Noise in the city Steve Curwood: Modern life is full of nasty noises‚ especially in the cities. Sirens can shatter serenity at any moment and jackhammers‚ loud music‚ and useless mufflers can all send us over the edge. For many people in New York City‚ there’s one form of sonic pollution at the top of the list. They’re calling for its banning‚ even though some nervous New Yorkers savor the sound for security reasons. And as Neal Rauch reports‚ even as the controversy prompts loud debate‚ some aren’t
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TDA 3.2: Schools as organisations Task 1.1. Summarise entitlement and provision for early years education. Early years education covers the period of a child’s life from the ages of 0 - 5 years. When asked about early years education‚ the general answer is that it starts from the age of three‚ a child starts learning from the moment it is born. A child’s first educators are usually its parents and other family members‚ for example siblings‚ grandparents. This period of a child’s life moves
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The City Planners - Margaret Atwood Summary: The Canadian author/poet Margaret Atwood creates this piece of poetry‚ addressing the perfection‚ robotic‚ bland and uniform structure of the city as she takes a cruise through it on a relaxing Sunday weekend‚ something that she finds completely sickening. Throughout the poem‚ she addresses the sickening sense of conformity that she finds in the city as well as the hidden hand behind all of this – the ‘evil’ politicians of this world‚ she says.
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The proud lamp seemed to have stayed in a time which the rest of the city had forgotten. It was filled a deep blue‚ so pure that all dirt and grime seemed to reflect off it. The aroma of charm and grace which it breathed into the city made the street seem lit with a light the eyes were not advanced enough to detect. For the first time in a long while‚ I smiled at its comforting presence. I then remembered where I was. A city‚ in which decay had become a terminal disease‚ blackened concrete car parks
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Who should thrive in a nation? While some would argue that in modern times cities generate the biggest share of economic activity in a nation. Therefore‚ the government should support cities more than rural areas in order to promote the well being of a nation. Moreover‚ some would argue that since the majority of the population live now in cities they would be the best indication of a nation’s soul. However‚ a nation’s soul should not be said to be uniquely formed or represented in urban or rural
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business is needed. The case which the presentation is based on is about cross-cultural management and organisational strategy and improvement. A delegate of an Australian consulting firm is given the task of heading up a pilot study in the organisations Taiwanese and Indian offices with the aim of identifying the reasons for their slow market growth and offering recommendations as to how to improve their performance. The presentation on the case focuses on questions one and two of the designated
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Rethinking organisation design Restructuring is rife once again in our organisations. Is all this really necessary or are we just getting it very wrong? Do we keep designing in the traditional and two dimensional way we have always designed our organisations in? Let us rethink why we would restructure in the first place and how we would do it in a way that is more sustainable and less disruptive to the organisation. Let’s start with some simple ideas and principles. Include organisation design as
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the Middle East. Drawn by the lure of better prospects‚ the immigrants brought with them their own cultures‚ languages‚ customs and festivals. Intermarriage and integration helped knit these diverse influences into the fabric of Singapore’s multi-faceted society‚ giving it a vibrant and diverse cultural heritage. By the end of the 19th century‚ Singapore became one of the most cosmopolitan cities in Asia‚ with major ethnic groups in the country being the Chinese‚ Malays‚ Indians‚ Peranakans and
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writing. 2.-In what countries of the actuality did the civilization have its place Mayan? Southern Mexico to much of central America. Heart of their highlands of Guatemala and the plains of the Yucatan. 3. - Mention at least three of five Mayan cities to which one alludes in the documentary. Tikal‚ Copan‚ Palenque. 4.-What happened with the Mayan writing system after the arrival of the Spanish? It disappeared because the Diego de Landa believed that the Mayan writing system was the tools of the
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Introduction: 1. What is an organization: Consists of two or more people that have consciously arranged to create a basis from which to function on a regular basis to achieve a common goal. Despite differences the four common factors that organisations share are: people‚objectives‚ structure and management. Watson refers to 3 aspects of organisational life: o Importance of creative‚ critical and situation defining characteristics of the individuals within the organization. o Varieties of interests
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