Case Study Thirteen: The anatomy of a strike – British Airways and Unite The industrial dispute between British Airways and Unite (the UK general union with over two million members) in the spring of 2010 provides a fascinating insight into the anatomy of an industrial dispute involving not only an employer and its employees‚ but also the government‚ political parties‚ customers and the media. BA employs about 13‚500 flight attendants of whom about 12‚000 are members of Unite. In February 2010
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Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences ( 2010) Vol 2‚ No 2‚953- 965 Integrated Education: An Instrument for Resolving Ife-Modakeke Conflict in Osun State‚ Nigeria Shina Olayiwola‚ Department of Educational Administration and Planning‚ Obafemi Awolowo University (Ile-Ife‚ Nigeria) Ndukaku Okorie‚ Department of Philosophy‚ Obafemi Awolowo University (Ile-Ife‚ Nigeria) Opinion Paper Abstract: Ife and Modakeke communities in Southwestern Nigeria have engaged in protracted communal
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Select a research topic of your interest and explain relevance of the selected topic. Clearly define how it will benefit the industry and/or society. Also provide literature review. Robert Sumnall Aberystwyth University Tel: +447581448829 Aber E-Mail: ros27 Research Area: ‘Employability’ Research Topic: ‘Social-Class and the link with Employability’ General Research Question: ‘Is a Graduates Socio-economic background a determinant on their employability?’ Throughout this assignment
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Territorial and Maritime dispute (Nicaragua v. Colombia) for Peter Tomka‚ President of TheInternational Court of Justice Submitted by Liz Daniela Cabezas December 5‚ 2012 Cover Memo To: Peter Tomka‚ President of the International Court of Justice From: Liz Daniela cabezas Date: 28 November 2012 Re: Territorial and maritime dispute (Nicaragua v. Colombia) Mr. Tomka Here is the summary of the court case Nicaragua v. Colombia. The report includes
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In the article‚ “Students Expectations Seen as Causing Grade Disputes‚” Max Roosevelt uses six separate interviews to illustrate the fact that students need to go above and beyond what is considered “average” to receive an A. Students have the belief that if they do what they are supposed to and meet the standard requirements they should get an A‚ when in truth that is just simply what you are supposed to be doing in the first place. To receive outstanding academic achievement‚ students go to school
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Senkaku/Diaoyu Dispute & Role of US in diffusing the Issue Submitted By : Sandeep S Introduction Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands are a group of uninhabited islands in East China Sea lying about 400 kms west of Okinawa‚Japan and 170 kms northeast of Taiwan. These islands are a group of five volcanic islets and three barren rocks. Altogether‚ they measure a surface area of only 6.3 sq km. The islands are home to the endangered Senkaku mole and the short-tailed Albatross barring which there is no flora
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Morris English 1113 8 November 2012 Is it music? The Dispute about John Cage’s 4’33” When someone thinks about music‚ he or she is most likely to think of musical instruments‚ broadcasted radio‚ albums‚ musical artists‚ or record companies. These are all associated with music‚ yes‚ but do they actually define what music is? Within the realm of music‚ there are many different common interpretations of what music is‚ but there are few people who find time to sit and think about what music is and where
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Who is a Consumer as per Consumer Protection Act 1986 Introduction:The industrial revolution and the development in the international trade and commerce has led to the vast expansion of business and trade‚ as a result of which a variety of consumer goods have appeared in the market to cater to the needs of the consumers and a host of services have been made available to the consumers like insurance‚ transport‚ electricity‚ housing‚ entertainment‚ finance and banking. A well organized sector
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Ted Talks by Malcolm Gladwell on Spaghetti Sauce in term of Economic perspective Gladwell talks about Howard Moskowitz‚ who was the food industry guru and most famous for re-inventing spaghetti sauce. The key point in this story is basically the destruction of the Platonic Ideal. Prego has hired him to find the perfect spaghetti sauce so as to compete with Ragu. Moskowitz created dozens of prototype sauces testing each variety with different American people. Moskowitz concluded that there is no
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Justin Simmons Corp Social Responsibility Looking back at the last three years there has only been one profitable quarter. It is too early to take on such a lucrative responsibility. It would be safer to wait two or three quarters to see exactly where we are financially and how much flexibility we have. Estimating that are next quarters are just like the last with a $2 million profit pre tax. The $500‚000 annual cost would be 6.25% of our total profits for the year. That is a low percentage but
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