Smoke’s article‚ which analyzes the use of subnational revenue for decentralization efforts‚ he claims that generating subnational revenue often fails even when normative instruction has been followed. In an attempt to shed light to this oddity‚ he posses the question‚ “are the principles inappropriate‚ or are they just poorly applied?” He later goes on to demonstrate how both elements hinder decentralization efforts (Smoke 2013). This notion of principle versus practice echoes an issue psychiatry
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An environmental scanning process consists of an organization gathering information about the industry in which it operates‚ including information about the economy‚ government‚ laws and demographic factors such as population size‚ distribution and other factors. The organization should focus on its competitors. The company should examine the research for trends‚ opportunities and threats that might impact its business. An internal scan of the organization is needed to examine the organizations strengths
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Topic A perspective of engineering and businesses in China Introduction Hong Kong industries and facilities were moved to mainland on 1990s. It makes Hong Kong lost the aim focus on engineering industry. According to large number of workers and low production cost advantages in China. Besides Hong Kong‚ China also attracts another country and develops their industry. It makes china industry growth up fast. China has become one of the leading countries in the recent few years
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BUS 558 Business Travel Improvement May 22‚ 2010 Business Scope Currently‚ our organization does not utilize the internet to make purchases for business travel pertaining to lodging‚ airfare‚ and transportation (car rentals). Our organization currently uses travel agents to facilitate this‚ which is very costly. By implementing a project to replace the travel agency with utilization of internet resources‚ we can improve our existing process of business travel requests‚ implement
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Running head: QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PAPER Quality Improvement Paper Shellee D. Blue University of Phoenix MGT 449 May 5‚ 2008 A Description of the Chosen Process The process I chose that needs improvement in my organization is bookkeeping. We need to expand bookkeeping and create a department for it instead of just having one bookkeeper that is over loaded with all the work. An “As-Is” Flow Chart T The Relationship of the Process to the Organization’s Strategic Plan
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Segregation was the predominant political challenge in the U.S. during the 1950’s and 1960’s. Though discrimination was considered socially acceptable at the time‚ civil rights activists began to assemble to combat prejudice. These activists utilized methods of peaceful demonstrations‚ unionization‚ and rides for freedom‚ to sway pro-segregation opinions. It may be argued these methods were successful as a whole‚ however; riding for freedom was the most significant in eliminating segregation because
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Supply chain improvement Increasingly important in supply chain practice are attempts to improve supply chain performance. These are usually attempts to understand the complexity of supply chain processes; others focus on coordinating activities throughout the chain. • The SCOR model The Supply Chain Operations Reference model (SCOR) is a broad‚ but highly structured and systematic‚ framework to supply chain improvement that has been developed by the Supply Chain Council (SCC)‚ a global non-profit
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in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Civil Engineering) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA December 2006 © ALI AMINI ASALEMI‚ 2006 ABSTRACT The objective of this thesis was to gain a better understanding of the physical process of ground improvement by vibro-replacement and of how the induced changes in ground conditions affect the interpretation of seismic cone penetration testing used to assess its effectiveness. This was achieved by a combination of field testing and monitoring supported
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Keyarius Johnson Professor J. R. Williams History 1302-6012 8 March 2013 The Environmental Movement The Environmental Movement was started in order to conserve the uses of the nation’s natural resources through efficient and scientific innovations by Theodore Roosevelt. Due to irresponsible uses of the natural resources‚ the efforts of President Roosevelt made conservation a huge part of his term. Combining his efforts with Gifford Pinchot‚ Roosevelt managed regulation of resource development.
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the poem Those Winter Sundays‚ I believe it would not make a difference if the character was a male or female‚ since I believe the character of the story is a young child. Additionally‚ a young female or male child could narrate the details of the poem‚ and its meaning would remain unchanged by the gender‚ since the details only perceive a young child trying to grasp his or hers dad’s role in their life. I interpreted the structure of the poem‚ as a young child realizing his father’s effort to maintain
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