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including housing. However, capitalist governments are also keen to improve their housing sectors. For instance, both Conservative and Labour governments in the United Kingdom have concentrated on housing at times of closely fought elections demonstrating how important politics has been to public housing investment. In the UK both Conservative and Labour parties attempt to draw as many voters as possible towards them at election time through highlighting this priority. However, despite this political attention
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The Optimal Reference Book: Project Management Success Factors Extraordinary insight™ into today’s education information topics Table of Contents Why 70% of Government IT Projects Fail, Quality Project Management for Education Agencies .............................................................................................. 5 About the Author.................................................................................................... 8 Foreword..............................
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algorithms. I. Rostamizadeh, Afshin. II. Talwalkar, Ameet. III. Title. Q325.5.M64 2012 006.3’1-dc23 2012007249 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents Preface 1 Introduction 1.1 Applications and problems . 1.2 Definitions and terminology 1.3 Cross-validation . . . . . . . 1.4 Learning scenarios . . . . . 1.5 Outline . . . . . . . . . . . 2 The 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 xi 1 1 3 5 7 8 11 11 17 21 24 24 25 26 27 28 29 33 34 38 41 48 54 55 63
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Southern Cross University ePublications@SCU Theses 2009 Strategic human resource management: what does it mean in practice? Ken Lovell Southern Cross University Publication details Lovell, K 2009, 'Strategic human resource management: what does it mean in practice?', DBA thesis, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW. Copyright K Lovell 2009 ePublications@SCU is an electronic repository administered by Southern Cross University Library. Its goal is to capture and preserve the intellectual output
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Southern Cross University ePublications@SCU Theses 2009 Strategic human resource management: what does it mean in practice? Ken Lovell Southern Cross University Publication details Lovell, K 2009, 'Strategic human resource management: what does it mean in practice?', DBA thesis, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW. Copyright K Lovell 2009 ePublications@SCU is an electronic repository administered by Southern Cross University Library. Its goal is to capture and preserve the intellectual output
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