Vijayanagar literally means ‘ City of Victory or Learning’. It emerged in the mid 14th century along with the Bahamani Kingdom as a reaction to the policies followed by Mohammad bin Tughlaq. The Vijayanagar Empire was established in 1336‚ by two brothers – Harihar and Bukka and ruled a substantial part of the southern peninsula of India for almost three centuries under the various dynasties-sangam‚saluva.tuluva and aravidu. The nature of the Vijayanagar state or polity is a matter of intense
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best interest of the organisation and not self interest. Contingency theory is a theory that states that “the design and use of control systems is contingent upon the context of the organisational setting in which these controls operate” (Fisher‚ 1998). The idea of contingency theory is that the selection and use of a management control system is contingent on a variety of internal and external factors. Chenhall has identified five factors which impact Management Control Systems. They are external
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PHIL 201 Study Guide Lesson 4: Making Claims and Defining Terms Points: A) The seven preliminary matters in preparing to philosophize – 1) Philosophizing involves four psychological traits that improve effective communication: the courage to examine one’s cherished beliefs critically‚ a willingness to advance tentative hypotheses and to take the first step in reacting to a philosophical claim‚ no matter how foolish that reaction might seem at the time‚ a desire to place the
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Lopez tells us that Whites do not exist as a natural group‚ but only as a social and legal creation. The very purpose of some laws was to create and maintain material differences between races‚ to structure racial dominance and subordination into the socioeconomic relations of this society. The concept of race incorporates‚ and arguably partially arose out of‚ cultural prejudice. At no time in history of its use for human beings‚ was the term race reserved for groups based solely on their biophysical
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Summary 1. Almost every aspect of the complexity of the merger can be explained through Rhône-Poulenc’s financial constraints. RP’s motives to acquire Rorer were to create crucial capital for its own strategic entry into pharmaceuticals. RP could not buy Rorer either in cash or shares due to the following factors: First‚ RP had limited ability to pay with borrowed cash. The company was more levered than other firms in the industry. Rhône-Poulenc didn’t want to borrow all the cash because it would
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The Impact of Recognition on Employee Performance: Theory‚ Research and Practice Fred Luthans University of Nebraska Department of Management Lincoln‚ NE 68588-0491 e-mail: fluthans@unl.edu Alexander D. Stajkovic University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Management and Human Resources The Impact of Recognition on Employee Performance: Theory‚ Research and Practice Introduction Although money receives the most attention as a reinforcer and incentive motivator‚ and is even equated with
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far as we perceive God as a perfect being. Following Anselm’s premise that existence is more perfect than non-existence‚ we can infer existence is a condition of God’s essence since he’s perfect. Anselm’s argument doesn’t work when you consider contingent beings because the concept of ‘perfect islands’ is incoherent; if the parameters of perfection are x trees‚ then it’x possible to conceive of x+1 trees. The concept of God’s perfection isn’t incoherent- we all accept that a perfect God has power
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Culture and Leader Effectiveness: The GLOBE Study Background: The "Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness" (GLOBE) Research Program was conceived in 1991 by Robert J. House of the Wharton School of Business‚ University of Pennsylvania. In 2004‚ its first comprehensive volume on "Culture‚ Leadership‚ and Organizations: The GLOBE Study of 62 Societies" was published‚ based on results from about 17‚300 middle managers from 951 organizations in the food processing‚ financial
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Analyses on different recruitment and selection approaches and case study Abstract This report introduces several methods recruitment and selection approaches in HRM and discussed their advantages and disadvantages‚ as well as cultural differences. While external recruitment is applied widely‚ internal recruitment is better used in large scaled companies. Personal reference can be applied in emergency situation regardless of its drawbacks. 1.0. Introduction The importance of recruitment and
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The debate of the existence of one‚ or many‚ divine beings is one of the oldest in human history and‚ for many people; a definite‚ conclusive answer is highly sought-after. This debate is considered so important to many as it is an ultimate question which means‚ without intervention of an unfamiliar reality‚ it is considered impossible to be conclusively proved or disproved. Therefore‚ it is discussed at length in an attempt to provide an answer or to try explain other human experiences such as disasters
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