emeraldinsight.com/0262-1711.htm Action research for practising managers Steven French Coffs Harbour Centre for Enterprise Development and Research‚ Southern Cross University‚ Coffs Harbour‚ Australia Abstract Purpose – The paper seeks to develop a coherent model for the application of action research to problems in the field of management. Design/methodology/approach – An extensive review of the literature was undertaken. Findings – No model of the process of conducting an action research programme is extant
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Possible Overpopulation Solutions The human population growth of the last century is tremendous. It required only forty years after 1950 for the population to double from 2.5 billion to 5 billion. The factors affecting global human population are very simple. They’re fertility‚ mortality‚ initial population and time. India‚ China and USA are the top countries that are currently in crisis because of overpopulation. Many of our basic resources are strained such as‚ food; one out of every seven
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What is Action Learning? Action Learning is an accelerated learning tool which can be applied to any number of different workplace (and personal) issues and challenges. In Action Learning groups or ’sets’ we meet regularly with others in order to explore solutions to real problems and decide on the action we wish to take. When doing this in the set‚ the stages include: 1. Describing the problem as we see it 2. Receiving contributions from others in the form of questions 3. Reflecting on our discussion
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Action Plan No. | OWNER | DESCRIPTION OF TASK | REQUIRED OUTCOME | RESOURCES NEEDED | DUE DATE | 1 | Tariah‚ James | Compile list of names of invitees | Exact guest list | Paper‚ pen | Oct 1st | 2 | Tariah‚ James Natalie‚ Luke | Phone friends and family on the list to confirm numbers and addresses for invitations to be sent | Save the date | Phone‚ paper‚ pen | Oct 2nd | 3 | Natalie‚ Luke | Scope out possible park areas to find a suitable place to hold a children’s party with approx. 20
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ENN103F – Assignment 1 Section A: (1) No‚ the affirmative action policy is not morally defensible. This policy is “unsettling‚ needless and discriminating”. This policy is based on race‚ gender and physical abilities rather than the socioeconomic status of a person. Thus it does not matter whether you have the higher/better qualification‚ if you do not have the correct race/gender or if you are not disabled. According to this policy the basic discrimination is justified by looking back
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A Better A Century Foundation Report Affirmative State Universities that Created Alternatives to Racial Preferences Action: Richard D. Kahlenberg Individual State University Profiles by Halley Potter A Century Foundation Report A Better Affirmative Action State Universities that Created Alternatives to Racial Preferences Richard D. Kahlenberg Individual State University Profiles by Halley Potter The Century Foundation is a progressive nonpartisan think tank. Originally
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Abstract What is affirmative action? Affirmative action is an action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination‚ esp. in relation to employment or education; positive discrimination. In the 1940s: President Roosevelt signed an order making discrimination illegal in defense contracting. 1954: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that "separate but equal" facilities on the basis of race were unconstitutionally discriminatory. The Act of 1964: Congress passed
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Strike action A strike is a collective withdrawal of labour by employees. Under such action‚ employees refuse to perform all work‚ not just selected duties. Strikes are usually‚ but not always‚ organised by a union. The purpose of a strike is to pressure an employer (or other third party) into complying with particular demands or refraining from doing something. Under the federal Fair Work Act 2009 strike action may be ’protected action’ if undertaken during a bargaining period for an enterprise
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Affirmative Action As a college student‚ I am very familiar with the grueling process of filling out countless college applications‚ writing essay after essay‚ and checking an assortment of boxes asking you questions such as your parent’s income and your race. I have found myself pondering why college admissions factor so much weight on race or ethnicity and whether or not it is fair. It is more than apparent that as our nation grows it has increasingly become a multiracial‚ multiethnic society
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Affirmative action is a failure. Enforced by executive order 11246 affirmative action was intended as a temporary measure to level the playing field within education and the workplace for African Americans. After forty-eight years of biased and preferential treatment it is time for affirmative action‚ as we know it‚ to end. Affirmative action is outdated and in modern times only serves to create systemic problems within educational institutions‚ while causing long-lasting harm to individuals. Affirmative
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