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This paper examines the changing nature of family structure from just after World War II until the modern era. Accepting that significant changes have occurred during that period, this essay discusses the perception of those changes by interviewing two individuals (the author's grandparents) who grew up in the baby boom generation. The paper shows how their insights correlate positively with critical research on the subject.

From the Paper
"Numerous studies and analyses of the subject of intergenerational structural changes in the family have found that the traditional family of even a few decades ago has already changed dramatically and significantly. The dissolution of the nuclear family into less rigid, one-parent households has even been attributed as a factor in rising inequality and poverty. In fact, the number of children in one-parent households jumped from 15% to 28% between 1970 and 1991, a significant amount (Lerman 119). The composition, practices, and values of the family have shifted."

Tags:family, changing, interview

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The paper notes the history of the grocery store or common supermarket and what some of the recent developments are that are changing the sector profoundly. As well, the paper examines what it appears a grocer must possess in terms of skills and insight if he or she wishes to find success in the new century. Overall, the sector is undergoing a profound transformation because of automation, the internet, and the re-assertion of the mega-store.

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"The following paper explores changing trends in the grocery stores industry. In particular, the paper will note the history of the grocery store or common supermarket and what some of the recent developments are that are changing the sector profoundly. As well, the essay will examine what it appears a grocer must possess in terms of skills and insight if he or she wishes to find success in the new century. Overall, the sector is undergoing a profound transformation because of automation, the internet,..."

Tags:changing, trends, industry

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A description of the changing economy in the USA and the effects it is having on the overall national outlook for the future.

Tags:changing, economics

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This paper addresses the changing institution of the family in respect to the roles of marriage and parenting over the past thirty years. This paper expands on these ideas through first addressing the relevant literature on this topic and comparing and contrasting this information to an interview with two fathers of different ages.

Tags:SOCIOLOGY / HISTORY, CULTURE, changing role marriage

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This paper discusses how, since Deng Xiaoping began to open the Chinese economy is the late 1970s, there have been substantial changes in China's demographics and how these changes have both helped to support China's economic growth but have also presented Chinese authorities with significant challenges as well. The paper looks at China's changing demography and its impact on on the changing economy. The paper also discusses how inferences can be made as to the impacts that demographic changes have had on Chinese economic development, both in the rural and urban sectors.

Outline:
Introduction
Major Demographic Shifts
Underlying Reasons
Impact on Rural Economies
Impact on Urban Economies
Impact on Employment
Conclusion

From the Paper
"The rapid growth of the Chinese economy resulted in a low rate of urban unemployment. The One Child Policy encouraged China's young workers, males in particular, to increase their employment income for a number of reasons. One was that they were destined to be the sole provider of support for their parents in old age. Another is that if they were destined to only have one child of their own, they needed to build retirement savings. Lastly, the gender gap has meant that males need to engage in more intense competition for females. As a result, money has become a more important means of attracting females (Wei, 2009). These different factors combined to push more rural Chinese into the cities in search of better work. This in turn kept the cost of labor down, fueling intense economic growth that kept the unemployment rate in urban areas down. Even with the recent economic downturn, official unemployment rates for urban China were at just 4.2% for the fourth quarter of 2008, up from 4.0% in the previous quarter (Xinhua, 2009). These official figures have never fluctuated too much, although they were significantly higher in the late 1970s when economic modernization began, between 5-6% (Giles et al., 2004). It should be noted that the official unemployment rates belie the reality of China's economy, which features tens of millions of "floating labor" that moves from province to province following the work. "

Tags:One, Child, Policy, Deng, Xiaoping

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This paper discusses ways in which the workplace is changing. According to the paper, old values of long service and loyalty are being replaced by high productivity, effectiveness and adaptability to changing conditions. The paper discusses how companies have adapted to consumer expectations. Advantages of new technology and flexible work schedules are looked at, as well as the problems. Alternative work schedules such as job share are discussed. The paper concludes that in the light of increasing customer demands, changing expectations, global competition and markets, combined with employee interest in achieving a better and more complete work/life balance, the initial inconvenience of implementation, will be more than offset by gains in productivity and strategic competitiveness.

