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Groups and teamwork
Science, Maths & Technology

Groups and teamwork

...physical outcomes of the project. A variant of this is the so-called 'outsourced supply team', which simply means that the team is physically situated remotely from the project manager, who then encounters the additional problem of 'managing at a distance'...Groups and teamwork: 2.3.5 Mixed structures - Teams often have mixed structures: some members may be employed to...
Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four
Society, Politics & Law

George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four

...physical control over a joyless, fearful population. Totalitarianism Totalitarianism is a political system in which order is imposed on the population through ideological manipulation and the systematic use of state terror. A totalitarian state is a one-party state in which dissent is ruthlessly suppressed. The term has been used to describe both Hitler's Germany (a...
Wilberforce
History & The Arts

Wilberforce

...physically present on earth, and to proclaim the Christian Gospel to others. For Wilberforce it is crucial to recognise the Holy Spirit's continuing presence today as a source of strength and power for holy and obedient Christian living, which is what he means by ‘sanctifying influence’. Here too, in emphasising the supernatural dimension of religion, Wilberforce is...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Studying mammals: Life in the trees
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Life in the trees

...physical conditions and to receive the greatest sunshine and heaviest rainfall? Answer The uppermost canopy layer, i.e. the crowns of the tallest trees, plus the growth that rises up through it - the emergent layer. Question 6 Question: Look at the location of the middle layer. What conditions are likely to prevail here, with respect to temperature, air movement and...
A Europe of the Regions?
Society, Politics & Law

A Europe of the Regions?

...physical infrastructure in the region and a social infrastructure providing training and a skilled, reliable workforce; regional specialisation, including for niche markets, and inter-firm linkages and sourcing which maximised the ‘value added’ within the region. These various factors were given different weightings in different theories, but there developed a general...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Human rights and law
Society, Politics & Law

Human rights and law

...physical danger. What can an applicant obtain? If the Court finds that there has been a violation, it may award ‘just satisfaction’, a sum of money in compensation for certain forms of damage. The Court may also require the state concerned to refund the expenses an applicant has incurred in presenting their case. If the Court finds that there has been no violation, an...
Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Understanding your customers
Money & Business

Understanding your customers

...physical world can benefit from understanding and enhancing important customer touchpoints. Homburg et al. (2017) argue that to succeed with CEM an organisation needs three things: Cultural mindset – in other words, a shared vision of the importance of touchpoints as opportunities to create positive customer experiences, and a co-operative outlook (given that many of...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past
History & The Arts

History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past

...physical breakdown. Being able to read while on active service provided a valuable means of escape – a way of separating oneself mentally for the duration of the reading experience from one’s surroundings. Serving in Palestine in early 1918, ambulance man Vero Garratt found that reading could provide him with two things that military life often prevented him from...