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    building air-conditioned‚ there is large energy consumption. This is not economical and environmental-friendly. This weakness allow in other architecture style to emerge such as Regionalism and new tropical architecture in the later part after the Modernisation Period. On the other hand‚ Le Corbusier’s building is set in France‚ with temperate climate. Le Corbusier did consider the environmental aspect of its context. He included brise solei‚ horizontal & vertical fins into the building to response the

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    markets globally. This can generate heightened revenues for shareholders. Alternatively‚ detractors argue that globalisation is a threat to cultural diversity‚ and that benefits are highly imbalanced towards wealthier nations. It is feared that the westernisation of beautiful and distinct cultures‚ leads to generic products‚ a lack of diverse services and unique experiences. In addition‚ the richest countries continue to ‘dominate world trade’‚ create barriers to entry‚ and exploit cheaper labour markets

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    Explore Hardy’s attitude towards industrialisation in phase the fourth. Industrialisation became a growing presence amongst the Victorian Era and had an elusive yet undeniable impact on the population. Within the novel Tess Of The d’Urbervilles and in particular phase the fourth‚ Industrialisation is heavily focused on and explored. However Hardy establishes a balanced and ambivalent viewpoint towards the implications and presence of Industry as there is evidence to suggest both positive and negative

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    Organisational structure: According to the McKinsey 7s model analysis‚ MEPA’s organisational structure is a very traditional one. We have a hierarchy with a CEO at the top of the reporting structure and different layers of managers supervising employees below him. My organisation has a clear reporting structure. The higher a person is in this structure‚ the more authority‚ he or she has‚ but also more responsibilities. With such a hierarchical structure clear lines of communication are enforced

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    In Chinua Achebe’s No Longer at ease Obi Okonkwo is a Nigerian man who gains a scholarship from the U.P.U to study in England. Upon his return to Africa he is confronted with the corruption that exist within the Nigerian government. In this essay I will look at the conflict that exist within Obi after he accepts his first bribe. Also there will be looked at how the guilt that Obi experiences because he is caught between two worlds‚ impacts said conflict within him. Furthermore I with look at how

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    To what extent does Martell’s concept of globalisation apply to Facebook? Facebook has undergone through multiple globalisation processes that have been particular identifiable over the recent decades. Facebook has reached over 800 million users worldwide since 2004 (Fowler 2010)‚ and since then‚ many forms of corporate investment‚ multinational advertisement companies‚ and the endorsement of international political deregulation has shaped and expanded what was first a national based phenomenon

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    GlobalisationGlobalisation has become very important over the last two decades or so‚ a period. As a word it has existed since the 1960s. The dictionary definition is a great deal drier. Globalisation (n) is the "process enabling financial and investment markets to operate internationally‚ largely as a result of deregulation and improved communications" (Collins) or - from the US - to "make worldwide in scope or application" (Webster). Globalisation can be understood or characterized by intensification

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    Louis Kahn‚ born in 1901‚ was an American vastly known for his works as an architect. Alongside being an architect‚ he was an artist‚ teacher and to a certain extent a philosopher‚ some might label him as poet and one of the great thinkers of his time. Charles E. Dagit‚ Jr says ‘His was a genius that profoundly changed the course of architecture worldwide’. (Louis I. Kahn: Architect‚ 2013‚ page xi). Louis Kahn’s legacy began from an early age where in high school his teachers immediately noticed

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    To answer the question‚ it is important to understand the various factors that and differences between India and Britain. Did Britain control all of India‚ sections of India around the early 18th century were controlled by other european powers such as France‚ portugal and Spain. France had established control over Yanam and Karakal on the east coast. Whereas portugal’s territories were limited to Goa‚ Daman and Diu around the mid 18th century. In addition‚ after these forces were expelled from India

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    modernise Ireland. He encouraged the growth of industry. His government brought in free secondary education for all children‚ and Lemass was the first Taoiseach to meet the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland in 1965. The effects of the economic modernisation of on the party system‚ began when Sean lemass decided to leave fianna fails leadership in the hands of jack lynch at the end of the 1960s. Lynch had to deal with the increasing violence in Northern Ireland as the Troubles broke out. He also wanted

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