Strategic Employment Relations: Debating Challenges in Global Workforce

Running head: STRATEGIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
STRATEGIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
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Introduction
The relationship that exists within the various areas of the employment might lead to the
factors that are related to the performance of the concerned organization in discussion. In the
essay that follows I would like to present four debatable topics that are related to the various
fields of employment within the organizations that have been functioning in a global setting. The
first point that I would like to present deals with the challenges of the bamboo ceiling as
compared to the challenges of the glass ceiling. In the second topic I would like to discuss the
issues that are faced by the Bangladeshi workers who have been producing the clothes for the
Australian market. The third factor that I would like to shed light on is the matter that pertain to
the employment of the locals at the senior positions instead of employing the expatriates. The
essay approaches the end with my attempts on the discussion on the gig economy and its impact
on the full-time employment of the employees of the organization.
Debate Topic 1
Affirmation
The bamboo ceiling within the Australian territories do pose a serious challenge in the
work field in Australia. The bamboo ceiling within the Australian territories tend to lead to the
conditions wherein the people of the Asian origin might find it difficult to secure higher
positions within the company (Baumgartner, and Schneider 2010). This might lead to the
conditions wherein the concerned workforce of the organization might encounter problems due
to their inability to secure the better positions win the concerned company. The women might
feel the need to be as aggressive as the men in order to maintain their positions within the

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company. This might help them to overcome the glass-ceiling challenges (Lakshminarayanan
2011).
Negation
The glass challenge within the Australian territories play a huge role within the
employment of certain sections of the workforce just like the bamboo ceiling. The glass ceiling
tends to bar a certain section of the workforce from attaining better positions within the
concerned company (Zhu and Tung 2016). The movie in discussion, “The Devil Wears Prada”
tends to elucidate the factors that are related to the glass ceiling challenges that are faced by the
women who have been placed at higher positions within the company.
(Vuws.westernsydney.edu.au 2018). The glass ceiling tends to levy the changes that are related
to the implementation of the biases within the given industry.
Opinion
In the Australian context, it might be pointed out that the bamboo ceiling poses to be a
more important problem rather than those that pertain to the glass challenge that is encountered
by the organizations. This hampers the various matters that are related to the proper functioning
of the concerned organization due to the lack of the proper distribution of the talent within the
organization. However, according to me, this seems to be the reason of the huge unemployment
within the territories of Australia. The presence of the bamboo ceiling has also added to the
matters that pertain to the discrimination within the Australian boundaries.
Debate Topic 2
Affirmation

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The absence of the basic privileges within the workforce of Bangladesh has been the
major concerns of the various Australian firms that have been outsourcing the manufacturing
departments to the various developing countries like Bangladesh (Knowthechain.org 2018). The
Australian companies might be advised to levy extra charges against all the various garments as
well as the other products that are actually manufactured in Bangladesh (Truscott, Brust and
Fesmire 2007). The extra charges that might be as low as the 2 dollars might help the economy
of Bangladesh. The Australian garment industry is known to outsource the manufacturing
department to Bangladesh thereby involving a great section of the population of Bangladesh
(Taplin 2014). This might also help in the matters that pertain to the overall growth of the
economy of Bangladesh.
Negation
The amount that is collected from the clientele of the organization as a contribution
towards the better living conditions within the territorial boundaries of Bangladesh might not
reach the concerned workers. This might need the intervention of the UN in order to ensure the
receipt of the funds by the concerned workers (Ohchr.org 2018). The people of Bangladesh who
have actually been working for the Australian garment industry might be held responsible for the
increase of the global waste due to their involvement in the fast fashion industry (Edutv-informit-
com-au.ezproxy.uws.edu.au 2018).
Opinion
The above discussion might point out to the fact that there exist discrepancies between
the payments that have been offered to the actual labor force of the company. According to me,
the company in discussion might need the intervention of the UN in order to ensure the receipt of