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associations require English as an important exigency. HEM introduced a list of international training centers for the second year’s students: Calliope, The British Council, Wall Street and British Workshop in Morocco and several language centers in England, Malta, Dublin and Santa Barbara. The aim of this training is to involve students in a purely English setting so as to develop their skills and competencies. While my colleagues chose to go abroad, my choice fell up on British Workshop. Why…

Mikhail Gorbachev was arguably the most important world statesman of the second half of the twentieth century as the leader of the USSR from 1985-91. Unlike his predecessors, he was an open-minded and forward-looking leader. In order to improve the Soviet economic and political system , he implemented the policies Perestroika and Glasnost which were still controversial up to now. Perestroika means more reformation and was mainly applied to the Politburo and Soviet society. Glasnost means to…

Discuss the extent to which the US economic power led to the end of the Cold War. American economic power promoted the end of the Cold War by weakening the Soviet Union. As the United States was a superpower they had colossal economic power usually demonstrated in the form of their powerful military. The reason that the Cold War was so notable is because of the fact that both America and the USSR were superpowers and had the economic ability to own and research nuclear weapons. Due to the fact…

The notion of sexual harassment or assault is nothing new to any person on this earth. Sexual assault, as defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is “Illegal sexual contact that usually involves force upon a person without consent or is inflicted upon a person who is incapable of giving consent…” (Merriam-Webster). Although it seems rather obvious, some individuals may not be aware that their actions could be considered sexual assault and could hold severe criminal consequences. This leads to…

Through our teaching experiences, we come across students that have different levels of maturity. Immature students often give us a hard time, but the way forward is that we must perceive immaturity as a characteristic and a potential of growth. In this respect, two major aspects of growth are Dependence: the reliance on somebody’s help to grow and Plasticity: the adaptability and flexibility of an immature creature through the process of growth. In this regard, dependence is crucial as it…

Title "The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people." – Theodore Roosevelt Relationships are crucial to every individual; a personal connection is established upon forming a relationship. Personal relationships include family members and friends whereas relationships between co-workers are professional relationships. It is significant to maintain transparency in any relationship because it allows individuals and companies to maintain…

Ireland is one of the few countries that uses this system. There are 27 states in the EU and 23 of them use some version of a list electoral system. The only other country that uses PR-STV voting is malta. PR-STV means you vote by numbering you’re preferences. Claims are being made that this system of voting focuses too much on the candidates likeability rather than the efficiency of the party.The people who are voted in, the people with power may…

Throughout history, in civilization and societies, men were seen to be superior to women. On the top of the pyramid, men controlled women of how they should think, act, and behave. In society, women are expected to be in charge of cooking, cleaning, and taking care of kids. Women are seen to be unable to work in a business or the industry because they are incapable of handling the business affairs because of their gender. They are discriminated because they were born as a female human. From the…

The second part of the review will be conducted by means of the “McKinsey 7s model. This model is based around seven key elements of the organisation. These factors are split into two groups: hard and soft. In this model all the 7 elements are interrelated and according to this theory all these elements have to be aligned and consistent for an organisation to be successful. Hard Elements Soft Elements Strategy Shared Values Structure Skills Systems Staff Style Hard Elements Strategy:…

More than half of all marriages in the United States end in divorce. Every day, families are broken because of the unhappiness between spouses. But what about the silent victims? The children that were a product of this forgotten union are now hurled into a world of turbulent emotions and hard decisions. What is going to happen now? Every child that has been informed of the impending divorce has thought this at least once. Nonetheless, it is not only about the ending of life as they knew it.…