From the Paper
"In recent years, a combination of factors has led to a paradigm shift related to very basic issues of the nature of work, the workplace, management and employees. The impact of information and communications technology; globalization of markets leading to bigger, more diverse markets and increased competition; and the constant pressure to increase efficiency while reducing costs. To compete effectively, companies are challenged to create new products, maximize efficiencies at the factory and corporate level and increase penetration within existing markets, all the while keeping customers satisfied with high levels of service which may span several time zones. Old values of long service and loyalty are being replaced by high productivity, effectiveness and adaptability to changing conditions."

Tags:production, flexible, schedule, job, share, competition, market

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The purpose of this paper is to identify and track Canada's perceptions of its changing place in the world as a result of the two world wars, with respect to loyalty and nationalism. Its objective is to link these changing perceptions to broader socio-cultural, economic and political ideas socially and economically. It shows how throughout the course of history, Canada is tracked as at first giving allegiance to Britain, as it was a British colony and how, under the guidance of Mackenzie King, Canada changed course and began to emulate the United States, politically, socially and economically.

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"Secondly, Canada was tied to Britain socially " Britain was a supplier of immigrants. Immigrants satisfied a variety of purposes, for example, the transportation of lumber from Canada to Britain was paid for by immigrants" "Efficient use of the equipment used for shipping those heavy, bulky wood products eastward across the Atlantic demanded an equivalent cargo in weight and volume pay its way westward" (Zerker 10). While the immigrants provided labor for the British colony, they also facilitated the lumber trade through immigration to Canada, such that the transportation of lumber was paid for. Thus in Canada's earlier years, Canadian loyalty to Britain increased, since apparently Canada's well-being depended on Britain's."

Tags:britain, canada, king, lumber, lyon, mackenzie, relations, states, trade, united, william

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The paper relates the objectives of this lesson plan, that students will demonstrate an understanding of reading material, will demonstrate listening skills and will demonstrate an understanding of the concept of changing neighborhoods. The paper relates that the teacher will focus the students on the topic of changing neighborhoods by asking them if they have ever experienced moving or having new people move into their community.

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"Lesson: Changing Neighborhoods Grade Level: Kindergarten Subject Area: Reading and Social Studies. Objectives: * The students will demonstrate an understanding of reading material. * The students will demonstrate listening skills. * The students will demonstrate an understanding of the concept of changing neighborhoods. Focus: The teacher will focus the students on the topic of changing neighborhoods by asking them if they have ever experienced moving or..."

Tags:edu, lesson, plan

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This research examines issues relevant to changing nursing shifts from three eight-hour to two twelve-hour shifts. The research discusses the background and context of such a change and discuss the benefits and strategies associated with instituting this change in a clinical health-care setting.

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"In its most general sense, flextime, as it is called, changes starting and ending times of a worker's schedule but retains the same total hours of regular employment (Bank, 1998). advocated from workers' point of view as a method of balancing work and family life, and from employers' point of view as an strategy that can allow an organization to "realize its short-term service and production goals and to reap the low-cost benefits of a contingent work force" (Brown, 1998). Some version of formal or informal flextime is offered by an estimated 85% of all larger organizations. One health-care corporation, CIGNA, has nearly one-third of its 37,000 employees in flexible scheduling arrangements, on the theory that "letting employees work part-time or compressed work weeks with full benefits saves money in the long run by reducing turnover and lowering training and recruitment costs" (Brown, 1998). This line of thought has penetrated organizational and employee staffing structures in clinical settings. However, transformation of traditional work schedules in most clinical nursing settings does not appear to have taken place universally."

Tags:health, care, job, turnover, clinical

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Discusses the changing makeup of families. Changes from 1950s concept of the nuclear family. Examines effects of new types of alternative families on the developing child. Changes in natue of childhood. Conflicts causes by single parenting. Issues of single income, interparental conflict, psychological abuse. Value of the extended family.

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"In the perfect television world of the sitcom, most families have two parents, and those families with one parent are either so well adjusted that the children are counseling their peers at school or so maladjusted that they become icons for bad children everywhere. In the real world, there are more and more single parent families, or families made up of multiple marriages or relationships on either side. Indeed, the definition of family has undergone a drastic change from the 1950s concept of the nuclear family (father, mother, child) to one that is more loosely defined as groups of people connected by blood and marriage; sometimes connected simply by virtue of the fact that even though these two criteria are not met, they are considered family. In the midst of this knew type of family a new type of child has developed. This paper will examine the effects that..."