Conservative Briton

Article Abstract:

The average British businessperson is not likely to be educated at the elite UK schools and is more likely than the European average to be a woman. The British character still retains a high degree of xenophobia. The British typically are suspicious of foreigners. While the approach of the single European market of 1992 has encouraged many British businesspeople to learn a foreign language, many expect that the foreigners that they come into contact with will speak English. Research from the British Institute of Management reveals that while 44% of 600 surveyed executives can understand a letter written in French, only 23% could write a reply in French. While the single European market and membership in the European Community have made the UK a part of Europe, the British typically do not feel European.

Psychological aspects, Social aspects, United Kingdom, British, Businessmen, Single European market, Xenophobia, Second languages, Great Britain, European Community

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Productivity and performance measures: who uses them?

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Productivity and performance measures can be divided into 15 types to analyze the differing usage by top, middle, and bottom levels of management. Middle and bottom managers have very similar priorities for most frequently used measures, including output per labor, sales per labor, output per material, profit per labor and sales per material. While top management also uses sales per labor and profit per labor frequently, other priorities differ, such as profit per capital, sales per capital and output per capital.

Standards, Usage, Production management, Productivity accounting

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Where in the world?

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Global Positioning System (GPS) units can tell you where you are by giving you Ordnance Survey coordinates, plus your altitude and speed of travel. GPS units operate by getting navigational information from satellites which are circling the earth. Pilots and sailors use GPS but now that the units are smaller and cheaper they are likely to be used more widely. GPS is not absolutely accurate and the signals can be obscured by woods or buildings. GPS can be an aid to navigation but is no substitute for a map.

Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing, Search and navigation equipment, Navigation Support Systems, Evaluation, Product/Service Evaluation, Product information, Electronics industry, Navigation systems, Ground support systems (Astronautics), Global Positioning System (Navigational aid)

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