to domestic spying. (Paquette 2013‚ 799). However‚ these concerns didn’t pay attention of the media outlets as it was with Edward Snowden’s revelations in the British newspaper. Namely‚ The Guardian published an article about the National Security Agency (NSA) spying the nation and requiring Verizon‚ the biggest wireless communication service in the USA‚ to hand over all records of the citizens’ phone calls to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the NSA. In addition‚ to the classified NSA
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Ladies Detective Agency- by Alexander McCall Smith Alexander McCall Smith was born in Zimbabwe 1948. Smith’s first year as a student was in Botswana but then moved to Scotland and was educated at law school. Today he is professor in Medical Law and writer to several world-famous novels‚ including the series about Mma Ramotswe. Smith has been teaching at universities in several African countries‚ including Botswana‚ where he has lived for some time. The Ladies Detective Agency is the first book
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The two “key” intelligence agencies that immediately come to mind are the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The mission of the CIA‚ the most well known U.S. spying agency (and the subject of many Hollywood movies)‚ is to spy and collect intelligence on foreign governments and to engage in covert operations-some involving questionable “regime change”. According to the CIA’s official website‚ its purpose is to “collect‚ analyze and disseminate intelligence
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Articles FActors AFFecting Job PerFormAnce in Public Agencies JAmes gerArd cAillier The College at Brockport‚ State University of New York ABSTRACT: Articles empirically examining job performance in the public sector are scant. As a result‚ in this article a theoretical research model is developed to examine job performance‚ and it is subsequently tested on state government workers. The findings are clear: Role ambiguity negatively affects employee job performance; mission contribution is fully
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SELF-INTEREST‚ ALTRUISM‚ INCENTIVES‚ & AGENCY THEORY Michael C. Jensen Harvard Business School MJensen@hbs.edu Abstract Many scholars‚ business people‚ policy makers‚ and religious leaders are suspicious of self-interest and incentives and often oppose the use of incentives to motivate managers‚ employees‚ public servants‚ or the public itself. I address here some of these issues regarding human nature and organizations raised by Michael Brennan (1994) in “Incentives‚ Rationality‚ and Society
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1.4: Explain common barriers to integrated working and multi-agency working and how these can be overcome. Common barriers that can be found in integrated and multi-agency working are that of poor communication or a lack of communication‚ misunderstanding of situations‚ inconsistent or inaccurate record keeping and also not following policies or procedures. Barriers such as the few I have just named can stop people from effectively communicating with one another‚ which can then cause distress
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A CONCEPTUAL NOTE ON THE MODES OF TERMINATION OF AGENCY CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: Introduction 1.1 Research Problem 1.2 Literature Review 1.3 Scope and Objectives 1.4 Research Questions 1.5 Research Methodology CHAPTER 2: Modes of termination of agency: A Synopsis CHAPTER 3: Effects of termination of agency: A Discussion CHAPTER 4: Duty of agent on termination of agency CHAPTER 5: Conclusion Bibliography CHAPTER
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1. A contract of agency can be expressed or implied from certain circumstances and conduct of the parties. State the ways in which an agency may arise and explain all of them. Agency can created in many ways: (a)By express appointment by the principal (actual express authority) (b)By implied appointment by the principal (actual implied authority) (c)By the agent occupying a position which would normally carry with it authority to do an act of the kind in question (usual authority) (d)By the
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A comparison between advertising agencies’ and PR agencies’ internationalization motives and entry modes - Eight cases from Sweden 1. Abstract The firm internationalization literature is extensive‚ but dominated by studies of technical‚ often large‚ firms. The service firm internationalization literature is slowly growing. Few international contributions are found investigating the advertising industry and no such studies focus on the Swedish market. The PR industry has been internationally
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Established in 1947‚ the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an independent governmental agency legally responsible for the provision of national security intelligence to the President‚ senior policymakers in high offices‚ and the military in strategic decision-making. The National Security Act of 1947 instituted the agency’s authority to perform three primary activities. The activities are inclusive of the collection of foreign intelligence‚ analyzing the collected intelligence and performing
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