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Fossil evidence for evolution
History & The Arts

Fossil evidence for evolution

...business is sedimentary deposition. Of course, organisms that yield robust hard-parts, such as shells, teeth and bones, are more likely to furnish suitable material for preservation in the first place, but even these will in time be destroyed by myriad chemical and physical assaults operating at the Earth's surface - unless protected by sedimentary burial. But you need...
Giving and Receiving Powerful Feedback
Health, Sports & Psychology

Giving and Receiving Powerful Feedback

...of Essential Theory and Research. London: Psychology Press. Besieux, T. (2017) ‘Why I hate feedback: Anchoring effective feedback within organizations’, Business Horizons, 60(4), pp. 435–9, doi: 10.1016/j.bushor.2017.03.001. Shute, V. (2008) ‘Focus on formative feedback’, Review of Educational Research, 78(1), pp. 153–89. doi: 10.3102/0034654307313795....
Does handing a company on to the children work?
Money & Business

Does handing a company on to the children work?

...adherence of such improvements. This is a key consideration as many organisations push forward in enacting management upgrading projects around the world. This blog post is based on the author’s paper All in the family? CEO choice and firm organization, co-authored with Renata Lemos and was originally posted at the LSE Business Review under a CC-BY-NC-ND licence...
Time management and study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Time management and study

...busy and there is lots to juggle. The Open University Time Planner can help you work out exactly how you can fit studying around other commitments. Using a planner helps you schedule each event, appointment and task so you don't run out of time. You can use it to set deadlines to help you stay on track and plan in extra time for yourself and spending time with your loved...
In smokiest Sheffield
History & The Arts

In smokiest Sheffield

...business throve it seemed to be at the cost of somebody; though even when business pines it is apparently no better. The thing ought to be looked into. At the moment of my visit to Sheffield, it happened that many works were running half-time or no time, and many people were out of work. At one place there was a little oblong building between branching streets, round...
Diary of a Mars operations day
Science, Maths & Technology

Diary of a Mars operations day

...busy thinking about commands, angles, distances and other details, I have a moment to collect my thoughts for writing my report. Part of my role is to document the discussions we had earlier and preserve for the future why we are investigating the targets that we have selected. Thus, I spend the next ten minutes thinking back to the discussions we had, and making notes of...
Human Resource Management and EDI
Money & Business

Human Resource Management and EDI

...Business Review, 94(7–8), pp. 52–60. Good, L. and Cooper, R. (2016) ‘“But it’s your job to be friendly”: employees coping with and contesting sexual harassment from customers in the service sector’, Gender, Work and Organization 23(5), pp. 447–69. Jack, G., Riach, K. and Bariola, E. (2019) ‘Temporality and gendered agency: menopausal subjectivities in...
Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations

...business formal, naturally); aggression (you’re a winner!); enthusiasm (motivational speeches rule, OK); originality; sense of humour; sensitivity (presumably to compensate for the aggression); prestige; tact; judgment. Finally, if these accounts do not satisfy you, how about: dedication; charisma; intelligence; love; championing behaviour; the ability to deploy...