must be that bureaucracies replaced alternative institutional arrangements‚ primarily markets in the first half of the 20th century because they outperformed them. How? Presumably‚ or so Alfred Chandler argues‚ because of technological innovations that led to massive economies of scale and/or scope. What were the changes in technology that caused bureaucracies to out-perform markets? Here the surprising answer is changes in organizational arrangements themselves.
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increasingly discontent view of Congress especially true when one looks back before the Clinton Impeachment debacle As the size of the nation and the number of congressman have grown‚ the congress has come under attack by both public influences and congressman themselves. Yet looking at one congressman’s relationship with his or her constituents‚ it would be hard to believe that this is the branch of government that has come under suspect. In "If Ralph Nader says congress is ’The broken branch‚’ how
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1. There are many ways in how a congress person can represent the American people. There are two kinds of representation for a congress person‚ which are sociological and agency. Sociological is type of representation‚ in where representatives have the same cultural background or traits as their constituents. For example‚ if a congress person has the same ethnic as their constituents‚ the people will feel that they are well representative at national level. The second principle is called Agency representation
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The congress has special powers spelled out within the constitution. The most important place that the powers are in the constitution is article one‚ section eight. In this section‚ it lists powers of congress and what they entail. Congress in a way has more power than the president because after congress comes up with a law it is then taken to the president and if the president vetoes the new law‚ congress can still override the president’s decision. In addition‚ if the congress wanted to they
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agreed on‚ while establishing the Congress of Vienna to deal with whatever remaining problems they still had. The Congress of Vienna consisted of these four major European powers‚ whom of which were all intent on creating a balance of power to preserve the peace in Napoleon’s absence; ultimately‚ the Congress of Vienna would achieve all of their goals‚ culminating in peace and the prevention of general war for a hundred years. The Congress of Vienna was an international
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21718: Organizational Analysis and Design Assignment 1 Assignment One – Cover Sheet Student Name and ID: Chetan S Chakravarthy (10911598) Class - Day-Time‚ or Intensive: Thursday‚ 18:00 – 21:00 Lecturer: Geoff Breach DECLARATION OF ORIGINAL WORK: I declare that this assignment is my own work. I have referenced all sources of information and ideas and have put all material taken word-for-word from my sources within quotation marks and where available have included a page number as part of my
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SYSTEM FAILURE CASE STUDIES SEPTEMBER 2009 VOLUME 3 ISSUE 06 A Half-Inch to Failure At 6:05 pm‚ on Wednesday‚ August 1‚ 2007‚ the Interstate-35 West (I-35W) bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis collapsed. On the day of the collapse‚ four of the bridge’s eight lanes were closed for planned construction. Four weak connector plates fractured under the combined burden of rush hour traffic‚ concentrated construction equipment‚ and previous heavy renovations. The bridge fell 108
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The past few summers‚ my parents have made it a point to let me intern at a certain place to widen my knowledge‚ and to learn about practical things in life. This summer‚ I had my internship in Congress. The start of my internship in Congress began on May 29‚ 2017. The first thing I did that day was to accompany my father to a Gathering for Civil Liberties‚ an event hosted by Senator Risa Hontiveros. The purpose of the event was to talk about Martial Law‚ which the President had declared due to
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3. Describe the ways in which conservative political and social views shaped the peace settlement of the Congress of Vienna. Explain the consequences of the peace of settlement for the period 1815-1848. In Europe from the time period of 1814-1815‚ a peace settlement known as the Congress of Vienna was established which sought to restore social and political order. The Congress of Vienna was shaped with conservative political views‚ conservative social views‚ and was later reflected in the time
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At its core Congress should act as a representative body. Congress should seek to represent their constituents and ideals the constituents voted for. Moreover‚ at its core America is supposed to elect a barometer of the public opinion. Americans representatives should strive to represent the people that elected. The ability to participate in a national legislative body through electing a representative is the function of a free republic. Taken to extremes‚ if a type of representative democracy did
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