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Everyone knows that conflict is an ever-present dynamic in any group, business, and organization – the real question is how to deal with these dynamics. Here is a very poignant way of showing what kinds of conflict are present in the workplace and how to approach them. For more human resource, training, and seminar tips and articles, visit http://www.quicktrainingsolutions.com
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The National Right to Work Foundation has just filed a Freedom of Information Act request, asking the Obama Administration to shed some light on its connections to Big Labor’s top political operatives.
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Tags: Department of Labor, FOIA, obama, RIght to Work |
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In today’s fast-paced, high intensity work place conflict plays a major part in our everyday activities. From small disagreements to outright verbal battles, conflict is a normal part of most everyone’s daily lives. Managing Conflict at Work, The Art of Communication looks at conflict as a normal part of life and shows how to turn it into a positive experience-yes, a positive experience.
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Though originally set to an Italian libretto, “Orfeo ed Euridice”, Gluck’s first step in his reform of the operatic form, owes much to the genre of French opera, particularly in its’ extensive use of accompanied recitative and a general absence of vocal virtuosity. In fact, it is generally supposed that Gluck frankly took Rameau’s “Castor et Pollux” as his model when he sat down to compose “Orfeo”: indeed, the plot of the earlier work, in particular, the rescue of Pollux by Castor from the infernal regions, has much in common with that of “Orfeo”, so it is possible that Gluck took many hints from Rameau’s musical treatment of the various scenes which the two works have in common. Therefore, it seems quite fitting that twelve years after the 1762 premiere of the original work, in 1774, Gluck presented his work to the Parisian public, readapting it, in the process, to suit the tastes of the audience at the Academie Royale de Musique. This reworking was given the title “Orphee et Eurydice” which is the version of this ever well-known piece that I want to present in this series of uploads.
The recording presented here is Minkowski’s 2004 live recording of the work with the following cast:
Richard Croft – Orphee,
Mireille Delunsch – Eurydice,
Marion Harousseau – L’Amour,
Claire Delgado-Boge – Une ombre heureuse.
Finally, here is a link to the complete libretto:
http://opera.stanford.edu/iu/libretti…
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No. 12. Duet – “Viens, suis un epoux”. This piece seems rather problematic: it starts wonderfully, with Orpheus’ repeated warm pleas to his wife whose continuous desire for her husband’s glance introduces a sudden shift to a minor melody that is then used to carry the characters’ appeal to the gods. After a repeat of this section, though, Gluck resolves the piece in its’ original light melody which proves rather unsatisfying with the final anguishing phrases forming a stark contrast to the music that carries them.
No. 13. Aria (Duettino) – “Fortune ennemie”. Eurydice is given an ungratefully small part in the opera (which could have been safely called “Orfeo”) but, thankfully, her role is painted sympathetically, especially in this short aria which finds the heroine lamenting her poor fortune. Originally, the B section of the aria was meant to be sung solo but for the 1774 version Gluck opted to add the voice of Orpheus’ to the piece, making the section a duettino of stunning beauty which helps to note Orpheus’ growing torment at being unable to see his wife.
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February 28, 2007
Speaker: Cynthia A. Estlund, Catherine A. Rein Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
Presented by: CISCDR (Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Conflict and Dispute Resolution)
Summary: The Rush McKnight Labor Law Lecture
Is workplace self-governance a New Deal idea whose time has passed? Or is it a solution to pressing contemporary problems?
As union representation and collective bargaining have declined, employment regulations, rights, and litigation have proliferated. In response, firms have put in place internal compliance and dispute resolution systems that aim to, and sometimes do, deflect regulation and litigation. If employees continue to be shut out of these self-regulatory systems, the result may be a disguised form of deregulation. But if employees can gain an effective voice in these systems, the result could be improved regulation and a revival of workplace self-governance.
Professor Estlund is a leading scholar of labor and employment law, and has written extensively on the relationship between the workplace and democracy. In much of her recent work (”The Ossification of American Labor Law,” Columbia Law Review 2002; “Rebuilding the Law of the Workplace in an Era of Self-Regulation,” Columbia Law Review 2005, and a current book project), she chronicles the current crisis of workplace governance brought about by the decline of collective bargaining and the shortcomings of both regulation and litigation, and charts a potential path out of that crisis. In her book Working Together: How Workplace Bonds Strengthen a Diverse Democracy (Oxford University Press 2003), she argued that the workplace is a site of both comparatively successful integration and intense cooperation and sociability, and explored the implications for democratic theory and for labor and employment law. Other writings focus on freedom of speech and procedural fairness at work; diversity, integration, and affirmative action; the significance of property rights in labor law. In addition to courses in labor and employment law, Estlund teaches the basic property course.
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