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Organisational cultures: Progression and retention barriers to women in the UK construction industry (2008)
Journal Article
Worrall, L., Harris, K., Thomas, A., Stewart, R., Jessop, S., McDermott, P., & Platten, A. (2008). Organisational cultures: Progression and retention barriers to women in the UK construction industry

The UK construction industry employs over two million people and is the country 19s top employer. However, at present the UK is facing a massive shortfall of available skilled workers and this shortage is predicted to continue for the foreseeable fut... Read More about Organisational cultures: Progression and retention barriers to women in the UK construction industry.

The past becomes the present : German national identity and memory since reunification (2008)
Thesis
Barnard, M. The past becomes the present : German national identity and memory since reunification. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

History and national consciousness are central to the creation and sustaining of national
identity. Although much has been written on German national identity, there has been
little examination of how the 60th anniversary of the Allied air campai... Read More about The past becomes the present : German national identity and memory since reunification.

Risk, culture, and organization : a study of injury among construction workers (2008)
Thesis
Maguire, K. Risk, culture, and organization : a study of injury among construction workers. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

National statistics reveal that construction workers are at greater risk of fatal
injury than most other workers in Great Britain. Using cultural and
organisational theories and carrying out qualitative studies, the thesis
attempts to understand w... Read More about Risk, culture, and organization : a study of injury among construction workers.

An analysis of relations and games of energy development between China and India (2008)
Journal Article
Wu, F. (2008). An analysis of relations and games of energy development between China and India. Nanya yanjiu jikan, 134(3), 55-60

Both China and India are not able to meet their domestic demand for oil and natural gas with their own home resources, and have to rely on those from abroad. Governments of both, therefore, encourage their home state-owned oil companies to "go out" t... Read More about An analysis of relations and games of energy development between China and India.

'Garden of evil' : images of the enemy in American war literature 1962-1990 (2008)
Thesis
Boulting, D. 'Garden of evil' : images of the enemy in American war literature 1962-1990. (Thesis). University of Salford

The following thesis interrogates representations of the enemy in three
American war novels: James Jones's The Thin Red Line (1962), Larry
Heinemann's Paco's Story (1986), and Tim O'Brien's The Things They
Carried (1990). While American literary r... Read More about 'Garden of evil' : images of the enemy in American war literature 1962-1990.

A study of 3D CAD and implications for training and skills in the fashion industry (2008)
Thesis
Wallace, T. A study of 3D CAD and implications for training and skills in the fashion industry. (Thesis). University of Salford

This study was motivated by the need to understand how 3D CAD systems might
impact on the designer and the fashion design process. Current descriptions of the
industry indicated that new strategies were necessary to survive globalisation,
technolo... Read More about A study of 3D CAD and implications for training and skills in the fashion industry.