Agency theory Agency theory identifies the agency relationship where one party‚ the principal‚ delegates work to another party‚ the agent. In the context of a corporation‚ the owners are the principal and the directors are the agent. This model of corporate governance and subsequent research focused on resolving conflicts of interest between corporate management and shareholders (Jensen and Meckling‚ 1976) and has largely adopted an agency theory approach. Key assumption is that the principals and
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November 14‚ 2011 "We can do no great things; only small things with great love." The Practice of Science Science: ^ knowledge ^ systematic and orderly ^ classic - systematized and orderly body of knowledge - the GREEKS * Greeks - considered classical because they set the standards in Western civilization based on order and system ^ tragedy or comedy - only two plots - we’ve been trained to understand science in a neat and perfect way - normality- everything that fits into the system‚ anything else
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Hubris theory of entrepreneurship. Management Science‚ 52(2)‚ 160–172. Herron‚ L.‚ & Robinson Jr‚ R.B. (1993). A structural model of the effects of entrepreneurial characteristics on venture performance. Journal of Business Venturing‚ 8(3)‚ 281–294. Higgs‚ M.J.‚ & Rowland‚ D. (2000). Building change leadership capability: The quest for change competence. Ho‚ T.S.‚ & Koh‚ H.C. (1992). Differences in psychological characteristics between entrepreneurially inclined and
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Business Intelligence Journal January‚ 2011 Vol.4 No.1 Business Intelligence Journal Volume 4 - Number 1 - January 2011 - Semiannual Publication The Business Intelligence Journal (BIJ) is published by the Business Intelligence Service of London‚ UK (BIS) in collaboration with the European Business School (Cambridge‚ UK) and the Business Management and Economics Department at the School of Doctoral Studies of the European Union (Brussels‚ Belgium)‚ as semiannual open access content publication
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Part I: Introduction 1 Rationale Metaphor‚ based on the association of similarity‚ is one of the two basic types of semantic transference that have been an interest for many linguistic researchers. Galperin ( 1981: 139-40) states that the term ‘metaphor’ can be understood as the transference of some quality from one object to another. Metaphor is widely used to designate the process in which a word acquires a derivative meaning. In theory‚ there are at least three communicative functions
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Organisational Climate – An Indicator to Organisational Health and Performance By Berinder Singh Kullar Research Scholar – CMJ University‚ Shillong Under guidance of Dr Manjeet Kaur Kaushal CMJ University (Faculty of Management and Commerce) Introduction Organisations are distinguishable in many ways from each other in ways the employees feel‚ behave and work. The attitudes of employees vary in terms of their behavior towards their job‚ towards their co-workers‚ towards their customers
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Active Learning and Learning Styles: A selected bibliography An Invitation: Readers are encouraged to send details of their own favourite references for adding to the list to me at: mhealey@glos.ac.uk. Thanks. Readers new to the topic may find it helpful to start with the references marked with a *. Angelo‚ T.A. and Cross‚ P.A. 1993. Classroom assessment techniques (San Francisco: Jossey Bass). 2nd Edit. Backx‚ C (2008)*The use of a case study approach to teaching and group work to promote
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Classifying and Measuring the Creative Industries Consultation on Proposed Changes April 2013 Department for Culture‚ Media & Sport Classifying and Measuring the Creative Industries Department for Culture‚ Media & Sport Classifying and Measuring the Creative Industries 3 Contents Chapter 1: Introduction .............................................................................. 4 Chapter 2: Reasons for change .............................................................
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The Strengths and Weaknesses of South African Economy Introduction In some ways South Africa is like all other countries‚ in other ways it is like some others‚ and in its own‚ unique way it is like no other country. It is subject to the same environmental and ecological threats as all other countries on this earth‚ it is caught up in the realities of a globalising economy and it is adapting to rapidly changing production‚ service and information technologies. South Africa shares many features with
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The Relationship Between Leadership and Personality Andrew J. Marsiglia‚ PhD‚ CCP People that have task-oriented personality types tend to have considerable focus on details. They are not comfortable initiating an action-plan until they are satisfied they have all the necessary facts. On the other hand‚ people who have relations-oriented personality types tend to have considerable focus on the result and are comfortable initiating an action plan when they have just the essential facts.
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