For the history and implementation of affirmative action in the U.S.‚ see Affirmative action in the United States. Affirmative action ‚ known as positive discrimination in the United Kingdom ‚ refers to policies that take factors including "race‚ color‚ religion‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ or national origin" [1] into consideration in order to benefit an underrepresented group "in areas of employment‚ education‚ and business". [2] Origins The term "affirmative action" was first used in the
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Sustainability on the UT Campus: A Symposium Studio Africa: A UT Austin School of Architecture Design Studio for Developing Sustainable Schools in Africa Michael Garrison Professor The School of Architecture mgarrison@mail.utexas.edu We fully admit to being naïve about building a new school in Uganda and that our view of Uganda is seen through our western lens. We have not lived in Africa and we do not pretend to know all the problems and opportunities that a builder of a new
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The advantages of using public transport are generally synonymous but wider than the advantages of using pooled transport (where people get together to undertake the same journey together‚ in the same vehicle). There are benefits for the greater good‚ such as environmental protection; and for personal gain such as increased safety. Reduced damage to the environment. One bus emits far fewer fumes than twenty cars (especially if it uses LPG fuel). Train emissions of CO2 "per passenger/Km are
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How far were ideological differences responsible for the growing hostility of US policy towards the Soviet Union 1944-46? As the war drew to a defeat of Germany‚ the question of who would be the main world power was arising. There were two superpowers – The United States and The USSR as both of those countries had the largest powerful army. Both countries were fighting together against Nazi Germany‚ however there were clear ideological differences between them. On one side there was the Capitalist
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Content and Process Theories There are two types of groups of theories for motivation in the workplace. Content theories base themselves on assuming people have a set of needs which are listed out of what they need to pursue and is usually a ladder in which they climb up and down during their lifetime. The main theories of content are Maslow’s‚ aldefer’s‚ Herzberg and McClelland. Whereas process theories assumes that individuals select their goals and choose how to get them by a process of calculation
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CU1530 – Promote Communication in Health‚ Social Care or Children’s & young People’s Settings. settings are always busy places! Complete the diagram below detailing the different reasons people need to communicate. (1.1‚ 1.2‚ 2.2) Q. Complete the table to explain what impact the following factors might have on promoting effective communication? CU1530 2.2 Environment | Must be calm and relaxing‚ and not much clutter. | Proximity | Making sure you are sat close to the service user so
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GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SENIOR SECONDARY INTERVENTION PROGRAMME ACCOUNTING GRADE 12 SESSION 1 (LEARNER NOTES) TOPIC 1: COMPANIES LEDGER ACCOUNTS SECTION A: TYPICAL EXAM QUESTIONS HINTS REMEMBER THE NEW LEDGER ACCOUNTS Income tax only comes about as an adjustment at the end of the year All provisional payments to SARS affect the bank account 50 marks 30 minutes QUESTION 1 COMPANY LEDGER ACCOUNTS You are provided with information relating to Parboo Ltd for the year ended 29
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The Changing Role of Managerial Accounting ANSWERS to Review Questions 1-1 The explosion in e-commerce will affect managerial accounting in significant ways. One effect will be a drastic reduction in paper work. Millions of transactions between businesses will be conducted electronically with no hard-copy documentation. Along with this method of communicating for business transactions comes the very significant issue of information security. Businesses need to find ways to protect confidential
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What are your roles as a teacher? As a teacher‚ one of your main roles is to motivate your learners to develop their ability and aspiration to learn. You may read about delivering training and facilitating learning ‚ but in reality you do much more than that. Your role is not just about teaching your subject or preparing learners for assessment. The focus of your role relates very much to inspiring your learners to change and develop their personal‚ social and professional skills to the best of
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BU130 Working and Learning: Learning Contract template We have provided this template to help you to build up and structure your learning contract. You will find an introduction to the learning contract in Activity 1.6 of the Study Guide and you will find detailed guidance in the Learning Contract Guidance. This will have been sent to you as a printed booklet and is also available on the Study Resources section of the Module web-site. For each of the five sections of this template there
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