A SHORT HISTORY OF ACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS The history of accounting is as old as civilization‚ among the most important professions in economic and cultural development. Accountants invented writing‚ developed money and banking‚ innovated the double entry bookkeeping system that fueled the Italian Renaissance‚ were needed by Industrial Revolution inventors and entrepreneurs for survival‚ helped develop the capital markets necessary for big business so essential for capitalism‚ turned into a profession
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History In 1972‚ the local government system in Sierra Leone was abolished by the then Executive by a “Presidential declaration” which was achievable as there was no codified law or any constitutional provision to protect local government from such powerful actions by the Executive. This abolition effectively meant that Management Committees appointed by the President between 2002 and 2004 replaced local authorities. Binneh –Kamara in 2013 argues that the “Local Government act of 2004 was enacted
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SOR – Assessment Task 1 Judaism as stated by the quote is a religion of action‚ setting an example and spiritual connection to the world. Individuals and the Jewish community are influenced by a variety of life’s aspects that help create complexity and significance in adherent’s lives. Guidance through life is aided by significant practices such as synagogue services which set an example and Jewish scholars like Moses Maimonides that consolidated Judaism in the face of dual threats. With their enriched
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One of the duties that company directors need to comply with is fiduciary duties. This is so as company directors are said to be in a fiduciary relationship with the company. When directors are in a fiduciary relationship with the company‚ they are prohibited from doing any acts deemed prejudicial to the company. In other words‚ by applying the judgment in Hospital Products Ltd v United States Surgical Corpn‚ directors cannot and should not use his position to receive personal gains. The traditional
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCHOLARLY ACADEMIC INTELLECTUAL DIVERSITY VOLUME 14‚ NUMBER 1‚ 201 2 1 Mechanistic - Organic Organizations — A n Axiomatic Theory: Authority Based on Bureaucracy or Professional Norms Fred C. Lunenburg Sam Houston State University ABSTRACT M echanistic and organic organizations are opposite ends of a continuum of organizational structure possibilities. Mechanistic organizations are efficient‚ rigid‚ predictable‚ and standardized organizations. Specifically
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Ecole des Traducteurs et d’Interprètes de Beyrouth Diana Darwish ; Sarah Saleh ; Giulia Yaghi ETIB L5 Comparison between the American and the British Judicial Power A project presented to Misses Alexa Hocheime on the 27th of Novembre 2012 Outline Interview with Her Majesty the Queen… I- Introduction II- Body 1- Informative part
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1. Corrections: collection of local‚ state‚ and federal agencies that supervise and treat criminal defendants. 2. Eighth amendment: excessive bail shall not be required‚ nor excessive fines imposed‚ nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. 3. Pretrial supervision: correctional supervision of a defendant who has been arrested‚ booked‚ and bonded out of jail 4. Bond: the release from jail custody in exchange for collateral or recognizance whereby the defendant promises to appear for future
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into the English language by Charles Ferguson (1959). Ferguson’s definition of diglossia is as follows: Diglossia is a relatively stable language situation in which‚ in addition to the primary dialects of the language‚ there is a divergent‚ highly codified superposed variety‚ the vehicle of a large and respected body of written literature‚ either of an early period or in another speech community‚ which is learned largely by formal education and is used for most written and formal spoken purposes but
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In the book‚ “The Handbook of Texas” Dan Dickey writes that in the late 1940’s and 1950’s when “Tex-Mex” music became commercialized‚ so did the Music called “corridos”. Back then it became popular to hear songs about drug smuggling and violence. Music from the genre corridos which was about drugs and drug smuggling was called narcocorrido‚ which some would say is “Mexico’s style of gangsta rap”. An excellent example of narcocorrido would be “El Avión de la Muerte” (The Plane of Death) performed
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B. F. Skinner Steven A. Vance Post University B.F. Skinner Burrhus Frederic Skinner was a behavioral theorist who impacted greatly on the developmental field. He is not considered a developmental psychologist‚ but many of his theories are still embraced by developmental theorists today
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