of Political Action Committees‚ or PACs‚ which have a large influence on campaigns. In 1971‚ The Federal Election Commission Act‚ or FECA‚ was passed to help control PACs. The Bi-Partisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002‚ or BCRA‚ tried to limit the influence that PACs had on elections. This act says that PACs cannot run ads within thirty days of an election. Finally‚ we come to the Citizens United VS Federal Election Commission‚ FEC. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Citizens United and this decision
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Learning Disability The federal regulations on defining a specific learning disability means a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes that are used to communicate language‚ spoken‚ or written and may affect the imperfect ability to listen‚ think‚ speak‚ read‚ write‚ spell‚ or to perform mathematical calculations‚ including conditions such as perceptual disabilities‚ brain injury‚ minimal brain dysfunction‚ dyslexia‚ and developmental aphasia. Specific learning disability does
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Page |2 Bureaucracy A bureaucracy is a form of organization based on logic‚ order‚ and the legitimate use of formal authority. Bureaucracies are meant to be orderly‚ fair‚ and highly efficient. The Bureaucratic approach to management was developed around the start of twentieth century by an important writer‚ Max Weber‚ a German Sociologist. The bureaucratic approach depends on five principles that are; 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Specialization of work Formal Rules & Procedures Impersonality Well-defined
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Exercises 1. Synergy Valuation a. Cost and revenue synergies Managers of an acquiring company anticipate cost savings pretax of $50 million in the first year of the deal and $100 million the next and that thereafter the savings would grow @ inflation‚ 2%. Marginal tax rate is 30%. The firm must invest $1 billion to achieve these savings and starting in the third year must spend 5% of the pre-tax savings to sustain the rate of savings. As part of rationalization of operations‚ some assets will be
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In the short story “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker‚ the two main characters‚ Maggie and Dee‚ are sisters who are very opposite to each other. Throughout the story‚ the girl’s differences become evident through their physical appearances‚ personalities‚ lifestyle decisions‚ and the way they feel about their heritage. Maggie and Dee have completely different physical appearances than each other. Maggie has a thin body figure‚ and her arms and legs are scarred from the house fire. Maggie is jealous
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mistake. The conversion to metric units from English was never converted. The wrong measurements had failed to launch up a space craft causing an accident. The weather orbit that was supposed to go into space never went. The failed meteorology mission of 1999 was caused by a machine error due to a computer not converting English units to metric units. Scientists didn’t realize the mistake until they tried to send the space craft up into the air. Nobody had checked the work done on the computer‚ they didn’t
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Exercise 16–1 Requirement 1 Since taxable income is less than pretax accounting income‚ a future taxable amount will occur when the temporary difference reverses. This means a deferred tax liability should be recorded to reflect the future tax consequences of the temporary difference. Income tax expense (to balance) 140‚000 Deferred tax liability ([$400‚000 – 250‚000] x 35%) 52‚500 Income tax payable ($250‚000 x 35%) 87‚500 As a result‚ net income is $260‚000: Pretax accounting
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and the question was asked‚ What are the alternatives if bureaucracy it not working in an organization? Bureaucracies Defined: According to Max Weber‚ bureaucracy is the most efficient and most rational known means of exercising authority over human beings (Weber‚ p223). Further it is reliable‚ precise and stable‚ these are all terms that are desired for large complex organizations that need to control vast amounts of employees. Bureaucracy is based on legitimate authority‚ those that are being
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The principles of effective communication work the same way for children and adults alike. The people who you work with and support‚ should be made to feel comfortable and at ease in your company‚ not feeling this way may make adults less confident to approach you and children to feel insecure and unsure‚ not feeling they can approach you to told to you. Your body language and facial expressions can discourage effective communicate as it may be seen as being negative and possibly resulting in communications
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I found most important in this module was the 5 essential qualities of effective followership—specifically that of self-management. It is imperative that leaders today know when and how to first be followers‚ and the one quality I know that I need to work on is knowing when it is time to lead and when it is time to embrace humility and be a follower. To begin with‚ NCOA Course 15 defines the 5 essential qualities of effective followership to be self-management‚ commitment‚ competence‚ integrity
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