‘No place to hide’? The realities of leadership in UK supermarkets SKOPE Research Paper No. 91 May 2010 * Irena Grugulis‚ **Ödül Bozkurt and ***Jeremy Clegg * Bradford University School of Management‚ **Lancaster University Management School‚ ***Leeds University Business School Editor’s Foreword SKOPE Publications This series publishes the work of the members and associates of SKOPE. A formal editorial process ensures that standards of quality and objectivity are maintained. Orders
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The Place of Technology Opinions on the roles technologies have assumed in our lives vary greatly between individuals‚ but all most often question the potential effects it has on our brains and their functions. Some‚ like the author Nicholas Carr‚ see the change as a loss rather than a gain‚ and others‚ such as the Glass explorer Gary Shteyngart‚ are welcoming the change with open arms. Carr elaborates on his technological concerns in great detail in his 2008 article “Is Google Making Us Stupid
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A Better Philippines Is it just a vision or “the future”? Thesis statement: Almost each of us has a vision for our poor country. But the problem is most of the time it just remain a mere vision. So the question is; would it just remain our vision or it’s going to be the future of this country? The main problems found in the Philippines are (randomly): economic crisis‚ graft and corruption in the government‚ poor kind of education on most part of the country‚ low rate of employment
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A Dystopian world Dystopian is when there is a bad Place or scene where people have no freedom‚ total government control ‚surveillance ‚violence‚ death‚ poverty known as an “imperfect” world. The hunger games can be considered a dystopian film. Having many dystopian characteristics playing a role through the film. In the world of the hunger games it’s all about suffering‚ pain and depression set in the future. In a place called Panem people have agitated lives. They have complete government control
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‘A Better Tomorrow’ In thunder and lightning‚ here we come Ladies and gentlemen‚ we the children of today Present to you ‘A Better Tomorrow’. Malaysia is a multi - racial country. A country that belongs to all Malaysians with a shared history and a belief in a shared future. U-N-I-T-Y [individual] Unity! Only a five - letter word‚ yet the foundation of multi - racial Malaysia. A cultural melting pot [Udah makai‚ nuan? Wa jiak pah liaw?] A unique heritage of different races [Selamat
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The Spirit of Christmas ----A simple analysis of A Christmas Carol Christmas is a symbol of the God’s love to mortals. On this day‚ God gave his only son to the Mortal World‚ which brought gaudete and peace. For the Christian‚ the significance of Christmas is sharing the love and peace with each other selflessly. At the mention of literature about Christmas‚ Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is the most famous one. It is a story about how the selfish businessman Mr. Scrooge changed into a
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Critical Book Review on “A Small Place” A Small Place is written by a woman named Jamaica Kincaid. She’s considered by some as being the most important Westen Indian woman writer. In this book‚ Jamaica gives the reader a tourism journey into her native Antigua‚ to argue that the reason her people so heavily rely on western culture and economics influence in their everyday life is because of the colonial past Antigua has faced. The first key theme I see in A Small Place is‚ Thief. Jamaica talks about
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million times about running away from home. I have discussed my idea with my friend Anil. I told him we could “scavenge for food and sleep in the park” and roam around all day “without having to go to school”. We could live “a life of adventure”. Just to make this quote more vivid‚ my eyes gleamed with excitement. I don’t know why but it didn’t quite work out. Anil told me that he and his family are going for a holiday too‚ so there is no way I was running away from home alone. When dad came home from
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A Better Daughter “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” My eyes opened to the familiar sound of the lady singing from my alarm clock. It was two days after Christmas‚ 8:00 a.m. in the morning. I slowly spill out of bed‚ very slowly‚ continuously murmuring‚ “Why do I have to wake up? I’m not even in school anymore.. ugh..” As I was crawling up the stairs to the dining room‚ I can already tell by the sound coming from kitchen; my father was very ready to start our day. The major plans for
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A Small Place The novel‚ A Small Place is about a woman named Kincaid who talks about her life growing up in Antigua and her feelings towards society both in times of the “old” Antigua and Antigua in the present time of the novel. Kincaid also talks about her feelings towards tourism‚ the exploitation and colonization of her country‚ and global stratification. In my opinion‚ this novel can relate to class discussions such as the discussion on racism and gender wars. Again‚ in my opinion I did
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