Articles FActors AFFecting Job PerFormAnce in Public Agencies JAmes gerArd cAillier The College at Brockport‚ State University of New York ABSTRACT: Articles empirically examining job performance in the public sector are scant. As a result‚ in this article a theoretical research model is developed to examine job performance‚ and it is subsequently tested on state government workers. The findings are clear: Role ambiguity negatively affects employee job performance; mission contribution is fully
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Kyle A. Rodrigues Ms. Scanlon Physical Science 28 March 2013 Time Travel and How Black Holes make it Possible “Man… can go up against gravitation in a balloon‚ and why should he not hope that ultimately he may be able to stop or accelerate his drift along the Time-Dimension or even turn about and travel the other way” (Wells). In this quote‚ H.G. Wells asked one of the most commonly asked questions in time travel‚ why can people not move about in time as they wish? Black Holes present the
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SELF-INTEREST‚ ALTRUISM‚ INCENTIVES‚ & AGENCY THEORY Michael C. Jensen Harvard Business School MJensen@hbs.edu Abstract Many scholars‚ business people‚ policy makers‚ and religious leaders are suspicious of self-interest and incentives and often oppose the use of incentives to motivate managers‚ employees‚ public servants‚ or the public itself. I address here some of these issues regarding human nature and organizations raised by Michael Brennan (1994) in “Incentives‚ Rationality‚ and Society
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1.4: Explain common barriers to integrated working and multi-agency working and how these can be overcome. Common barriers that can be found in integrated and multi-agency working are that of poor communication or a lack of communication‚ misunderstanding of situations‚ inconsistent or inaccurate record keeping and also not following policies or procedures. Barriers such as the few I have just named can stop people from effectively communicating with one another‚ which can then cause distress
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A comparison between advertising agencies’ and PR agencies’ internationalization motives and entry modes - Eight cases from Sweden 1. Abstract The firm internationalization literature is extensive‚ but dominated by studies of technical‚ often large‚ firms. The service firm internationalization literature is slowly growing. Few international contributions are found investigating the advertising industry and no such studies focus on the Swedish market. The PR industry has been internationally
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What kind of academy can be called scientific when they try and turn poop into food or extract sunlight from cucumbers. In Gulliver’s Travels‚ by Jonathan Swift‚ Gulliver visits this academy while traveling around the world meeting many different peoples and places. Swift uses satire to criticize different features of eighteenth century England‚ including the royal academy and partisan politics‚ by using different symbols and illusions on all of the islands showing all of the negative aspects of
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A CONCEPTUAL NOTE ON THE MODES OF TERMINATION OF AGENCY CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: Introduction 1.1 Research Problem 1.2 Literature Review 1.3 Scope and Objectives 1.4 Research Questions 1.5 Research Methodology CHAPTER 2: Modes of termination of agency: A Synopsis CHAPTER 3: Effects of termination of agency: A Discussion CHAPTER 4: Duty of agent on termination of agency CHAPTER 5: Conclusion Bibliography CHAPTER
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1. A contract of agency can be expressed or implied from certain circumstances and conduct of the parties. State the ways in which an agency may arise and explain all of them. Agency can created in many ways: (a)By express appointment by the principal (actual express authority) (b)By implied appointment by the principal (actual implied authority) (c)By the agent occupying a position which would normally carry with it authority to do an act of the kind in question (usual authority) (d)By the
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PDCA Cycle: The Case Study of Dream Travel Done by: Salwa Al Turk P - Planning: Getting Things Started I am the owner of a small-size travel agency called Dream Travel. The agency is situated in Gefinor Centre‚ Hamra‚ Beirut. I have three employees working in the agency‚ two for general reservations and ticketing and the other employee deals with tailor-made packages. I also have an office boy whom I send to do different errands. As a non-IATA travel agency‚ I am not able to issue tickets‚ book
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Business Plan Aussie-One Travel Agency Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5 HISTORY AND POSITION TO DATE 7 MARKET RESEARCH 10 BUSINESS STRATEGY 14 OPERATIONS 15 FORECASTING 16 BUSINESS CONTROLS 19 APPENDIX 1: MARKET RESEARCH 22 APPENDIX 2: FINANCIAL FORECASTS 28 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Description of the Company Aussie-One Travel Agency‚ Pty Ltd. provides travel-planning services for Australian adventure vacations to residents of the Greater Melbourne area. The service
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