Interest groups are a key aspect of American politics in the world today. An interest group is an organization of people with shared policy goals that enter the policy making process at several points to try and influence the policy. The development of interest groups has led to the creation of three theories used to describe them: pluralism‚ hyperpluralism‚ and elitism. Pluralism states that interest groups bring representation to all the people. Elitism is when there is an unbalance of power
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Interest Rate Risk (IRR) Management What is Interest Rate Risk : Interest rate risk is the risk where changes in market interest rates might adversely affect a bank’s financial condition. The management of Interest Rate Risk should be one of the critical components of market risk management in banks. The regulatory restrictions in the past had greatly reduced many of the risks in the banking system. Deregulation of interest rates has‚ however‚ exposed them to the adverse impacts of interest rate
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CASE STUDY: ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE TRANSACT INSURANCE LTD TOTAL NUMBER OF WORDS: 4‚621‚ 17 PAGES. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 3 2. ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE AND CHANGE 3 2.1 Background and Definition 3 2.2 Characteristics of Culture 5 2.2.1 Observed behavioural regularities 5 2.2.2 Norms 5 2.2.3 Dominant values 5 2.2.4 Philosophy 5 2.2.5 Rules 6 2.2.6 Organisational climate 6 2.3 Dimensions of Culture 6 2.3.1 Power dimension: 6 2
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PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION Public interest litigation (PIL) defined as the use of litigation‚ or legal action‚ which seeks to advance the cause of minority or disadvantaged groups or individuals‚ or which raises issues of broad public concern. PIL represents a departure from traditional judicial proceedings‚ as litigation is not necessarily filed by the aggrieved person. Public interest litigation describes the legal implements which allow individuals‚ groups and communities to challenge
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philosophical difference between Tom Regan’s position on Animal rights and‚ Peter Singer’s position on Animal liberation as a basis for better treatment of animals. This paper deals with the converse positions on Animal rights or Animal Liberation as a basis for better treatment of animals. From the philosophical position of Animal rights Regan argues‚ that is humans have the ability to have moral rights‚ so should animals. On the other hand‚ Singer’s philosophical position is the liberation of animals. He
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DBQ Essay As the period of European exploration and colonization began in 1450‚ the social and economic positions of women in the Americas were greatly altered. Spanish society held women in a higher respect than that of indigenous women in the Americas. These contrasting views meshed to form the novel status of women both socially and economically between 1450 and 1750 as European influence became more prominent in the New World. The status of women can be discerned by analyzing the various
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can accomplish the task that one individual cannot and the work can be done faster and more effectively. The process of organisational culture formation is first of all the process of creating a small group of individuals. From the 1980s there was a great number of discussions of organisational culture as a "source of fresh air" and antidote to attributes of organisational life that merely focus on easily measurable variables. On symposium presented in 1988 at the Academy of Management Conference
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imports or production shifts abroad. This entails the unemployed workers to find jobs that end up paying less. Millions of other workers then become feared of losing their jobs‚ especially those who are employed by companies that offer competitive positions. Although many that are left still employed will lose their comparative advantage because of the factories being built in other countries with exceptionally low wages. This makes those employed citizens just as productive as the unemployed citizens
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what extent can organisational culture be managed? Is organisational culture critical to the success of an organisation? Peter Anthony (1994) asserts that the pursuit of change in a cultural sense has been considered synonymous with the pursuit of excellence for organisations. It is true that a wide variety of management practitioners view the control of organisational culture as something both possible and necessary for organisational success (Brown 1993). A survey of organisational practices of
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Interests: The Measure o f Negotiation D a v i d A. L a x arid J a m e s K. Sebenius People negotiate to further their interests. And negotiation advisers urge attention to interests--often solemnly‚ as if the suggestion were original and surprising. Yet Socrates ’ admonition to " K n o w Thyself" surety scoops any late twentieth century advice of this sort. So‚ academic compulsiveness aside‚ w h y write an article o n interests or‚ more to the point‚ w h y read one? The answer‚ in part‚ is that
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