Wanted: diversified industrial base

Article Abstract:

Birmingham and the West Midlands has an unemployment rate of 10.9% compared with 8.4% for the UK as a whole. The rate is higher in Birmingham, at 13.6%, while some parts of the inner city have rates of over 20%. The rate is also higher among people aged 20-years-old to 34-years-old. Manufacturing employment dropped between the 1980s recession and the 1990s recession to a little over 550,000 from almost 1 million. Services activities have grown but not as much as in the UK as a whole.

Employment, United Kingdom, Economic development, Birmingham, England

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How to have a successful operations management program: a final editorial

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The Colorado School of Mines offers an operations management program that educates potential managers in the manufacturing and service industries as well as public and private sectors. The program, called OR/OM program, tries to establish credibility among students by requiring them to undertake a second job that will test their capability to work their way through a firm. They are also required to undertake a project that can be used and yield measurable benefit to their sponsor.

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, Colleges and universities, Graduate & Professional Schools, Industrial project management, Project management, Services, Study and teaching, Colorado School of Mines

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Villages of Andes are shattered by quake

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At least 47 people died and around 550 people were injured in an earthquake that hit the Andean region on Jun 23, 2001. Many homes have been destroyed, forcing people to camp out in the open.

Andes, South America, Earthquakes, Natural disasters

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