Development Policy in Small Countries

Selwyn, Percy

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“…Small states and territories occupy a distinctive space in the global economy that has long been of interest to scholars (Keohane, 1969;Selwyn, 2014Selwyn, [1975; Vital, 1967). They are defined by populations that are relatively small by global standards, and are often the vestiges of monarchies and/or colonial regimes.…”

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Peculiar human resource management practices?

Baldacchino¹

1994

Tourism Management

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This article explores the alleged pecularities of human resource management practices in very small developing states. A number of theoretical and ideo-typical features are culled from a literature review and are subsequently confronted with the empirical reality of human resource practices at Southern Bliss Hotel, a large, four-star tourist complex in Malta, the Mediterranean microstate. It is suggested that there are idiosyncracies to management issues in small size and small scale territories which call for recognition on their own terms. Some implications of these observations for hotel human resource management are explored. A cursory glance at recent WTO statIstics for Europe reveals that the highest contributions by tourism to GNP are enjoyed by Malta and Cyprus, the onl1 two developing small island states in the region. This observation is more than sheer coincidence: contemporary evidence suggests that for many resource-poor developing countries, natural beauty and exotic culture may prove to be the only commercially viable assets in which they have a comparative advantage. This holds true particularly for the world's smallest states and territories. Thanks to sun, sea and sand, countries like Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Fiji, the Maldives and Seychelles have developed a flourishing tourist industry which remains the largest contributor to direct and indirect employment, exceeding in significance any other economically productive activity.z Insularity, smallness and isolation-otherwise a trinity of despair for industrialization-The author is Visiting Lecturer, Labour & Development Studies,

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Human resource management strategies for small territories: an alternative proposition

Baldacchino

2001

International Journal of Educational Development

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This paper tackles the issue of educational development from a somewhat different, and still under-explored, perspective: that of human resource management (HRM). This paper argues that small territories have, often blindly, accepted an 'industrial relations' (IR) framework that is much more at home in the formalistic, mass production and mass employment based, manufacturing economies of the industrialised world. While the future of 'IR' in these settings is also being called into question today, small territories have been hard put all along to apply their labour relations practice to the strictures of this theory. An inductive analysis of the human resource condition in small territories reveals rather a contextual disposition for empowerment and entrepreneurship -a critical component for successful HRM practice -which is often unacknowledged, let alone addressed in public policy. The paper identifies aspects of current industrial relations as well as educational practice that could be addressed in order to better tap the benefits of this different understanding of human resourcefulness.

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Development Policy in Small Countries

Cited by 7 publications

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The brokerage role of small states and territories in global corporate networks

The brokerage role of small states and territories in global corporate networks

Peculiar human resource management practices?

Human resource management strategies for small territories: an alternative proposition

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