Exploring Economic and Labour Market Developments and Change: Participation, Equality and Disadvantage at the National and Regional Level. Issues and Implications for People Management Policy and Practice.

|Exploring Economic and Labour Market Developments and Change: Participation, Equality|

|and Disadvantage at the National and Regional Level. |

|Issues and Implications for People Management Policy and Practice. |

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|Agnieszka Wierzbicka |

|12/10/2010 |

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Section 1

1.1 An overview of developments and trends in the UK economy

1.2 Labour market trends in the UK

1.3 The impact of economic and labour market trends on organizations and organisational responses

1.4 The Recession and organisational responses

Section 2

2.1 An overview of London Labour Market with a focus on disadvantage and inequality

2.2 Causes of disadvantage and inequality in the London Labour Market

2.3 The Equality Act 2010. Will it make a difference?

2.4 HR Professionals and the London context

Bibliography/ References

Appendices

Section 1

1.1 An overview of developments and trends in the UK economy

It is not possible to give an overview of all the economic trends in this report and I have decided present the historical context and focus on the transition from manufacturing to service economy, privatisation, globalisation and the growth of the Internet. The historical context is outlined in Appendix 1.

Looking at much more recent changes in sector shares of output, presented in BERR report “Globalisation and the changing...