interpreted or misinterpreted with positive or negative effects. In the United States of America‚ a way of paying attention to someone speaking is to make eye to eye contact. Looking at an inanimate object or at someone else is rude and insulting to the one who is speaking. Avoiding eye contact may also imply the avoider is shy‚ intimidated or has low self esteem. African Americans in general often look down when they are listening and look up when speaking to someone. However; with some African Americans
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Economic Commission for Africa Public Sector Management Reforms in Africa Economic Commission for Africa ECA/DPMD/PSM/TP/03/1 Public Sector Management Reforms in Africa: Lessons Learned Development Policy Management Division (DPMD) Addis Ababa‚ Ethiopia December 2003 For this and other publications‚ please visit the ECA website at the following address: http://www.uneca.org or contact: Publications Economic Commission for Africa P.O. Box 3001 Addis Ababa‚ Ethiopia Tel.: 251-1-44
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Enron and How it Affected the Accounting Industry Enron once was one the United States largest energy company and was ranked Fortune’s seventh richest corporation in the United States. When Enron had a filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2001 it unraveled to be one the biggest accounting scandals in United States history. There are many factors that contributed to Enron’s demise but their aggressive and unethical accounting practices were the key component. As a result‚ the accounting industry
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American Occupational Therapy Association Fact Sheet Occupational Therapy and School Mental Health What Is School Mental Health‚ and How Does It Impact Student Success? Mental health can be defined as “…a state of successful performance of mental function‚ resulting in productive activities‚ fulfilling relationships with other people‚ and the ability to adapt to change and to cope with adversity” (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services‚ 1999). School mental health can be defined as any
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ACCOUNTABILITY IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS (A STUDY OF THE NIGERIAN STOCK EXCHANGE) MEANING AND NATURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Introduction: Incidents of a lack of accountability‚ often associated with an element of corruption‚ among public officials and institutions when rendering public services‚ is a worldwide occurrence. In an attempt to address this governance tendency‚ governments increasingly look towards more sophisticated managerial methods such as improved monitoring and evaluation systems‚ and
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Public administration is not a science or an art. Public administration is known as a "craft" for many reasons. It is not science because there isn’t an entirely correct way of doing it‚ there are no equations that will constitute efficiency or effectiveness for sure. Science is all about facts‚ a scientific rule is one that works all the time. Although administrators use scientific laws‚ techniques‚ and data‚ they do so in ways that give individual imagination and temperament free rein. There
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According to James Carter‚ “I promised you a president who is not isolated from the people‚ who feels your pain‚ and who shares your dreams and who draws his strength and his wisdom from you.” Indeed‚ these words echoed throughout many American televisions on July 15‚ 1979. James Earl Carter‚ Jr. better known as Jimmy Carter‚ our 39th president uttered these words as he addressed the nation with his famous Crisis of Confidence speech. Moreover‚ the quote showed Carter had concern and empathy for
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Competitiveness Index GDP Gross Domestic Product GDR Global Depository Receipt GoP Government of Pakistan HBL Habib Bank Limited IFI International Finance Institution IMF International Monetary Fund IPO Initial Public Offering IPP Independent Power Producers MCA Monopoly Control Authority MTDF Medium Term Development Framework KESC Karachi Electric Supply Corporation KPT Karachi Port Trust KSE Karachi Stock Exchange NCBs
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Background The accounting profession seems to be ever changing and is currently facing many challenges. It is a well-known truth that the world we live in is changing at a great speed. The accounting profession does not make an exception and it can be said that it is constantly changing‚ reorganizing and standing in front of many challenges of the modern world. Nowadays‚ accounting standards are undergoing the most significant reorganization in nearly a century with the Financial Accounting Standards
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THE ROLE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS IN HIGHER EDACATION INSTITUTIONS / UNIVERSITIES IN GHANA. A CASE STUDY OF UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION‚ WINNEBA. 1.0 WHAT IS PUBLIC RELATIONS Public Relations (PR) results from a convicted and thoughtful communication process that recognizes that favourable public opinion‚ attention and support is not achieved by accident. It recognizes a great deal of hard work since success depends on ensuring that nothing happens by chance. This is probably due to the inevitable growing
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