Background – Changes in the last 10 yrs Since 1997 central government has been pursuing an agenda of local government modernisation designed to tackle some of the fundamental public service‚ governance and accountability concerns facing local authorities and the public sector more widely. From CCT to Best Value‚ one of the biggest changes has been in performance management and the rating of authorities in relation to the CPA regime and the drive for continuous improvement and value for money. This
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Local Music in Singapore Singapore’s music scene is known for its urban acts‚ being a platform for rock‚ punk and other genres. During the more successful period (1960-80s)‚ Singapore has produced acts like Naomi & The Boys‚ The Quests‚ The Thunderbirds and The Trailers. Now‚ music acts such as Jack and Rai and The Great Spy Experiment are flourishing in the local scene. Has the local scene changed? Definitely. Is it as successful as before? Definitely not. Globalization has affected us a
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International Business Machines- 2007 Case Study Reported By: ALARCON‚ Lyanne V. CRUZIN‚ Richelle Ann DIA‚ Minette SACE‚ Carla I. Introduction IBM was founded in 1888 as Herman Hollerith and the Tabulating Machine. It was incorporated in 1911 as “Computing-Tabulating Recording Co.” The company later changed its name to International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation in 1924 after becoming a Fortune 500 Company. Also known as “Big Blue‚” IBM has won several
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presence in local administration since local governments formed. Local administrations can differ greatly in size and scope‚ yet they are all affected by regional political attitudes and state policies. Politics played a much greater role in previous eras‚ with the pinnacle being the era of “machine politics” that dominated local administration throughout the 19th century. A series of reform movements that began in the 1880s would curb this trend and set a path towards the modern state of local administration
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Submission to Local Network October 1‚ 2010 Dear Sir/Madam‚ As the signatory of the UN Global Compact‚ Cadbury has implemented many initiatives in its CSR strategy and has done a lot to implement the ten principles. In this report‚ I am writing on behalf of Cadbury to propose the recommendations for the implementation of the following two in the ten principles of the Global Compact. Principle one requires that business should respect human rights including those in the Universal Declaration
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Local Government has no Role to Play in Tourist Development The local Government is one of the keys to tourism development‚ a complete contradiction to that of the essay statement‚ which I believe really has no ground to stand on. In this essay I will illustrate this point by showing the roles with which local government plays within the community‚ and the importance it has to creating a successfully developed tourism product that maximises the benefits for not only the residences of the community
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1. Soho Fixed I don’t think there are a ton of exciting ways to present bikes (unless it’s some super mountain bike) and you’re typically only bike shopping if you really want or need a bike. The best part about this site is they didn’t try to sell you some rad bike‚ they’re selling quality‚ most likely to a hipster‚ but they’re selling that nonetheless. It’s completely evident in their simple design that focuses on the bike.View Website 2. Puma Completely opposite from the first idea of just
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Government Tracking Our Cell Phones and Devices The topic that I’m going to discuss is Government Tracking Our Cell Phones and Devices. This essay is going to be about why I disagree with it and why they shouldn’t be allowed to do it. I’m going to be stating facts and expressing my own opinions on it throughout the essay. Government has stated that they are now allowed to listen in on our conversation and texting other people. It is a quicker way to help if somebody is in trouble. This doesn’t
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LOCAL RELATED LITERATURE Lopez 1978 conducted a study on a restaurants in baguio city and found out that: 1. Restaurants are largely sole proprietorships in organization‚ they are mostly owned by Filipinos‚ although many others are owned by Chinese and Americans; 2. Most restaurant personnel are male‚ single and predominantly high school graduates; 3. In terms of available facil;ities and practices‚ the following are found: a) on service facilities‚ entrance and exits are properly situated‚ good
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1.0. Introduction Over the last few years‚ Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) have gained strong popularity in a number of vertical markets‚ including health-care‚ retail‚ manufacturing‚ warehousing‚ and academic areas. These industries have profited from the productivity gains of using hand-held terminals and notebook computers to transmit real time information to centralized hosts data processing [1]. Wireless communications offer users and organizations many benefits such as portability
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