Debate on Collective Memory One of the most distinguishing aspects in Maurice Halbwachs’ discourse in social frameworks of memory is the strong association of memory with cultural perceptions. Through various examples‚ Halbwachs illustrates the existence of collective memory and social memory frameworks. He goes further to assert that our personal thoughts reside in these social frameworks which actively play a role in the process of recollection. We are able to remember things more vividly and
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WHAT CHALLENGES DOES THE TRADITIONAL PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ENCOUNTER IN A CHANGING PUBLIC SECTOR ENVIRONMENT The traditional model of public administration (TPA) remains the longest standing and most successful theory of management in the public sector which pre-dominated for most of the 20th century. The TPA can be characterized as an administration under the formal control of the political leadership which was based on a strictly hierarchical model of bureaucracy‚ staffed by permanent‚ neutral
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MATH TOPICS CHAPTER 2 DATA COLLECTION AND PRESENTATION 2.1 Data Collection This section aims to: 1. Identify‚ compare and contrast the different types of data; 2. List and explain the various techniques of selecting a sample; and 3. Enumerate and illustrate the different sampling techniques Types of Data Data is a collection of facts‚ such as values or measurements. It can be numbers‚ words‚ measurements‚ observations or even just descriptions
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What theory best solves the collective goods problem? Provide an example to support the argument. The issue of collective good has to be think in terms of international policies Collective goods are‚ in theory‚ goods or services which represent two characteristics. The first one‚ called non-rivalry‚ means that the consumption of the good by an actor does not prevent its consumption by another one. The second characteristic‚ the exclusion‚ means that nobody is excluded from the consumption of
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Health Care Bargaining and PPACA in GMFC Introduction Companies with a huge number of employees must comply with the federal regulations relating to the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The PPACA is a massive program that purports to cover each and every aspect of health care and education in the United States (Sade‚ 2012). Effects of PPACA on the work industry‚ both to employers and employees‚ can bring rise to increased costs‚ frustrations‚ and costs that create a staggering situation
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Bargaining Power of Buyers According to Michael Porter‚ one of the 5 forces that can cause competition and influence a corporation is buyers/consumers. Without customers a business is nothing. Buyers cause corporations to compete against one another by causing them to lower prices and produce higher qualities of goods/services to consumers. The following are when a buying group has the greatest influence. When a buying group purchases large volumes When one buyer purchases most of a supplier’s
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of the four models that explain social movements‚ the collective identity theory is the most competent for reasons like it being the only to consider the individual actors‚ the people in the movement‚ and the solidarity they create. Even though it is superior‚ the resource mobilization‚ political opportunity‚ and structural theorists have all attempted to degrade the collective identity theory. However‚ their proposed weaknesses of the collective identity theory are either inaccurate or really just
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what is known as the ‘Tertiary Sector’ of the economy. This ‘service industry’ is one of 3 other sectors in an economy‚ the 2 other sectors are: secondary sector and primary sector. The primary sector deals with ‘extraction’ such as farming‚ fishing & quarrying. The secondary sector deals with manufacturing and construction. ‘According to the theory the main focus of an economy’s activity shifts from the primary‚ through the secondary and finally to the tertiary sector. Fourastié saw the process as
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ESSAY – GOOD FAITH BARGAINING The objective underlying the Fair Work Act 2009 was to “get the balance right” (Smart Company‚ 2010 ; Forsyth‚ 2005) between fairness and flexibility in Australian workplaces while getting rid of the harsher aspects of Work Choices which preceded it. The Fair Work Act sought to restore collective bargaining in the Australian workplace relations system‚ including enhanced rights for union involvement and‚ most importantly‚ the good faith bargaining requirements. Good
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Engineering is a diverse industry with a number of segments. A company from this sector can be a power equipment manufacturer (like transformers and boilers)‚ execution specialist or a niche player (like providing environment friendly solutions). It can be an electrical‚ non-electrical machinery and static equipment manufacturer too. | | Order book size determines the performance of the company in the short to medium-term. In order to bag big contracts‚ companies need to have a big balance
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