Education has a different meaning depending on who is doing the educating. William Torrey Harris‚ the once US Commissioner of Education‚ probably best defined education in the US in 1906 when he said that "substantial education‚ which‚ scientifically defined‚ is the subsumption of the individual." H.L. Mencken explained further in arguing that the "aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level‚ to breed
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Assess the degree to which inequalities within one named region or city result from economic factors: (30 marks) Regional inequalities will appear on a multiple of levels from city wide to almost continent wide‚ for example the Asian tiger nations‚ London‚ Beijing‚ China‚ Italy and Burkina Faso. Economic Factors responsible for these inequalities however there are other factors such as Social and Environmental‚ The disparities throughout Italy are caused by mainly two of these factors‚ Economic
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Religious experiences cannot be explained empirically and tend to take place within a context of religious expectancy. Such experiences may be individual‚ in which a person becomes aware of the presence of the divine; or corporate‚ in which a gathering of people experiences feelings beyond expression – the ineffable. St Teresa of Avila described her experiences as: “God established himself in the interior of this soul in such a way‚ that when I return to myself‚ it is wholly impossible for me to
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In today’s highly competitive market‚ the continuous changes that are occurring in the social‚ politic and economic environment create serious challenges in the corporate world. Corporations cannot afford to do business as usual if they want to remain in the game and be successful. In order to achieve their goals and objectives‚ they need to evolve‚ adapt‚ learn and apply different new strategies that will help them secure long-run success and performance. Among those strategies‚ we are going to
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Assess the extent to which primary rather than secondary impacts are the more serious effects arising from volcanic eruptions. (30 marks) A volcano is an earth hazard that occurs on faults between tectonic plates on a destructive boundary and an eruption is a natural disaster. A primary impact happens immediately after the disaster and before any response like death or collapsing or destruction of buildings. A secondary impact occurs later after the disaster‚ such less farm produce or a reduction
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1 Describe the shifts in the world economy over the last 30 years. What are the implications of these shifts for international businesses based in Britain‚ North America‚ and Hong Kong? Although the question is talking the shifts of the world economy over the past 30 years‚ however‚ since the end of World War II‚ global trade has grown faster than global income. Globalization is the trend in these 30 more years because of the technological change. According to the textbook‚ globalization is defined
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The last 25-30 years has seen major changes in the context of employee relations within UK organisations. The factors that have had the most significant influence on these changes are political‚ economic‚ social and technological of which I will be discussing to identify what particular influences these factors have had on employee relations over the last 25-30 years. To do this I first need to define the meaning of employee relations‚ which can be defined as according to Rose (2004):"the study of
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To what extent can the Tet Offensive of 1968 be described as a key turning point in the Vietnam War in the Years 1963-73? (30 marks) The Tet Offensive could be described as a key turning point because it shook USA’s confidence in winning the war‚ both sides changed their tactics and also because it led to a decrease of support for the war in the USA. However there were many other key turning points such as the Gulf of Tonkin incident‚ the attack at Pleiku and the Battle of Ac Bac. Overall the
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QUESTION 1: Describe the shifts in the world economy over the last 30 years. What are the implications of these shifts for international businesses based in Great Britain? North America? Hong Kong? Answer: There are various aspects that have affected the world economy over the past three decades. Although the question is talking about the past 30 years‚ however‚ since the end of World War II (WWII)‚ global trade has grown faster than global income. Hill defines globalization as
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1. Describe the shifts in the world economy over the past 30 years. What are the implications of these shifts for international business based in Great Britain? North America? Hong Kong? Answer: The world economy has shifted dramatically over the past 30 years. We have been moving away from a world in which national economies were relatively self- contained entities‚ isolated from each other by barriers to cross- border trade and investments; by distance‚ time zones‚ and language; and by national
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