The Limits Of Bureaucratic Efficiency Canice Prendergast∗ University of Chicago & NBER Third Draft: May 9‚ 2001 Abstract Bureaucrats typically intermediate between a principal and a consumer‚ by diagnosing benefits for the consumer. This paper argues that bureaucratic efficiency is limited by the fact that the decisions made by bureaucrats involve rents to consumers. This means that a primary means of oversight‚ namely‚ using consumers to complain about incorrect decisions‚ can become ineffective.
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Descartes argues throughout the meditations‚ that we should be sceptical of our perception of the external world‚ due to his belief that all of our perceptions of physical things are perceived by the senses. This is the case‚ Descartes argues‚ as our senses of the physical things in the external world can be deceived. Properties which physical things possess‚ can be lost‚ or changed. Descartes demonstrates this with a piece of hard wax‚ which aroused his senses in a variety of ways‚ including:
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History of photography The history of photography has roots in remote antiquity with the discovery of the principle of the camera obscure and the observation that some substances are visibly altered by exposure to light. As far as is known‚ nobody thought of bringing these two phenomena together to capture camera images in permanent form until around 1800‚ when Thomas Wedgwood made the first reliably documented although unsuccessful attempt. In the mid-1820s‚ Nicéphore Niépce succeeded‚ but several
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First of all strategic CSR has to be differentiated from ethical and altruistic. Ethical CSR can be defined with the help of Caroll ’s pyramid of corporate social responsibility (Crane&Matten‚ 2003). It covers the fulfillment of the three basis parts: economic‚ legal and ethical responsibilities. This means that a company handles ethical CSR in a correct manner if it operates in accordance with the requirements of the stockholders‚ the government and society. Altruistic CSR handles the top of the
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PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING DMK0013 ASSIGNMENT 1 Topic: COMPANY CASE STUDY (AirAsia: The Sky’s the Limit) INSTRUCTION: 1. Answer the questions as per attached. 2. Mode: Individual 3. The format of the assignment shall be in accordance with the following description: Font : Arial Size : 11 Spacing : 1.5 Text : Justified 4. Assignment shall be at least 10 pages. 5. The cover page shall be in RED colour and the template is as per attached. 6. Ideas or texts
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Whiteness studies incorporate aspects such as the cultural‚ social and historical factors relative to the people identified as the white citizens in the United States. These studies exist around the idea that white privilege is in fact alive in our social world. Meaning the playing field isn’t level between different races and that white individual’s benefit from it. Whiteness Studies were popular in the mid-1990s. During that time there were numerus studies that surrounded whiteness. The authors of
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Harald Damsleth became a household name during the German occupation during WWII. His posters were printed in large quantities and were hung anywhere that was possible. This propaganda had a such a large impact at a national level‚ that Damsleth’s style became associated with the war. From April 1940‚ Damsleth was assigned to produce illustrations for newspapers‚ magazines‚ postcards‚ commercials‚ medals and more. In 1944‚ he created the famous poster Liberators‚ which is a black and white reproduction
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History of Photography Final Research Project Bauhaus: Influences on Photography and Architecture After the defeat in the First World War and the fall of the German monarchy‚ Germany faced darkness and lost hope in the future. Walter Gropius‚ a German architect‚ who served in the war‚ saw the need of re-orienting the art world for the better (Westphal‚ 7). One year after the First World War‚ 1919‚ Gropius opened a school in Weimar‚ Germany called the Bauhaus school. His intention
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Thesis: Although photography has a large range of income and equipment is expensive‚ one does have freedom‚flexibility‚and the ability to show creativity. I. General Qualifications for Photography A. Photography requires a good technical understanding of photography‚ imagination‚ and creativity. B. In order to be a photographer‚ one must be patient‚ detailed‚ accurate‚ and able to communicate with clients
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Functionalists take a positive view on education. They see is as a process that instils the shared values of society as a whole. Functionalists believe education performs three main functions: social solidarity‚ specialist skills and role allocation. Durkheim indentified two main functions of education: creating social solidarity and teaching specialist skills. Social solidarity is an individual feeling and being part of a single community. Without social solidarity members would follow their own
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