The Challenges of Public Sector Audit as an Effective Accountability Tool in PPP Arrangements in Nigeria. By S. C Okaro and Gloria Ogochukwu Okafor (Mrs). Both of Department of Accountancy‚ Nnamdi Azikiwe University‚ Awka. E Mail: sundaychukwunedu@yahoo.com. E Mail:go.okafor@unizik.edu.ng Contact Author: S.C Okaro Contact E Mail: sundaychukwunedu@yahoo.com Abstract The Purpose of this study is to explore some of the challenges constraining public sector audit from acting as an effective accountability
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Machiavelli was an author and an aspiring political figure who had a strong influence on several aspects of Europe’s government. Due to his critical writings in The Prince‚ many historians see Machiavelli as a cruel and diabolical political figure whose true intentions were to gain power for himself. However‚ after looking further into Machiavelli’s political past‚ one can see that Machiavelli is in fact an intelligent man who possesses a hidden motive to write his novel. In his work‚ he covered
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this‚ when we first look between psychoanalysis and humanism‚ we can name the basic and drastic differences between these theories. For starters‚ the time frame between the development of each spans around fifty years‚ with Freud growing his idea of psychoanalysis in the 1890’s‚ and the humanistic view point not coming to the spotlight until the 1950’s. Another obvious difference between these two schools of thought lies within the basis of humanism as an optimistic philosophy‚ and by most accounts
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The Prince or The Analects By Rory Steuart Comparing the The Analects (confucious) with the Prince (Machiavelli) is something like comparing George bush and Elizabeth May of the green party. Basically the wrtitings of The Analects totally disagrees with the writings of The Prince. Confucius believes people are easily improved and taught through self promotion and development‚ Machaveli however sees humanity in a much different light. Machiavelli was an innovator of realism politics and believed
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“Not much was really invented during the Renaissance if you don’t count modern civilization‚” (P.J. O’Rourke). The Renaissance era gave birth to many things yet in many ways the most important element was humanism. It redefined Western Civilization. Humanism first came into the limelight in the 14th century when a large volume of classic texts from Ancient Rome were rediscovered. Changing cultural values‚ a burgeoning middle class‚ and corrupt government led many individuals to seek new ways of living
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Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince‚ also known as Il principe‚ is a short treatise for Renaissance leaders on how to acquire and maintain political power (Kuiper‚ “The Prince”). It is a reflection of his political experience‚ a collection of advice Machiavelli had learned over the course of his political career. This essay will first explain and analyze the key ideas of The Prince and Machiavelli’s method of expression before putting the book in the larger context of the Renaissance and its contemporary
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properly founded on human nature and experience alone.” The value of humanism can also be seen‚ because although the Moors were predominantly Muslim‚ they still did not try to suppress advances and achievements by non-Muslims‚ which represents the humanist ideal that humanity should work to improve as a whole‚ not just benefit from one single group of people‚ or in this example people of one religion or another. Lastly‚ humanism shows it’s face with the progressive nature of many techniques and procedures
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Machiavelli vs. Erasmus I believe that both of these views‚ to a certain extent and in certain situations‚ are still relevant today. With some people‚ the parts of the population that seek only to gain in their lives‚ and not contribute to the betterment of society‚ I would say that the Machiavellian approach would be of better use. Because he is right‚ a lot of men are ungrateful‚ fickle‚ deceptive‚ avoiders of dangers and eager to gain. With these kinds of people‚ they will try to take what they
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In machiavelli’s The Prince‚ Machiavelli discusses many of the traits and requirements a leader needs to rule properly. Machiavelli discusses many ideas and requirements a rule must do one of which is if you can’t be both loved and feared it is better to be feared than loved. In: machiavelli’s view being feared brings more loyalty from his people than being loved‚ he bases this on his view of people as a whole‚ which in my opinion is a strong argument that was definitely true in his time and still
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Behaviorism vs. Humanism Heather Murphy PSY331: Psychology of Learning Instructor Corey Pruitt September 1‚ 2014 Behaviorism vs. Humanism Behaviorism and humanism are two theories of learning. Both theories are very important‚ and have many good qualities‚ which makes it difficult to say that one is better than the other. When it comes to learning‚ behaviorism does not consider mental processes‚ rather it looks at our response to stimuli in our environment. Whereas‚ humanism sees learning
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