and grouped together under headings . other approaches include direct marketing , both of which have resulted from the difficulty mass media advertising has in reaching a target audience and measuring its own effectiveness.




6>Worrying is normally part of human nature. It is also waste of both time and emotional energy "long-distance worrying " especially so .
 I observed this fascinating habit years ago in some of my patients. They were losing sleep and doing a lot of "what if' thinking about things that weren't  going to happen for months , if at all. 
          One woman I saw spent her nine months dreading the possibility that her husband might be transferred to another city at some unspecified future date. Another patient poetically called this behaviour " borrowing trouble from the future" . I labelled it " long distance worrying"  and have since learned , that identifying the habit--- and its emotional cost -- is the easy part. The challenge is to stop it. Long-distance worrying takes a lot of energy and great endurance. But you can attend to problems in  a more functional and healthy way. 
 Remember; If something is out of your hands, worry is futile. If it is within your control do somthing about it. Either ways worry ads nothing except more stress.

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