This was a much awaited date. Friday 28 November was the deadline for essay in HRM, activity 6.5 in GEM SOCI1101 Understanding Society and last but not the least: Marketing Presentation.

Articles suggest that it is now possible to have a nanny to look after your children, a person to clean your house or do your garden, as well as an agency to arrange your social life, your holidays, someone to let the washing-machine repair person to come into your house when you are at work, buy presents for your children and your spouse and so on. Indeed, lifestyle managers and consultants from companies such as the London-based TimeEnergyNetwork, which will run your household, co-ordinating all these sub-contractors to undertake your domestic chores.

Ref:

• http://books.google.com/books?id=Gk_myyWa1tEC&printsec=frontcover
• Mummy, I want to be a Housewife, The Times Higher Education by Catherine Hakim, 26 April 1996
• Feature Article: Do women want to stay at home?

Below is the movie review for Office Space, a movie which we are supposed to view for the Human Resources Management Module.

If you choose a career in management, ther are certain keys to success you should consider. The following discussion makes some suggestions based on proven tactics that managers have used to advance their careers.

Ref: Management - S. Robbins

Our expectations do affect the way we behave in situations and the way we behave affects how other people do respond. In order to be able to secure a seat at the university, we had been carefully "crafted" by many teachers in order to successfully tackle the exams' challenging questions. But have we ever pondered about our Teachers' Expectations contributing to our achievements? Lets Critically Analyse...

Ref: Expectations and Student Outcomes