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Challenges in advanced management accounting
Money & Business

Challenges in advanced management accounting

...research or undertake it in-house if the organisation has the necessary resources and skills. It is then possible to compare the internal information about product sales with the external data about the market to get a sense of relative position (either in unit sales or sales revenue). Financial stability may be a concern if the potential combined competitor is likely to...
Understanding science: what we cannot know Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding science: what we cannot know

...Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Figure 8: Neurons in ‘Golgi stained’ brain tissue (drawings by Santiago Ramón y Cajal): (a) Santiago Ramón y Cajal / public domain: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Purkinje_cell_by_Cajal.png; (b) Santiago Ramon y Cajal / public domain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cajal_cortex_drawings.png Figure...
Hybrid working: planning for the future
Money & Business

Hybrid working: planning for the future

...centred approach to planning, draws on the Future Generations Commissioner’s resources and introduces you to ‘recognised’ approaches. These methodologies will help you understand the needs of your organisation to evolve their ways of working, particularly in hybrid working and digital transformation. It is part of the Supporting hybrid working and digital...
Collective leadership
Money & Business

Collective leadership

...research Timing: Allow about 60 minutes Now read the following article and reconsider your reflections. Leadership: Current Theories, Research, and Future Directions The next section will build on what you have learned about the individual leader and compare it to leadership as a collective process...Collective leadership: 2 Individual leadership versus collective...
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Doping in rugby union: a case of papering over the cracks?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Doping in rugby union: a case of papering over the cracks?

...Research evidence indicates that during the 20th century the stature and weight of rugby union players increased significantly, with body mass increases far exceeding those in the general population of young males during the same timeframe. Since the game turned professional in 1995 this trend has continued. Evidence from 2002- 2011 shows that the average height and...
What can we learn from Pokemon Go?
Education & Development

What can we learn from Pokemon Go?

...research, collaboration and teamwork all form part of this augmented experience. Each of these skills can be developed in an augmented context and then used elsewhere. Other skills are specifically focused on augmented reality and its narratives. Many new careers are currently opening up in areas such as game design, media, online marketing and augmentation. This makes...
Do as Dumbledore does: the benefits of private speech
Languages

Do as Dumbledore does: the benefits of private speech

...research behind self-addressed talk...In the 2009 film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (but not in the book), Dumbledore’s last conversation with Harry Potter (and I hope this is not a plot spoiler for anyone) is interrupted, minutes before dying, by Draco Malfoy’s entrance, just after Harry Potter manages to hide. The short conversation that...
Should boys be taught about periods and the menstrual cycle at school?
Education & Development

Should boys be taught about periods and the menstrual cycle at school?

...research has also shown that teacher attitudes and classroom resources may prolong the negative stereotypes associated with menstruation. And for many girls, this lack of support in the classroom can lead to feelings of shame around the whole subject. Some girls are even missing school because they cannot afford sanitary products. This clearly then goes way beyond...