Explain and briefly evaluate how working class identities are created and reinforced in the contemporary UK The working class are a group who traditionally follow common interests such as sense of community and being employed in the industrial industry doing manual work such as mining. It is considered to be the lowest group in our society’s hierarchy. Their identities can be created and reinforced through the process of socialisation. One way the working class identities can be considered to be
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retailer you only need to manage Working Capital ____________________________________________________________ _______________ Retail Paper by Jens-Peter Labus‚ December 1st‚ 2008 Introduction This paper looks at the theory and practise of Working Capital in the retail industry and finally seeks to answer the question presented above. The Definition of Working Capital There are several definitions of working capital. They all circle around the idea that working capital is the money bound or
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Short summary of the article The article is designed to find out the experience of working from home‚ the paper is argued that the transition of managers from office based working atmosphere to partly home based place is more than a physical move the location of the paid work. The data was used was taken from a research project situated in the UK where legislation (UK Employment Act ‚2002) has supported the introduction of flexible work arrangements including home-based telework The research identified
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examining the levels of underachievement of working class pupils. It was clear from the evidence that they were underachieving compared to the middle classes in terms of gaining access to selective schools‚ achievement at 16 - O Levels/CSEs/GCSEs entry to university and further training. In other words‚ it was clear that working class children were most likely to end up doing working class jobs. Despite this evidence‚ it was not entirely clear how working class pupils failed. This was revealed by the
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Effects of working capital management on the profitability of Portuguese manufacturing firms Sónia Silva* sonia@eeg.uminho.pt Florinda Silva** fsilva@eeg.uminho.pt July 2012 Abstract This study provides empirical evidence about the effects of working capital management on the profitability of Portuguese manufacturing firms. A database covering the period 1996-2006‚ collected from Portuguese Statistical Office‚ is analyzed under panel data methodology. In line with previous research
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journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/1743-9132.htm IJMF 3‚2 Effects of working capital management on SME profitability ´ ´ Pedro Juan Garcıa-Teruel and Pedro Martınez-Solano Deptartment of Management and Finance‚ Faculty of Economy and Business‚ University of Murcia‚ Murcia‚ Spain Abstract Purpose – The object of the research presented in this paper is to provide empirical evidence on the effects of working capital management on the profitability of a sample of small and medium-sized Spanish
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Most of us got used to the 9-to-5 working scheme. Yet others prefer a more flexible working schedule and go in for freelance jobs. What are the pros and cons of working from home? On the one hand‚ freelance is becoming increasingly popular‚ especially among younger workers‚ who are more flexible and enthusiastic about having more independence in their work. Another good thing about freelance is that one can be his/her own boss and take initiative instead of being told to do things. What is more
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1. Why does Carnegie think it is better to build public institutions than to give charity to the poor? Carnegie believes it is better to build public institutions than to give to charity because it is best to help people help themselves than to only temporarily relieve their worries. As Andrew Carnegie had stated‚ “…temporary assistance can do genuine good…” (Foner 30)‚ but what happens when the temporary assistance ceases? For example‚ if you were to give money to a beggar on the street‚ their
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Moving up From the Working Class by Morris and Grimes In the article by Morris and Grimes they talk about going from the working class and moving up to the middle class and the shock of that. They describe how people don’t really know how to handle the change in status. It also talks about how people can be discouraged from moving up in class and are in a way raised to stay in the class that their parents grew up in. I can see evidence of this in my own life and at the same time I can find in
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Evaluate the view that working class failure in education is caused by cultural deprivation. Class is the most important influence on educational failure. Herbert Hyman argued that the system of values of the lower classes created an obstacle to their improvement. Hyman outlined the following differences between the system of values of the working and middle classes. The working class; place less value on education‚ place less value on attaining a higher occupational status and believe that
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