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Estimating the cost of equity
Money & Business

Estimating the cost of equity

...et al. (2002) using historical returns during the period 1900–2000. They showed that, during this period, UK equities achieved mean annual nominal returns of 12.1% compared with 6.1% for UK gilts. Their work also demonstrated how three-month UK Treasury bills yielded, on average, an annual 5.1% in nominal terms over the same period. Therefore, in the past, companies...
Introduction to operations management
Money & Business

Introduction to operations management

...et al., 2007), has extended the basic process model by dividing operations management tasks into three distinct areas: design tasks, planning and control, and improvement. The framework also relates the operations function more closely to market requirements. This helps us understand how the different operations tasks link together. Screencast 1 will help you to...
Hadrian's Rome
History & The Arts

Hadrian's Rome

...Tempe. So that he might omit nothing, he even made a Lower World. He had the following signs of death. On his last birthday [24 January a.d. 138], when he was commending Antoninus, his bordered toga fell down of its own accord and uncovered his head. The ring, on which his own portrait was carved, of its own accord slipped from his finger. On the day before his birthday...
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
The range of work with young people
Education & Development

The range of work with young people

...et cetera, et cetera. It takes good planning and a lot of thought, and you have to know the young people, you have to know what they want to eat, you know, whether they do prayers, and you have to adapt your programme around those specific needs. [SIDE CONVERSATION] ANDREW: Some of the friendship groups we work with on the streets also have within them white young people,...
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Education & Development

Leadership and followership

...et al., quoted in Crossman and Crossman, 2011). Followership can be defined as a process in which subordinates recognise their responsibility to comply with the orders of leaders and take appropriate action consistent with the situation to carry out those orders to the best of their ability (Townsend and Gebhart, quoted in Crossman and Crossman, 2011). These definitions...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research
Education & Development

Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research

...et al, 2003). Can the results be generalised? Someone who hears about or reads about your research might decide that, based on their experience then it is authentic and seems sensible. Does the data support the conclusions? This is more likely if there is more than one source of data collected over a period of time or if the findings have been checked with the...
Hybrid working: starting in the workplace
Money & Business

Hybrid working: starting in the workplace

...et al., 2021). These are all areas you should think about before you start your new role. In the following videos you will hear from Ploy and Zainab at iungo Solutions again, this time discussing important considerations around behaviour, culture, support and workspaces in remote or hybrid-first organisations. PORNNARAI NILDUANG: Hi, my name's Ploy. I work for iungo...
Gweithio hybrid: llesiant a chynhwysiant
Money & Business

Gweithio hybrid: llesiant a chynhwysiant

...le i mi os bydd hynny i'w weld yn briodol. Dwi'n gwybod nad oes rhaid gwisgo masgiau mwyach, ond byddwn i'n ei annog os bydd yn gwneud i chi deimlo ychydig yn fwy diogel, a chynllunio'n ofalus iawn, meddwl yn ofalus am ble rydych chi'n mynd, sut allai fod, sut allech chi deimlo pan fyddwch yno, a pheidio â gwneud gormod ar unwaith er mwyn peidio â gorlethu eich hun na...