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    MA Human Resources and Employment Management Assignment 1 Exploring Structural Change in the UK Economy and the Extent of Labour Market Inequality Within London: Implications for the HR Function and HR Practitioners Word Count: 4‚455 words (main body of assignment) Contents How the structure of the UK economy has evolved and changed since the 1970’s‚ the impact on organisations and HR functions 3 Overview of key factors responsible for structural change 3 Impact on the external labour

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    In “To Build a Fire”‚ by Jack London‚ the man is unable to withstand the unyielding Yukon climate because of his inability to recognize danger and his lack of imagination. In the beginning of “To Build a Fire”‚ the man is trekking in the snow covered Yukon hoping to reach camp by nightfall when he spits and it solidifies mid air‚ due to the below freezing temperatures. When he spits into the air‚ “There was a sharp‚ explosive crackle that startled him” (8). The man fails to notice that he should

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    Oyster Train Card LONDON Brief history: The Oyster card was set up under a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract between TfL and TranSys‚ a consortium of suppliers that included EDS and Cubic Transportation Systems (responsible for day-to-day management) and Fujitsu and WS Atkins (shareholders with no active involvement). The £100 million contract was signed in 1998 for a term of 17 years until 2015 at a total cost of £1.1 billion. In August 2008‚ TfL decided to exercise a break option in the

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    This essay attempts to compare‚ analyse and contrast two texts. Text A being an adaptation of a dairy entry of Samuel Pepys about the Great Fire of London in 1666‚ text B being a news article on a fire that devastated Tasmania a few year ago. Do the texts have similarities? Despite there being about a 300-year difference between the two articles written there are actually quite a few similarities. Firstly‚ both the texts are written in first person and in a personal way. They use the same pronouns

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    If you live in London‚ you will probably know the Oyster Card fairly well. More or less everybody has one. You use it to pay for bus or tube travel – top up some money on the card and instead of buying a paper ticket each time‚ just place your card on a yellow reader‚ and it will work out how much the journey cost and automatically deduct it from your card. It does save a ton of time‚ and quite a bit of money too (tickets are cheaper on Oyster). When I first came to London‚ I found extremely

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    into the story. In "To Build a Fire" by Jack London‚ the setting plays a significant role throughout the entire short story.  London uses certain techniques to establish the atmosphere of the story.  By introducing his readers to the setting‚ prepares them for a tone that is depressed and frightening.  Isolated by the hostile environment of the Yukon in sub-freeing temperatures‚ a man falls victim to the unrelenting and unforgiving power of nature‚ London shows us how the main character of the story

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    London Heathrow Airport Project Introduction The London Heathrow Terminal 5 (T5) project was one of the most complex projects ever undertaken in the United Kingdom and was the biggest construction site in Europe. The total investment in the T5 project was £4.3 billion and took approximately 37 million person-hours to complete. Elements of the Terminal 5 project include the main terminal‚ two satellite terminals‚ air-traffic control tower‚ and connections to public transport‚ road works‚ rails

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    Kelo VS New London 1 Kelo VS New London By: Dale Travis April 13‚ 2013 Unit: 5 Case Study Prof Lerner Kaplan University Kelo VS New London 2 Eminent domain is the power to take private property for public use by a state‚ municipality‚ or private person or corporation authorized to exercise functions of public character‚ following the payment of just compensation to the owner that property. (Legal Dictionary) In New London‚ Connecticut

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    The Legal and Ethical Analyses of Kelo v. City of New London Facts of the case: As once known as a center for its whaling and manufacturing‚ New London experienced economic decline culminating in 1996 when the U.S government closed down a Naval Undersea Warfare Center located within the city. In 1998‚ the state authorized a bond issue to a private nonprofit company‚ the New London Development Corporation (NLDC)‚ to aid in economic development. There was also a bond issue for the creation of

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    Kelo vs. City of New London Legal Facts: Kelo v. City of New London 545 U.S. 469 (2005) the U.S. Supreme Court answered “yes” to the question of whether or not taking land for the sole purpose of economic improvement would fall into the realm of public use requirement set forth in the Fifth Amendment’s Takings Clause. The city of New London Connecticut had made economic recovery efforts to sustain a severely downtrodden local economy. Those efforts included a plan to acquire 115 parcels of

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