Developing skills in a large organisation through training and development A National Grid case study Page 1: Introduction National Grid is one of the world’s largest utilities. It focuses on the delivery of energy (gas and electricity) safely‚ reliably‚ responsibly and efficiently. The networks include: around 4‚500 miles of overhead power lines 340 electricity substations 4‚300 miles of high pressure gas pipelines around 80‚000 miles of distribution pipes delivering gas to 11 million meters
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film Thirteen Days‚ the controversy of the historic Cuban Missile Crisis is depicted as one of America’s most trying time because for the first time the U.S and Soviet Union were eye to eye in tension. The key players were President John F. Kennedy and the Soviet Premier Khrushchev. Soviet nuclear missiles were deployed to Cuba in October 1962. The Soviet Union deployments of missiles were for defensive purposes‚ but the fact that the missiles were deployed close to U.S borders made this an uneasy situation
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The Cuba Missile Crisis‚ referred to as the Caribbean Crisis by the Russians‚ was an event that lasted from October 16‚ 1962 through October 28‚ 1962. This crisis occurred as a result of the Russians placing nuclear weapons in Cuba‚ which is only about one hundred miles from Florida. The docudrama “The Missiles of October”‚ and Russian Chairmen of Ministries Nikita Khrushchev’s personal writings‚ give us insight to the events of the crisis. Khrushchev’s writings‚ and the “The Missiles of October”
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that support the idea of sweatshops is that they provide some form of standard in living in an otherwise developing/poor company. Because these factories are mostly in poverty rich countries where it is hard to find any form of income‚ these job at least provide some source of income that would otherwise not be available. These arguments could be supported that the jobs help boost the developing countries. Sweatshops do not follow the standards and ethics of the parent company who they work for‚ rather
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Cuban Missile Crisis Many people feared nuclear war. The Cuban Missile was a tense political battle. The missile’s discovery‚ Kennedy’s response‚ and the deal are in the following paragraphs.(History.com) Soviet missiles were discovered 90 miles off the coast of Florida. It was on October 14‚ 1962‚ a U.S spy plane flew over Cuba‚ and took pictures of military installations. (Cuban Missile Crisis: Helga Schier). They ended up being nuclear soviet missiles. The next day‚ October 15‚ the National
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LEARNING CURVE – FACT OR FICTION? (Author unknown ) The term "the learning curve" has a popular‚ well-known meaning in American culture. In consideration of how and when you start to examine the way that term is used‚ most people discover that the primary and perceived meaning of the term really doesn’t make any sense.If the curve is drawn on a chart which tracks resulting knowledge against time spent learning‚ it might look like the Tetris© (a popular logic game) graph here to the right. By
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sentence structure‚ using the right words et cetera‚ but the most important step for any writer is to develop a solid thesis statement. The thesis statement is where the writer points out their main idea of a topic as wells as their claims. Developing a thesis statement is not an easy task but there are guidelines that would make it easier to developed. Good advice according to (The Little Seagull Handbook) is to make the topic a question and then answered. Also being authentic with the idea
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helpful for our spiritual progress here on earth‚ but let’s not forget that they are subject to change. In contrast‚ the core of the gospel—the doctrine and the principles—will never change. Living according to the basic gospel principles will bring power‚ strength‚ and spiritual self-reliance into
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Developing Multi-Channel Strategy Dr Stan Maklan and Dr Hugh Wilson Cranfield Customer Management Forum in collaboration with IBM Business Consulting Services Contents A strategic approach to channels ......................................................... 1 Process overview..................................................................................... 2 Step 1 Identify problems and opportunities............................................ 4 Cost reduction.......................
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behaviour = classical conditioning ( conditioned stimuli) & instrumental learning ( discriminative stimuli) Stimulus Control - Habit Learning Motivation = Why individuals initiate choose or persist in specific actions in specific circumstance Motivation is transient / temporary fluctuation of state ( learning is enduring ) and it is energizing Motivation vs Learning: Car analogy - motivation translates learning into action 4 Theories on Motivation: Instinct Theory How
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