Abstract A grievance was filed by Local 10 of the American Federation of State‚ County‚ and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) on behalf of Carol Fern. Carol has been an employee of Bainbridge Borough for 18 years as a tax clerk. She was recently denied a request of 6 months unpaid maternity leave for a new born baby she and her husband recently adopted. It is the union’s belief that there has been a clear violation of their contract with Bainbridge Borough. Bainbridge Borough will be required to provide
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and on what terms? – How can we process payments to maximize cash flow? © 2008 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Accounting Information Systems‚ 11/e Romney/Steinbart 5 of 161 INTRODUCTION • In this chapter‚ we’ll look at: – How the three basic AIS functions are carried out in the revenue cycle‚ i.e.: • Capturing and processing data. • Storing and organizing the data for decisions. • Providing
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Appendix 1 - Department of Accounting SWOT Analysis Department of Accounting Meeting Minutes 1:00PM – 3:30 PM February 28‚ 2007 Revised April 20‚ 2007 by AAC Otto Martinson led the department in a “SWOT” analysis that resulted in the following list of Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities‚ and Threats: Strengths • Dedicated Hard Working Faculty • High Quality Faculty in terms of teaching/research/practice • Wide range of faculty expertise • Relatively newly renovated Buildings • Mediated Classrooms
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Organisational Culture Culture According to Kroeber and Kluckholn (1952) culture consists of patterns‚ explicit and implicit‚ of and for behaviour acquired and transmitted by symbols‚ constituting the distinctive achievement of human groups‚ including their embodiment in artifacts. Sinha (2000) suggests that “Culture consists of totality of assumptions‚ beliefs‚ values‚ social systems and institutions‚ physical artifacts and behaviour of people‚ reflecting their desire to maintain continuity
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reward systems‚ a concern for employee job security and satisfying careers and participation in decision making. Many early QWL efforts focus on job enrichment. In addition to improving the work system‚ QWL programs usually emphasise development of employee skills‚ the reduction of occupational stress and the development of more co-operative labour-management relations. Human resource departments are involved with efforts to improve productivity through changes in employee relations. QWL means having
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“One Artist‚ Finger‚ and Country”: Ai Weiwei’s Fight for Freedom. Figure 1. Tiananmen Square Ai’s View. From The Study of Perspective‚ by Ai Weiwei‚ 1995‚ http://www.emptykingdom.com/featured/ai-weiwei-study-in-perspective/ Ai Weiwei is a world famous Chinese artist that uses his controversial art to portray his strong political and social views. His works such as The Study of Perspective and Dropping China have an underlying political and social meaning used to activate the oppressed people of
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AI in optical character recognition Artificial intelligence (AI) is the intelligence of machines. AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents" where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chances of success. There are different fields under optical character recognition. Intelligent character recognition Handwriting recognition Automatic number plate recognition In computer science‚ intelligent
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designed to manage and measure staff recruitment efficiency‚ effectiveness‚ and alignment with the culture‚ mission‚ and strategy of the organisation. Apart from surveys and interviews the following represent a few ideas on how the recruitment and selection process and/or its indicators can be measured: Lead time or Hiring cycle e.g. time taken to fill an employee vacancy from advertisement to offer‚ acceptance of position and start of work. Explanation: This is a measure of the organisation’s
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A Rationale on the concepts and misconceptions of an area and how‚ as a teacher‚ I can progress children’s understanding Introduction I chose to develop a Medium Term Plan (MTP) to study area with a year five class. The reason for choosing area was because I was surprised on placement how many children did not grasp immediately that the area did not change when the shape changed and I found this extremely challenging to overcome. By looking into the subject more deeply‚ I thought I would
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Essay Question 1 Given what you know about Australia’s welfare approach‚ would you say it is closer to Sweden’s or America’s or different altogether? Give reasons or evidence to support your answer. Australia’s first approach to welfare was in 1901. Sweden’s designed its own welfare system around the great depression period. America’s welfare policy started in the 1935. In order for welfare to exist‚ the host government needs money and to obtain such‚ the government taxes its residents‚ non-residents
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