A. Identify and briefly explain three functions of religion (9 marks) Marxism believes it acts as the ‘opium for the exploited working class people’. Religion would cushion the pain of oppression and exploitation in unequal societies such as in a capitalist society. It legitimized and maintained the power of the ruling class – helps to maintain the status quo by preventing the less powerful from changing things. Feminists see religion as a conservative force because it acts as an ideology that legitimates
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Identify and briefly explain three reasons why the New Christian Right might have failed to achieve its aims (9marks) The New Christian Right is a politically and morally conservative‚ protestant fundamentalist movement. The aims are extremely ambitious as they wish to make abortion‚ homosexuality and divorce illegal. They want to turn back to a time before liberalisation of American culture and society began. The New Christian Right may have failed to achieve its aims because the group lacked wide
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Mary Parker Follett discusses the psychology and human behavior behind giving and receiving orders. There is so much more that goes into giving and receiving orders than meets the eye‚ and is not as straightforward as one would initially think. Follett begins by explaining that human beings are complex creatures‚ and that we are the sum of all of our past experiences‚ emotions‚ beliefs‚ desires‚ habits and trainings. This means that people respond in different ways‚ and most have formed certain
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1- Explain the 7 steps of marketing research 2- Explain the difference between Quantitive and Qualitative research 3- Explain the difference between Primary and Secondary research Most business owners conduct market research every day without being aware of it‚ wither it’s asking former customers why they’ve switched‚ looking at competitor’s prices‚ comparing competitors products and finding out if customers are interested in future potential products and what they think about existing products
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Briefly explain the meaning of‚ and reasons for‚ strict liability. For strict liability offences it can be said that the prosecution does not have to prove the existence of mens rea for one or more of the elements of the actus reus of the offence. It is often said that no mens rea is needed for strict liability offences. This is probably an over simplification. A more complete answer would be that the prosecution does not have to prove the existence of mens rea for one or more of the elements of
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Six Steps to Conducting a Job Analysis Need help getting started with a job analysis? See if the steps below work for your situation. For other information‚ such as job analysis template worksheets‚ tips on writing tasks and competencies‚ and rating scales please refer to Appendix G of the Delegated Examining Operations Handbook (DEOH). STEP 1: COLLECT INFORMATION ABOUT THE JOB A good place to start is by reviewing materials that describe the work performed on the job. Such materials include: Position
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Explain giving examples how the reliance on journalists working in commercial media constraints the ability of media advocates Explain how an elitist theory of democracy and focus on mainstream journalism constraints the ability of media advocates How would media advocacy look like if informed by a participatory theory of democracy? Explain giving examples Why is democracy a dangerous form of government? Explain. Democracy includes a genuine competition for power. Explain Democracy permits mass participation
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Describe two models for change. Include appropriate examples in your answer. The two models for to be considered and discussed in this section are the Business Process Re-engineering and Kaizen models. Business Process Re-engineering Definition The world today is ever changing‚ moving from one phase to the other and the only thing that does not change is ‘change’ itself. As the modern business environment is propelled by the three Cs namely Customer‚ Competition and Change‚ organisations are
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The Six Steps in Conducting Quantitative Marketing Research Abstract: This paper presents the major stages in the decision n making process for conducting primary‚ quantitative research studies including identifying the research need or problem‚ developing the right research approach‚ designing the appropriate research plan‚ collecting the survey data‚ analyzing the survey results and reporting and presenting the findings‚ conclusions and recommendations.
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3.2 Explain the appropriate criteria to use for judging the quality of the assessment process The internal QA process largely takes place within the college programme/ department itself. Generally‚ this process collects continued information in a systematic way about the quality being achieved. The Self Assessment reports are the corner stone of the whole QA system and need to be prepared by the college under the guidance provided by the external agencies e.g. City and Guilds‚ EAL The Self Assessment
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