Academy of Management Journal 2010‚ Vol. 53‚ No. 6‚ 1474–1498. FROM RITUAL TO REALITY: DEMOGRAPHY‚ IDEOLOGY‚ AND DECOUPLING IN A POST-COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT AGENCY ´ ANDRAS TILCSIK Harvard University Decoupling—the creation of gaps between formal policies and actual practices—is ubiquitous in organizations. Yet little research has examined how decoupling unfolds over time. This qualitative case study of a post-Communist government agency develops process models of what precedes and what follows
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that can be universally applied to all peoples at all times). The only moral standards against which a society’s practices can be judged are its own. If ethical relativism is correct‚ there can be no common framework for resolving moral disputes or for reaching agreement on ethical matters among members of different societies. Ethical relativism is not a consequentialist ethical theory. Analyzing the violence and war issue under the scope of this ethical theory has many ways to be seen. In ancient societies
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and analysing the family‚ however different types of sociologists share different views over the functions performed for individuals and society. Functionalist see society as an interrelated whole. To functionalists every institution in society performs one or more important functions or jobs and the sociologist has to determine what these functions are. Many functionalists look at the good things in family life‚ the two functionalists I am focusing on are Murdock and parsons‚ both of these share
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Sex positions 1 Sex positions Sex positions are positions which people may adopt during or for the purpose of sexual intercourse or other sexual activities. Sexual acts are generally described by the positions the participants adopt in order to perform those acts. Though sexual intercourse generally involves the sexual penetration of the body of one person by another‚ or the stimulation of the sex organ of one by another‚ a sex position may not necessarily involve penetration or direct stimulation
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Preamble Whereas President TM Mbeki in his State of the Nation Address on the occasion of the official opening of parliament on 4 February 2000‚ called for a National Conference on Racism and requested the South African Human Rights Commission to convene such an event; Whereas the South African Human Rights Commission convened a National Steering Committee which included the Commission on Gender Equality‚ South African Non-Governmental Organisational Coalition (SANGOCO) and government representatives
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The Strategic Position Chapter 3: Strategic Capabilities Gokhan Turgut Johnson‚ Whittington and Scholes‚ Exploring Strategy‚ 9th Edition‚ © Pearson Education Limited 2011 Slide 3.2 Strategic capabilities: the key issues Figure 3.1 Strategic capabilities: the key issues Johnson‚ Whittington and Scholes‚ Exploring Strategy‚ 9th Edition‚ © Pearson Education Limited 2011 Slide 3.3 Resources and competences • Resources are the assets that organisations have or can call upon (e
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Understanding and Celebrating Cultural Diversity in America ` Many people mistakenly use phrases such as “American culture‚” “white culture‚” or Western culture‚” as if such large‚ common‚ and homogenous cultures exist in the United States today. These people fail to acknowledge the presence of (1)cultural diversity‚ or the presence of multiple cultures and cultural differences within a society. In reality‚ many different cultural groups comprise the United States
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Softball is a game with nine positions‚ divided in two categories: infield and outfield. The infield positions consist of first base‚ second base‚ short stop‚ third base‚ catcher and pitcher. The outfield positions include left‚ middle‚ and right field. Starting at a young age‚ five years old‚ helped me understand the game. Growing up‚ I have played many of these positions. Now‚ second base is my position; it’s a very important position on the infield and can be quite difficult. Playing second comes
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Basketball Positions Basketball is one of the most interesting sports in the world to watch or even play‚ but it’s not that interesting if you don’t understand it. For those who have just seen this sport in action on television or just watch your buddies play a pick-up game; don’t you ever wonder‚ why does this player go here or what does that guy do on the court? I’m here to explain all of that so you completely understand the role of each player on the court. They would usually number the players
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"The position of Women" The change of the position of women in Egypt has been strongly observed in the last few decades. Some radical Muslims regard this change as an exaggerated liberation for the woman that they claim that is not accepted. While‚ other people see that this change is the start of civilization for the country. In the 1870 ’s the Egyptian women lacked many of their rights‚ they were treated almost as slaves. Hence‚ the Egyptian women kept fighting for their rights for many
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