Cricket as a vehicle for community cohesion: Building bridges with British Muslims

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to review practices and research within the social change and community cohesion disciplines, with a view to applying them in the context of British Muslims and cricket. The paper aims to discuss the role of sport, and especially cricket, to help build community cohesion and bring about social change between British Muslims and the wider British society. Design/Methodology/Approach: This paper uses an inductive and critical approach. Findings: This paper suggests that, the apolitical nature of sport and the popularity of cricket within the South-east Asian British Muslim community can be used as an effective tool to build relationships between British Muslims and the wider British Society. It calls for reflexive thought and action on the part of cricket management to engage in community projects that will enhance the image of cricket as well as genuinely benefitting the society. Originality/Value: Growth of British Muslims has created a great amount of interest from a marketing perspective. Research into Islamic Marketing and British Muslim consumers are still in its infancy. This paper introduces an under researched area of British Muslims (to date), namely British Muslim sport spectators, and calls for cricket managers and marketers to take an active approach to embarking upon social change

A Postgraduate Marketing Programme’s Journey Towards Internationalisation

Internationalisation has been a significant focus of educational institutions for some time now and yet many institutions are still grappling with the most effective way to achieve it. This case study provides a critical review of steps taken within a marketing postgraduate programme towards internationalisation. Three key steps are outlined here, with a view to sharing lessons learnt at each step: module-level approach, optional virtual exchange and programme-level approach. The paper concludes that internationalisation at home is a more inclusive way forward and that faculty development, use of technology and clearly defined learning outcomes are critical elements in securing effective internationalisation

Pemanfaatan Teknologi Informasi dalam Peningkatan Pelayanan Pembuatan Paspor Baru di Wilayah DKI Jakarta

Passport is an important document for every Indonesian citizen who will be traveling between countries, but in the process to obtain a passport is a lot of red tape tripping obstacles and complex, so a little more inhibited in the management of passport. The government through the Directorate General of Immigration under the Ministry of Law and Human Rights Republic of Indonesia made a breakthrough policy is helpful in the management process passports for citizens of Indonesia for easy, fast and effective through the use of information technology. Where present if an Indonesian citizen wanted for a passport can pre register first via the website http://www.imigrasi.go.id. In this study all described in the management information related to passport online to the public, especially residents of Jakarta starting from the data entry applicants to pre-petition receipt printing that can be used as evidence that the applicant is the data contained in the proof of the pre-petition has included documents document requirements in the new passport, so that the applicant can directly execute the process of verifying the authenticity of the document, the process of taking fingerprints and photographs and interview process. This will greatly assist in the management of passport applicants who previously had to take at least up to 8 working days to more easily, quickly and effectively, because if you do the prepetition management of passport takes only 4 working days. So it is clear that the presence of all information technology activities will be faster and more effectively

Career transition of UK armed forces officers

This research aims to understand the career transition of one segment of the UK armed forces – the Officers. Exisitng research, to a large extent, views the armed forces community as a single segment. However, due to various factors such as eduction levels and salaries of officer and non-officer ranks, the transition of officers and non-officers are likely to be different (MacManus, et al. 2012; Iversen, et al. 2005). Therefore, more specific understanding of various sub-segments of the UK armed forces is needed and this research aims to partially fill this need by focussing on the officer ranks of the armed forces

Can community cohesion help with radicalisation? Using music and poetry to build bridges

This paper calls for the use of music and poetry to make a concerted effort towards bridging the gap between communities in the UK. This paper proposes that bringing youth from various parts of the community can lead to a reduced risk of religious radicalisation by: a) creating a sense of community and belonging, b) providing a platform through music and poetry to express frustrations and disenfranchisement felt by youth

Evaluasi Penggunaan Obat Anti Tuberkulosis Dan Kepatuhan Pada Pasien Tuberkulosis Paru Di RSUD Dr. Moewardi

