Managing Indigenous Knowledge And Traditional Cultural Expressions: Is Technology The Solution? Amber Burtis ABSTRACT This paper discusses current issues surrounding the management of indigenous knowledge (IK) and traditional cultural expressions (TCEs) in libraries‚ archives and other cultural institutions. It addresses the need for: (1) ethical policies for the management of these knowledge systems‚ (2) critical approaches to the dominant library paradigm of information management‚ (3) recent
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policy that must be implemented by one agency of the federal bureaucracy. One advantage of a policy that must be implemented by one agency of the federal bureaucracy is the actual federal experts in the bureaucracy. The people set up the policy know much more about the issues than the president and this creates bureaucracy power. One disadvantage is that at any time the president can rearrange the organization chart of the bureaucracy. b. Provide a topic sentence that recommends one option to maintain
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Наталья Маринченко Гр.506 An Ideal Boss A boss can make an employee look forward to going to work in the morning or dread getting out of bed. Some bosses seem to have a natural gift for motivating people. Others can make life miserable for employees‚ resulting in lower productivity‚ lack of motivation and low morale. No one is perfect‚ including bosses. Nevertheless‚ the description of an ideal boss seems quite reasonable. It contributes to the whole idea of human values‚ it helps to define personal
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Principles of Management Question 2: (A) Describe Max Weber‘s understanding of bureaucracy. (A) The term bureaucracy was used from Weber studies published in 1947. It described a rational form of organisation that today exists to some extent in practically every organisation whether it is public or private. Max Weber theory and philosophy is largely focused on the idea of bureaucracy as an efficient method for organizing and prioritizing the routine tasks of business. Max Weber‘s studies
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Richardson ENGL 1302-4515 Professor Rossum February 15‚ 2015 An Ideal Society We all strive to be perfect people and to live in a perfect world. However realistically no matter how hard we try to be perfect or make things around us perfect it is simply impossible to create a real Utopian lifestyle. Most of us have some type of vision on how we believe the world should be ran and the things we can do to have what some may call the ideal society. For centuries many countries‚ colonies and tribes have
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The federal bureaucracy as a component of the executive branch practices significant independence in implementing governmental policies and programs. Most laborers in the federal bureaucracy are civil-service employees who are composed under a merit system. The merit system is characterized as the procedure of advancing and procuring government workers by taking into account their capacity to perform an occupation‚ instead of on their political associations. This framework utilizes instructive and
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Summary The thin-ideal in advertisements has been a topic of wide debate for decades‚ specifically concerning its ethicality. As seen in various types of media‚ the “thin-ideal” occurs when a very thin model is featured as its lead‚ thus promoting the concept that thin is desirable to be. The thin-ideal has been a controversial topic in advertising and other forms of media due to the potentially harmful effects that it can cause to women who have been exposed to it. Issues such as body dysmorphia
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Name: Nimeshi Fernando Discuss why it is important for the tourism industry to distinguish between different types of tourists The Tourism industry is a service industry. The Oxford dictionary defines the word ‘tourism’ as “the commercial organization and operation of holidays and visits to places of interest”. The tourism industry comprises of various sectors such as – lodging‚ food and beverage services‚ transportation‚ entertainment and activites. Whereas “a ‘tourist’ (visitor/traveler)
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"The Ideal Child" Many people have often been asked what they thought their ideal mate should be like. The answer to this question for most is the typical "model" prototype. In the research article "Hong Kong Chinese Parents? Perceptions of the Ideal Child"‚ a study was done regarding parents? ideas of what their "ideal" child would be like. This is a very important topic in that "research findings indicate that parent?s attitudes‚ expectations‚ and encouragement influence children?s academic performance
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An Ideal Vacation An ideal vacation for me is a vacation that takes me away from all the things that are in my normal everyday routine. I want to get away from the things that occupy my everyday life such as: school‚ my hectic work schedule‚ chores‚ and most of all stress. Vacation is where I kick back‚ relax‚ not worry about money‚ and try things that I‚ on a normal basis‚ would not try. My vacation starts the minute I start to pack my suitcase because that is when the real relaxation
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