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Liquidity management
Money & Business

Liquidity management

...accounts payable, exceed those due to be received from debtors, the accounts receivable, plus the financial value of inventory. In these circumstances, the organisation’s creditors are, in effect, providing free finance for the business! This ideal situation is unfortunately difficult to achieve in the real world. Even for larger organisations – particularly those...
Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
The global pursuit of equitable football coaching legacies from Africa and The Caribbean to the UK
Health, Sports & Psychology

The global pursuit of equitable football coaching legacies from Africa and The Caribbean to the UK

...accountability. Rooney Rule implementation: The EFL mandates clubs interview at least one qualified racially minoritised candidate for first-team managerial vacancies. This policy, inspired by the National Football League (NFL), aimed to disrupt unconscious bias in recruitment. However, the initial impact of the Rooney Rule albeit good, has plateaued and it could be...
The social in social science
Society, Politics & Law

The social in social science

...account of something and that scientific explanations can be applied universally, that is, in all situations. In addition to being universal in scope, if knowledge is considered to be objective then it is also assumed to be detached from subjective experiences in any one situation. In this way, objective knowledge is detached from the specific object under investigation...
Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Estimating the cost of equity
Money & Business

Estimating the cost of equity

...account the perceived risks of investing in different shares. Section 1 of this course should be used in conjunction with the activities provided in Sections 2 to 5. The latter will help you develop and test your understanding of the concepts and issues covered. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course B858 Introduction to corporate...
Changing cities
Society, Politics & Law

Changing cities

...account of the causal dynamics of capitalist crisis. Harvey conceptualises neoliberal policy regimes as promoting the financialisation of everything, and in so doing makes visible the connections between the dynamics of global financial markets and the dynamics of urban restructuring around the world in the last 40 years. His strong claim is that his approach represents a...
Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Translation as a career
Languages

Translation as a career

...account the purpose of the translation and the characteristics of the target text readers. It is made up of five sub- competencies (bilingual, extra-linguistic, knowledge about translation, instrumental and strategic) and it activates a series of psycho-physiological mechanisms. The bilingual sub-competence. Predominantly procedural knowledge needed to communicate in two...
Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Who is in the wrong in the Ashley Madison hack?
History & The Arts

Who is in the wrong in the Ashley Madison hack?

...accounts were revealed by the hackers. Although many seem to find the whole thing humorous. Ha! No pity. "Cheating website Ashley Madison hacked, hackers threaten to release data" http://t.co/eHwSx9wJub via @CNNMoney — Louisa Valentín (@Luna4x0) July 20, 2015 Simply providing a service? But what is clear is that there is a market for such behaviour and ALM is not the...
Has Jeremy Corbyn changed Prime Ministers Questions for the better?
Society, Politics & Law

Has Jeremy Corbyn changed Prime Ministers Questions for the better?

...to account. For them, real opposition to austerity will be built across the country as a whole, using the same social movement model that won Corbyn the Labour leadership. If Corbyn stays the course, we have four and half years to find out if this approach works.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....