Penyakit tuberkulosis merupakan penyakit menular yang sering terjadi dan dapat menyebabkan kematian, Indonesia merupakan penyumbang penyakit tuberkulosis terbesar nomor lima di dunia setelah Negara-negara berkembang lainnya. Peningkatan jumlah penderita tuberkulosis disebabkan oleh berbagai faktor, yakni kurangnya tingkat kepatuhan penderita untuk berobat dan meminum obat, timbulnya resistensi ganda, berkurangnya daya bakterisid obat yang ada, meningkatnya kasus HIV/AIDS dan krisis ekonomi. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui gambaran pengobatan tuberkulosis dan untuk mengetahui kepatuhan dari pasien dalam penggunaan obat di RSUD Dr. Moewardi dengan standard Pedoman Nasional Penanggulangan Tuberkulosis 2008.Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian non eksperimental dengan analisis deskriptif analitik dan metode pengumpulan data secara retrospektif dan pengolahan data kuesioner kepatuhan pasien. Hasil dari penelitian adalah Golongan obat anti tuberkulosis yang paling banyak digunakan dalam pengobatan pasien TB di instalasi rawat jalan RSUD Dr. Moewardi yaitu Isoniazid, Rifampisin, Pirazinamid, Etambutol, untuk pasien TB paru kategori 1 mendapatkan HRZE (300/450/500/500) yang masuk dalam tahapan intensif, dan HR ( 450/450) atau (600/600) untuk pasien yang masuk dalam tahapan sisipan. dan pasien TB paru kategori 2 mendapatkan HRE (600/600/1600) yang masuk dalam tahapan lanjutan. Dan untuk kepatuhan pasien Tuberkulosis paru tinggi karena berada di kuadran 4 (motivasi tinggi dan pengetahuan tinggi) sebanyak 67 pasien (67%), dan juga terdapat 86 pasien (86%) dan 38 pasien (38%) yang tepat pasien dan tepat obat. Dan untuk hubungan kepatuhan dengan penggunaan OAT dilihat dari tahapan yang dijalani oleh pasien, pasien yang masuk dalam tahapn intensif lebih patuh dibandingkan pasien yang masuk dalam tahapan sisipan atau lanjutan

Perceptions of non-profit brands through the lens of PCP

This paper investigates the brand perceptions of service charities (non-profit organisations established to provide services for the UK armed forces community) from the perspective of its service users

Service needs of the UK armed forces community

Public awareness and interest in the UK armed forces has increased over the years as a result of their involvement in various conflict situations. Research has also identified the increasing support and services that the armed forces community needs, including mental wellbeing and transition to civilian life. The voluntary sector has played a key role in providing support and services for the armed forces community in the UK. Gaining a more in-depth understanding of the armed forces community and their needs would help the various service charities to plan and deliver their services as well as promote themselves more effectively. The purpose of this research was to understand and identify the service needs of one cohort of the UK armed forces - officers and their families. Qualitative, in-depth interviews of case workers and beneficiaries of a service charity working with officers and their families were carried out, as well as observations and discussions with various service charities and attendees of veterans outreach services. Thematic analysis of the interviews, observations and discussion notes helped identify eight specific service needs that are important to the officers and their families

“We believe in democracy…”: Epistemic Modality in Justin Trudeau’s Political Speeches

This article investigates epistemic modality in political discourse. It focuses on modality markers in terms of their word classes, semantic meanings and discourse functions in political speeches. The data were taken from three speeches delivered by the 23rd Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The results show that the markers found in the three speeches are of five different types, i.e., lexical verbs, modal adjectives, modal adverbs, modal auxiliary verbs and modal nouns, with meanings ranging from possibility, probability, to certainty. The markers also indicate the speaker’s commitment whose degree reflects the function in the social context. The speaker’s commitment is divided into three degrees of engagement, each of which serves as a means to be polite, to be diplomatic, and to be persuasive. The findings suggest that Trudeau tends to use reasonable judgment expressions to sound diplomatic and persuasive in his speeches.