Abstract The purpose of the study was to explore why there are so few disabled women taking up sport and leisure activities worldwide. Five research objectives were set to help to achieve this aim. They were: to introduce the issue of disability in sport via a literature review; to establish how gender is presented as it intersects with disability; to examine the role of media in sport for disabled; to interview professional tennis players; and to draw a conclusion and give recommendations. In-depth
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Beyond those factors‚ in case of personal care brand extension‚ media planning‚ brand development and brand management and public relation to communicate the brand are considered to be influential in evaluating the success of brand extension. This research work is perused to evaluate the effectiveness of brand extension strategy in personal care products in general and brand extension strategy of Dove brand of Unilever. The report will elaborate whether brand extension strategy of Dove was successful
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ABSENTEEISM IN THE WORKFORCE April 24‚ 2009 INTRODUCTION Absenteeism is a major problem for companies worldwide. Employees are utilizing many lame excuses to avoid their workplace. Companies are trying to combat the problem‚ by implementing new procedures. I. WORLDWIDE PROBLEM *Absenteeism is a problem which* costs companies millions‚ if not billions of dollars. According to a 2001 report by Sari *Huhtala*‚ A labor force survey conducted in 1997 by Statistics
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Research proposal Fedorenko Danil Merger. Case of "ExxonMobil". Outcomes Table of content: Literature review Mergers and acquisitions represent the ultimate in change for a business. No other event is more difficult‚ challenging‚ or chaotic as a merger. It is imperative that everyone involved in the process has a clear understanding of how the process works. In the contemporary world mergers and acquisitions are a normal way of life
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SAMPLE RESEARCH PROPOSAL PROMOTING GOOD GOVERNANCE IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF GHANA: THE ROLE OF THE INTERNAL AUDITOR 5/5/2009 SCHOOL OF BUSINESS‚ UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST‚ GHANA ISHMEAL OFORI AMPONSAH (STUDENT) Table of Contents Introduction 1 Background of the Study 1 Problem Statement 2 Management Question: 2 Research Questions: 2 Hypothesis: 2 Objectives 3 Significance of Study 3 Literature Review 4 Definition of Internal Audit 4 Role of the Internal Auditor in governance
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Workforce planning is the ongoing balancing act that ensures the right individuals with the right skills at right place at the right time‚ to meet a organization’s current and future objectives (Lepak & Gowan‚ 2010). According to Lepak and Gowan (2010)‚ environmental influences are the pressure that exists outside companies that managers must consider to strategically manage their employees. The number of employees keeps on changing in different departments of an organization. Managers need to
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Introduction - What is the changing workforce? Pick any industry and chances are it looks very different now than it did a decade ago. It’s impossible to determine when‚ what and where the changes will happen‚ but the business landscape will keep shifting. The fact that due to both economic and the society‚ organisations will go under changes constantly doesn’t mean that employees like it. (Harvard Business School Press‚ Society for Human Resource Management‚ 2005) Workforce in companies nowadays has
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What Is the Problem Of an Ageing Population? Christine Loh August 2005 What is the ‘Problem’ of an Ageing Population? Christine Loh August 2005 Civic Exchange Civic Exchange is a non-profit organisation that helps to improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. Room 701‚ Hoseinee House‚ 69 Wyndham Street‚ Central‚ Hong Kong Tel: (+852) 2893 0213 Fax: (+852) 3105 9713 URL: www.civic-exchange.org Disclaimer The views expressed in this report are those
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Work Force 15 WORK FORCE 2020 Shire WORK FORCE 2020 1. Social Parameters expected in our country by 2020 One major change in American life and society will be the growing realization that radical life extension is possible. A number of new healthcare technologies will have become available by 2020‚ such as vaccines
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probably be surprised that the population of Hong Kong is currently ageing at a moderate pace. According to statistics‚ when the new born babies start to become older persons‚ the population will age at a relatively fast pace in Hong Kong in the middle of next decade. An ageing population will have an impact on the labour force as the number of people in working ages will grow slower than the overall population growth. In fact‚ the ageing population not only has impact on the labour force but also in
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