Essays about: "Manila"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 33 essays containing the word Manila.

  1. 21. Moving from offshore outsourcing to captive offshoring - An implementation process analysis

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Jessica Broström; Linn Viktoria Skagen; [2014-12-12]
    Keywords : captive offshore; offshore outsourcing; knowledge framework; BPO; KPO; Bangalore; Manila; transformation readiness; transformation process;

    Abstract : As a result of trade liberalization, technology development and worldwide competition, it has become common for service firms to source goods and services from low cost locations. The subject of offshoring and outsourcing is therefore widely discussed and the literature within this area is extensive. READ MORE

  3. 22. Hospitals exposed to flooding in Manila City, Philippines : GIS analyses of alternative emergency routes and allocation of emergency service and temporary medical centre

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Sanna Andersson; Sandra Stålhult; [2014]
    Keywords : flooding; GIS; Philippines;

    Abstract : Every year the Philippines get affected by a number of typhoons, which cause severe damage, sometimes due to flooding. The capital, Manila, is located on a flood plain that is partly at, and even below sea level and with several rivers crossing the area. READ MORE

  4. 23. Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children – in the Philippines : A qualitative study based on seven respondents’ construction of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children as a social problem 

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för socialt arbete (SA)

    Author : Lottie Trumars Jansson; Marielle Dahl; [2014]
    Keywords : children; CSEC; the Philippines; prostitution; abuse;

    Abstract : The aim of this study was to examine how commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) was constructed as a social problem in the Philippines. More specifically its aim was to find out how seven respondents from four different organisations in the Philippines constructed CSEC as a social problem and how they looked upon different solutions of the issue. READ MORE

  5. 24. “The Filipina is a fighter, a fighter for her rights, a fighter for her freedom to work and freedom to express herself” : An anthropological study about the feminization of migration in the Philippines

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturantropologiska avdelningen

    Author : Beatrice Maurin; [2014]
    Keywords : Female migration; The Philippines; Gender roles; Mother; Wife; Daughter; Gender obligations.;

    Abstract : This thesis is a result of a Minor Field Study with the purpose to examine the transnational labour migration by women in the Philippines who seek temporary employment abroad but plan to return to the Philippines after their contracts expired. The thesis is based on three months of anthropological fieldwork primarily in Manila between January and March 2013, using interviews and observations as my main methodological tool. READ MORE

  6. 25. Filipinos sailing on the seven seas : a qualitative study of Filipino seafarers working on international vessels

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Institutionen för Pedagogik

    Author : Nina Lindgren; Jessica Nilsson; [2012]
    Keywords : filipino seafarers; working conditions; impact on life;

    Abstract : BackgroundThe rough labour market in the Philippines affects the employability. The Philippines has a unemployment rate of in-between 7-8 percent. Therefore, many Filipinos are seeking employment overseas. Today, ten percent of the population are working on the globalized market. READ MORE