Employment

Key Issues

Titles

Chapters

• A campaign against child labour
• A campaign against unfair trade
• A comparative study of employment structures of EU countries and LEDCs
• A comparative study of employment structures of EU countries and LEDCs. The studies could consider the changing patterns of employment and the causes of the patterns including historical factors such as colonialism, the influence of the EU.
• A comparative study of the local employment structure to be contrasted with others in the UK Standard Regions and issues about current/ changing job opportunities for different groups of people, e.g. closure of local secondary industry
• A comparative study of the local employment structure to be contrasted with others in the UK Standard Regions and issues about current/ changing job opportunities for different groups of people, e.g. opening of out-of-town tertiary activity
• A comparison of global patterns of employment structures and recognition of different employment opportunities at the global scale, e.g. comparing employment structures and changing opportunities in countries at different stages of economic development
• A comparison of global patterns of employment structures and recognition of different employment opportunities at the global scale, e.g. comparing employment structures and changing opportunities in countries at different stages of economic development.
• A comparison of global patterns of employment structures and recognition of different employment opportunities at the global scale, e.g. core/periphery regions of the EU
• A comparison of global patterns of employment structures and recognition of different employment opportunities at the global scale, e.g. core/periphery regions of the EU;
• A global overview of the location of the chosen TNC, eg, Unilever, Ford, to consider the influencing factors, particularly the benefits of trans-nationality to the individual company
• Advantages may include employment opportunities
• Advantages may include improved infrastructure
• Advantages may include increased GNP
• Advantages may include investment
• Advantages of accessibility and land availability
• An investigation into increasing technology and changed employment opportunities at the national/international scale, e.g. internet links into LEDC cities
• An investigation into increasing technology and changed employment opportunities at the national/international scale, e.g. large-scale capital-intensive projects such as major dams
• An investigation into increasing technology and changed employment opportunities at the national/international scale, e.g. National Grid for Learning in the UK
• An investigation into increasing technology and changed employment opportunities at the national/international scale, e.g. small-scale labour-intensive projects using alternative technology
• An investigation into increasing technology and changed employment opportunities at the national/international scale, e.g. the heritage industry following the decline in coal and steel in south and north east Wales
• An investigation into increasing technology and changed employment opportunities at the national/international scale, e.g. the heritage industry following the decline in coal and steel in south and north east Wales.
• An investigation into past and present employment structures and unemployment in a local region
• An investigation into past and present employment structures and unemployment in a local region. Data and graph/map work could identify patterns related to economic structure (primary, secondary, tertiary), age, gender, race, types of enterprise, and full
• Campaigns have been launched to address this
• Changing employment in one named town/city in an MEDC
• Continue the local study to investigate the role of technology in changing the nature and location of employment, e.g. ranging from better roads giving greater access in the region to local internet groups, home-working
• Continue the local study to investigate the role of technology in changing the nature and location of employment, e.g. ranging from better roads giving greater access in the region to local internet groups, home-working.
• Continue the local study to investigate the role of technology in changing the nature and location of employment.
• Data and graph/map work could identify patterns related to economic structure (primary, secondary, tertiary), age, gender, race, types of enterprise, and full or part-time work.
• Disadvantages may include outflow of wealth
• Disadvantages may include poor working conditions
• Disadvantages may include the possibility of company pulling out
• In some circumstances, workers are exploited
• Issues of technology causing unemployment locally could be raised
• Issues of technology causing unemployment locally could be raised.
• It is possible for individuals to contribute to such campaigns
• Local authorities may relax planning controls and offer tax incentives
• New transport links may be built
• Organisations such as Oxfam and the International Labour Organisation (www.ilo.org) are active in this field
• Strategies for attracting shoppers back to the town centres may include free parking
• Strategies for attracting shoppers back to the town centres may include new malls
• Strategies for attracting shoppers back to the town centres may include other leisure facilities
• Strategies for attracting shoppers back to the town centres may include pedestrian precincts
• The advantages and disadvantages of a trans-national corporation (TNC) to host countries and employees
• The decline in shopping and employment opportunities
• The focus case study requires that these key questions be studied in the context of a named urban area in an MEDC, which could be the home town
• The general relationship between development and employment structure
• The growth of employment opportunities on the urban-rural fringe
• The particular transport links available for the chosen area will provide a context for studying accessibility. Changes could have taken place already, or may still be at the planning stage
• The range of employment opportunities could include call centres
• The range of employment opportunities could include light manufacturing, distribution centres
• The range of employment opportunities could include new shopping and leisure centres
• The reasons for distribution of headquarters and manufacturing sites for one trans-national corporation (TNC)
• The response of local authorities and businesses to attract jobs and customers back
• The shift in employment from primary to secondary and tertiary sectors
• The studies could consider the changing patterns of employment and the causes of the patterns including historical factors such as colonialism
• The studies could consider the changing patterns of employment and the causes of the patterns including historical factors such as the influence of the EU
• There are campaigns to make the global workplace fairer. These usually involve awareness raising, political lobbying and fund raising
• This has resulted in changes in landuse
• This has resulted in changes in new transport infrastructure
• This has resulted in changes in urban sprawl