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[pic] Corporate governance developments in the UK Corporate governance developments in the UK are summarised as follows: Initial corporate governance developments in the UK began in the late 1980s and early 1990s in the wake of corporate scandals such as Polly Peck and Maxwell. Financial reporting irregularities led to the establishment of the ‘Financial Aspects of Corporate Governance Committee’ led by Sir Adrian Cadbury. The resulting Cadbury Report published in 1992 outlined a number
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professor Robert Kelley identified five different follower styles. Alienated followers Alienated followers are deep and independent thinkers who do not willingly commit to any leader. Passive followers Passive followers do as they are told but do not think critically and are not particularly active participants. Conformist followers Conformists are more participative than passive followers‚ but do not provide challenge. Pragmatic followers Pragmatic followers are middling in their independence‚ engagement
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here is an ever aging population in the UK; this has been described as a ‘pensioners time bomb’ and will result in many changes for society. There are a number of factors that have caused this. Thomas McKeown (1972) argues that improved nutrition since the 1900‘s has accounted for up to half the reduction in death rates another factor for this is medical improvements (such as the introduction of the NHS in 1948 and antibiotics) and public health measures (like the Clean Air Act of 1956). Some people
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Economics Question: In the light of the change that have occurred in the structure of the UK economy in the recent years‚ discuss better is it still correct to describe UK economy as a mixed economy. Generally‚ the British economy is also known as the Anglo-Saxon economy and is the second largest economy in Europe after Germany. It is also the fifth largest economy in the world in terms of market exchange rates. In the early history‚ the country’s most dominated sector is the agriculture
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The UK SME sector and its relative importance to the economy Kayleigh West 21st Feb 2012 Introduction Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of all economies and are a key source of economic growth‚ dynamism and flexibility in advanced industrialised countries‚ as well as in emerging and developing economies. (oecd.org)The committee of Bolton report (1971) believed that the health of the economy requires the birth of new enterprises in substantial numbers‚ they concluded
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1 Introduction The UK Government transferred the ownership of the British Airports Authority from the Government to the private sector on the first of April 1987. After 25 years‚ more than 50% of the British airports became privatized. There has been a lot of political debate about past privatizations and future plans of privatizing other airports (Ison et al.‚ 2011). Today‚ most of the British airports are good examples of privatized firms operating in a regulated market. Some studies of public
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does TT Supermarket give a different meaning to food and cooking‚ as compared with a more conventional Loblaws Superstore Compared to a more conventional Loblaws Superstore‚ TT Supermarket provides customers with unique‚ even entertaining shopping experience. For example‚ in TT supermarket‚ there is a wide variety of seafood including different kinds of live fish in the tank. Consumers can pick up what they want easily‚ which is a kind of adventure and discovery. Besides‚ TT Supermarket provides
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leaders do not exist without followers and that a dialectical relationship between the two; that is‚ leaders and followers are mutually defining and constructing” (Mumby‚2013.). Robert Kelley wrote an essay called “In Praise of Followers” and in this essay‚ he came up with a two-dimensional model that would entail five roles for followership. These five roles are sheep‚ yes people or conformist‚ alienated followers‚ pragmatic followers and star or exemplary followers (Mumby‚2013.). Robert explains
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GENDER AND EDUCATION IN THE UK 1. GENDER TRENDS IN EDUCATION. ‘Of all the educational inequalities which form the terrain of policy-making since the Second World War‚ gender has shown the most dramatic shift. Specifically‚ in England and Wales‚ the closure of the gender gap up to age sixteen and changing patterns of achievement in post-compulsory education and training stands as a testimony to this transformation.’ (Arnot et al‚ 1999: 30). The UK has enjoyed formal ‘gender parity’
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