| | | About | Contact | Mongabay on Facebook | Mongabay on Twitter | Subscribe | | | | | | Rainforests | Tropical fish | Environmental news | For kids | Madagascar | Photos | | | | Philippines - GOVERNMENT | | Philippines - GovernmentPhilippinesAS PRESIDENT CORAZON C. AQUINO entered the final year of her six-year term in 1991‚ she presided over a demoralized nation reeling from the effects of natural calamities and economic malaise. The country
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REINVENTING GOVERNMENT: THE IMPERATIVES OF INNOVATION AND QUALITY by Dennis A. Rondinelli Innovation and quality are concepts not frequently associated in people’s minds with government. Too often‚ government is seen by citizens‚ the media‚ and sometimes by public servants and political leaders themselves‚ as plodding‚ inefficient‚ bureaucratic‚ change-resistant‚ incompetent‚ unresponsive‚ or corrupt. Citizens often complain that governments provide services that are inadequate‚ inappropriate‚ inferior
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INFLUENCES ON STRATEGIC DECISION EFFECTIVENESS: DEVELOPMENT AND TEST OF AN INTEGRATIVE MODEL SAID ELBANNA1 and JOHN CHILD2 * College of Business and Economics‚ United Arab Emirates University‚ Al Ain‚ United Arab Emirates 2 Birmingham Business School‚ University of Birmingham‚ Birmingham‚ U.K. 1 This paper draws upon three broad perspectives on the strategic decision-making process in order to develop a more completely specified model of strategic decision effectiveness in a different context‚ namely
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Going Green Cost Effectiveness Trina L. Munson South University Online Going Green Cost Effectiveness Americans are very aware of the importance of “going green” as it reduces pollution and protects the earth from global warming. Going green generally includes recycling‚ buying environmentally-friendly products‚ energy efficient electronics‚ and living off the land. However‚ the reality is there are many obstacles to going green; the primary of which is cost effectiveness (Outka‚ 2012). The
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Team Effectiveness and Process variables The final category to team effectiveness is process variables. These include member commitment to a common purpose‚ establishment of specific team goals‚ team efficacy‚ managed level of conflict and minimizing social loafing. Why are processes important to team effectiveness? One way to answer this question is to return to the topic of social loafing. We found that 1+1+1 doesn’t necessarily add up to three. In team tasks for which each member’s contribution
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Major Perspectives of sociology Three major Perspectives 4/26/2013 Brianna Slaton The Three Sociological Perspectives In today’s society many people may look at society in different ways. What you see and what I say may be totally different. You may present something in a different way than I would. Though we approach a topic differently does not mean we are wrong or right. This is just how society as a whole works. It has been this way in the past and is still present now and will
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Government Procurement in India Domestic Regulations & Trade Prospects Government Procurement in India Domestic Regulations & Trade Prospects Government Procurement in India Domestic Regulations & Trade Prospects Published by D-217‚ Bhaskar Marg‚ Bani Park Jaipur 302016‚ India Tel: +91.141.2282821‚ Fax: +91.141.2282485 Email: cuts@cuts.org Web site: www.cuts-international.org With the support of © CUTS International‚ 2012 First published: October 2012 This document has
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CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF AIS EFFECTIVENESS IN MANUFACTURING FIRMS: EVIDENCE FROM THAILAND Wathana Yeunyong Ph.D. (Accounting) ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to investigate causes and consequences of accounting information system (AIS) effectiveness. Its causes are organization context‚ organizational coordination and control (OCC) that affect the quality of information‚ which is produced from AIS of the firm. The information is obtained from information sharing among subunits‚ electronic
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The Three Sisters Summary Act I Act I takes place on May 5th of an unspecified year‚ in an unspecified provincial town in Russia. It is the twentieth birthday of Irina‚ the youngest of the sisters mentioned in the play ’s title. It is also the one year anniversary of the death of their father‚ Colonel Prozorov‚ who moved his family there from Moscow eleven years earlier. Irina and her older sisters‚ Olga and Masha‚ receive visitors‚ members of the military battery that is assigned to the town.
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SECTION 6- CASE STUDY PROPOSAL Name: Proposal submission date: Approximate finish period of the assignment: Introduction I want to evaluate the effectiveness of puppets in the acquisition of new vocabulary in year 1 pupils in a South London school. My research questions are: Will a child’s comprehension and retention of a word be increased through using a puppet? After use of the puppet‚ can children use the words in context? Will my teaching be more effective with the use of puppets
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