Essays on Government Of Singapore

Introduction

It is imperative to note that productivity growth is an aspect that is often used by economists to gauge the performance of an economy. In evaluating the living standards of a country in the long-term, the efficiency with which capital and labor are combined has a significant role to play. However, it is worth noting that productivity alone cannot be relied on to measure the performance of an economy as it is inefficient. The concept has made most analysts to focus on other features such as labor productivity, a figure that is often arrived at by dividing the total ...

Executive Summary

The paper discusses current graduate labour market on Information Technology sector in Singapore. Singapore is considered IT hub hosting firms from across the services, software, spanning the internet, as well as Infocomm service space. These firms pursue comprehensive business activities within Singapore, ranging from research or development, offering of solutions to international markets to headquarter functions. The country continues to attract international IT firms and encourages companies to accept cloud computing as the market is anticipated to advance. Singapore has launched Smart Nation policy to steer its IT agenda. The country has many opportunities to offer graduates because of ...

Introduction

In the current business world, many companies hire experts from the international scene to lead their local teams. Undertaking work in a foreign country demonstrates mobility, flexibility and cultural acumen, and these are the qualities employers are constantly in search for. Working away from the national country can be risky and daunting and it needs careful consideration. Accountants, auditors and finance experts make international moves all over and gain an advantageous edge towards employment opportunity. This paper provides an empirical discussion on the factors that might influence considering a move to Oracle Corporations in Singapore. The paper evaluates the business environment, ...

Role Strain as a Common Problem for Working Mothers in Singapore and the Impact Singapore’s Government Paid Pro-Family Leave Schemes has on the Sociological Phenomenon of Role Strain (Student’s Full Name) Role Strain as a Common Problem for Working Mothers in Singapore and the Impact Singapore’s Government Paid Pro-Family Leave Schemes has on the Sociological Phenomenon of Role Strain Dictionary.com , which is based on the Random House Dictionary describes role strain as “the stress or strain” experienced by a person when “incompatible behavior, expectations, or obligations are associated with a single role” (n.d., par. 1). According to ...

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Please type your College name here Over the past decade or so, the number of teen suicides that were results of online intimidation, gossips, and insensitive communications has gained national attention to the aspect of the people’s use of technology and internet to apparently bully others. The first thing that occurs in the mind when this topic is thought of would be “What exactly does this cyberbullying mean?” Actually, this question remains to be the main focus of numerous debates, if not a disagreement that at least either of the sides makes. When ordinary bullying of an individual ...

Identification of Policy Area

Traffic congestion is when vehicles travel at speeds slower that it would be desired because there are more vehicles than a given road or road section can handle (Wigan, 1974; Cahill, 2007). Singapore was the first country to implement an urban traffic congestion-pricing scheme. The government of Singapore through the Land Transport Authority (LTA) formulates the policies to control traffic congestion in the country especially in Singapore city (Doli, 1993; Holland & Watson, 1980). The government came about the traffic control policies upon noting that the Singapore was growing at a fast rate, many people could afford cars. In early 1970s, the ...

Abstract

The term business can be used to refer to an activity that done that is profitable and viable. Business involves trading between two or more parties where an agreed price is determined. Trading can take the form of two countries that exchange goods and services through a given system. Singapore has emerged as a business hub due to various factors that facilitate proper business practice between the country and other nations. Trading is an inevitable activity in the community we live nowadays as it facilitates movement of goods and products from one area to another. Business on the global scale has ...

- Brief Outline Singapore as a former colony of Great Britain has struggled over the years to grow its economy and improve the quality of life of her people. One of the ways that Singapore has maintained its economy afloat is by maintaining bilateral ties with the country’s former colonizers. For any economy to flourish there has to be efficient infrastructure in place to allow the transport of goods and services across territories for trade purposes. As a developing nation Singapore has limited capital endowments. As a result of capital limitedness, Singapore continues to experiences various challenges with the transport ...

According to Anderson and Media (2013), there are various advantages and disadvantages of observing diversity in an organization. As such, there is the need to make sure that there is proper management of the diverse workforce so as to make sure there is consistency and smoothness in the running of the organization. There are some measures which should be put in place so as to make sure that the managers do not resort to individual attacks and ostracism in the workplace. Some of these are as discussed below. First of all, the organizations need to make sure that ...

History

The Formula 1 racing had a relatively humble beginning in Singapore, in the year 1961. Back then, it was called Orient Year Grand Prix. However, the following year this tournament was renamed as Malaysian Grand Prix and was called so till the year 1964. After Singapore gained its independence from Malaysia in 1965; this race was renamed as Singapore Grand Prix and was being conducted in the Thomson Road circuit during that period. The following years were quite tumultuous for this race; as it was shut in the year 1973. This was primarily due to the traffic congestion caused by ...

Integration model: used to provide seamless and effective healthcare for the elderly population in Singapore

Currently Singapore has no model in place that it uses for providing seamless healthcare for the elderly. This paper therefore suggests for the introduction of integration model in Singapore to be used to provide seamless healthcare for its ageing population. The reason why this model is highly recommended in Singapore is because if primarily focuses on geriatric care and as a trained geriatric nurse it is my passion to see that medical care and treatment of old people is done in the best way. The current system being used for geriatric care in Singapore is in service for the elderly. ...