Additionally, the company has a strong reputation in product development. Conclusion of the supplier information Considering the products PSC needs should be high quality and the supplier's production and lead-time should be high flexible to support PSC's make-to-order strategy. Avoiding possible risks are the critical issue. Multiple sourcing might minimize the purchasing risk, assurance of the source of supply and also enhanced buyer's negotiation leverage to get a better cost. According to our analysis of these case, Sure Tech and E-Drive are in better overall position.
Citizens can now access the information held on them by some 100,000 organisations. This act came into full force n 2005 yet even though public authorities are required to publish more information there are still many which can withhold information on the grounds of public safety or national security. In the respect this reform was of little impact as many companies can excuse not giving away information by claiming its for national security or public safety. One reform which has had a major impact on the constitution was devolution. Britain, at best can be described as quasi-federal as opposed to unitary state or a federal state.
Question d) Using material from item A and elsewhere, assess the view that social class differences in educational achievement are the result of school processes such as labelling. (20 marks) Social class background has a powerful influence on a child's chances of success in the educational system, a child is often labelled from the first year of school based on their class background, in the society there are significant social class, gender and ethnic inequalities of educational achievement. Some explanations of class differences in achievement focus on internal factors within school and the educational system. Labelling is linked to other processes within schools that result in class differences in achievement, these processes include the self-fulfilling prophecy, streaming and the polarisation into anti and pro-school pupil subcultures as stated by Item A. The self-fulfilling prophecy is a prediction that comes true simply by it being made, which leads to a student’s underachievement.
Assess the View that Class Difference in Educational Achievement is the Result of Internal Factors –Plan Introduction: * 45% gap between classes in A*-C GCSE * Internal factors include labelling, self-fulfilling prophecy, pupil subcultures, and marketisation and selection policies * Internal perspective looks at factors within schools and the education system Main: Labelling: * To label someone is to attach a meaning or definition to a person * Many studies have shown that teachers often attach labels to pupils, even without knowing the pupil’s ability or attitude towards education Secondary: Becker 1971 * Carried out an important internationalist study of labelling. * 60 interviews with Chicago high school students * Judged pupils on how close they fitted an image of the “ ideal pupil” * Teachers saw middle class children as the closest to their “ideal pupil” * Teachers saw working class pupils as badly behaved Cicourel and Kitsuse 1963 * Studied educational counsellors in an American high school * Counsellors play an important role in deciding which students will get on to courses that prepare them for higher education * Found inconsistencies in the way counsellors assessed students’ suitability for courses * Judged pupils largely on the basis of their class and/ or race. Primary: Rist 1940 * Studied an American kindergarten * The teacher used information about children’s home background and appearance to place them into 3 groups * These groups were “Tigers”; fast learner group, “Clowns”, and “Cardinals” * “Tigers” tended to be middle class pupils and of neat and clean appearance. * She seated the “Tigers” on the table closest to her and showed them great encouragement. * The other two groups were seated further away, and were given low-level books to read and fewer
As item A states “there are important differences in the educational achievement of pupils from different ethnic groups” there are statistics that prove this fact, for example in the UK between 50-60% of all white students on average attain 5 or more A*-C GCSES compared to 75% of Chinese students, the figure is closer to 85% for Chinese girls, and only 40% of Bangladeshi and Pakistani students, Indian pupils on average do better than white pupils but less well than Chinese. This essay will assess sociological explanations for these ethnical differences in educational achievement. Sociologists suggest that to fully understand the reasons behind ethnic differences we must consider both external and internal factors. This essay will begin with internal factors, i.e. the factors that occur within the education system, they can be divided into four different problems, the first being labelling and teacher racism.
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Yolanda Lawson May 25, 2012 Unit 13 CP-150.-5.7.12c Essay Something should be done to help reduce the amount of sugar and fat children consume in school. More attention should be focused on beverages and food choices that are available to children in school. Schools system should be required to replace the beverages and food with healthy alternatives and choices. “The National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs proposal rule in January 2011 to improve breakfast and lunch” (Concannon, 2012). Working families across the USA will benefit tremendously from this program.
Each one of these steps of the process of evaluation goes together because they help to find the issues in the program and learn from data what the agency can do to not only make the program run more efficiently but also effectively. Reference Practical Grant Writing & Program Evaluation (2003) Yuen, F. & Terao,
Why not exempt the cost of food from taxes if provided by the employer? It's a way of forcing healthy young people to pay for insurance they might not otherwise purchase individually, so you can insure sick older people at a reduced cost? At 3/05/2012 10:20 PM, Mark J. Perry said... Why don't employers then provide car insurance and homeowner's insurance for their employees? And food, clothing, electronics, autos, etc. all at group discounts?
One common tool welfare workers use to estimate household earnings are to measure them against the standard of living. What falls below the standard of living is considered to be poverty level, in some cases a person applying will have to show regular attempts that they are trying to gain employment in order to continue receiving the welfare benefits. Welfare services and benefits include but are not limited to; direct cash, support services, medical assistance benefits, work force programs, food stamp program and many others. When direct cash is given, the recipient is entitled to a set amount based on persons in the household being applied for.