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Project management: the start of the project journey
Money & Business

Project management: the start of the project journey

...de-icing project, we might include: ‘Operators shall be able to generate a de-icing schedule after one day’s training’. This is a testable statement because it is straightforward to see whether or not the operators are indeed able to generate a schedule after just one day’s training (Robertson and Robertson, 2006). Activity 5 Assume you are drawing up the...
Business communication: writing a SWOT analysis
Money & Business

Business communication: writing a SWOT analysis

...Parkinson, 2013). Some of their main competitors, such as White Stuff (White Stuff, 2000) and Superdry (Superdry, n.d), fail to meet the demands of parents who are looking for a similar clothing style for their children. Since Fat Face is a lifestyle brand, the concept of family is held to be at the core of the business. As a result, providing childrenswear that mimics...
The ethics of cultural heritage
History & The Arts

The ethics of cultural heritage

...de la Cité (Figure 1). Construction began in 1163 and was not finished until 1345, a total of 182 years. It is one of the best examples of Gothic architecture in the world. Particularly outstanding are its flying buttresses (the external stone arches supporting the main body of the church), its large and brightly coloured stained-glass rose windows, and its famous...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
The restless Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

The restless Universe

...of unsatisfactory features. It showed up again in 1924 in the doctoral thesis of Louis de Broglie (1892-1987), who suggested that entities which are normally thought of as particles, such as electrons, actually have a wave-like aspect to their behaviour. Einstein, Bohr and de Broglie all received Nobel Prizes in recognition of their work. These early developments were strikingly out of step with ......
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Mathemateg bob dydd 1
Science, Maths & Technology

Mathemateg bob dydd 1

...de. Mae hwn yr un peth â 5 mililitr (ml). [Described image] Ffigur 26 Llwy de I fesur meintiau mwy, mae’n debyg y byddech yn defnyddio jwg mesur o ryw fath. Yn aml mae jygiau mesur wedi’u labelu â mililitrau, yn arbennig rhai newydd, a gallant ddod mewn meintiau gwahanol: gall rhai fesur hyd at 500 ml o hylif ac eraill hyd at 1 litr (1 000 ml). Gall rhai ddal mwy...
Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
The problem with crime
Society, Politics & Law

The problem with crime

...de Bergerac turns up in a Glasgow bedsit. Anything's possible in Glasgow today. That's what the new Glasgow fiction says. SEANDAMER I have tried to show that the labelling of Glasgow as a dangerous place in the nineteenth and twentieth century derives from a complex of economic, political and social processes which can only be unpacked by historical analysis. These...
Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Law and change: Scottish legal heroes Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes

...de mentionner la décision dans la fameuse cause anglaise de M’Allister (or Donoghue) v. Stevenson (1932), A.C. 562, où la Chambre des pairs a décidé que, selon le droit écossais ou anglais, dans le cas d’aliments vendus par le manufacturer à un distributeur dans des circonstances qui empêchent le distributeur, ou l’ultimate acheteur ou consommateur, de...
Technological innovation: a resource-based view
Science, Maths & Technology

Technological innovation: a resource-based view

...de-skilling of the task in hand. For example, transferring a craftsperson’s skill into a computer program for operating a lathe allows a lower-skilled operator to produce a finished article to the same standard as the original craftsperson. And the development of a ‘script’ for use in a telephone call centre allows the de-skilling of people doing customer-facing...