World Vision Case Study World Vision‚ Inc. was founded as a nonprofit corporation in 1950 by Bob Pierce‚ an American evangelist. As World Vision in the United States grew‚ World Vision organizations were formed in New Zealand‚ Australia‚ and Canada‚ which were primarily fund-raising partners‚ and World Vision
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year. The main features and purpose of this approach are central financial control and accountability. At present‚ most developing countries use traditional budgets system that are based upon ’classical rules’ which adhere to the principles of centralization‚ vote accounting‚ the gross budget principle‚ annuality and specification (Jones & Pendlebury‚ 1996‚ p.5). However‚ there are considerable criticisms of traditional budgets. One of the fundamental weaknesses of the budgetary process is the
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feudalism had its main structure using Chinese Confucian morality. "Problems with inheritance soon became an important weakness. When a lord was no longer able to enter into an agreement with his vassal‚ the contract among them was undetermined."(Anthony and Elisabeth Gaynor Ellis. World History: Connections to Today. Newark‚ New Jersey: Prentice Hall‚ 1997. Print). The centralization of strong lordships evidently brought the localization of government down. Japan’s warriors had to follow the code of
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Problems with inheritance became the main weakness and reason for the fall of Europe’s feudalism system. The centralization of strong lordships‚ whether as kings (such as England or France’s rulers) or territorial rules (Holy Roman empire)‚ undercut the localization of government which was essential to feudalism. Japan’s warriors had
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Qin Shihuangdi of the Qin dynasty for example‚ ruled on the basis of Legalism. While Legalism created a strong centralized government with political organization‚ its harshness of laws and intolerance of criticism is what gave the Qin dynasty its weakness. In an effort to suppress the growth of intellectual criticism towards the Qin government‚ “Qin Shihuangdi ordered execution for those who criticized his regime‚ and he demanded the burning of all books of philosophy‚ ethics‚ history‚ and literature”
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take on many characteristics. Mintzberg illustrated the basic structures as simple structure‚ machine bureaucracy‚ professional bureaucracy‚ divisionalized form‚ and adhocracy. There is a relationship between size and structure that affects the centralization of the organization. Technology affects organizational structures and affects whether they are categorized as mechanistic or organic. LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter‚ you should be able to do the following: 1. Define
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2.3 Study Questions Early (Dark) Middle Ages Chapter Fifteen‚ “Europe to the Early 1500s: Revival‚ Decline‚ and Renaissance” The High and Late Middle Ages—Chapter Fifteen As compared to its experience in the early Middle Ages‚ Europe in the High Middle Ages was a. more decentralized. c. less militaristic. b. less isolated. d. more religiously diverse. Which is the best summary
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Task1 7022-1 1.1 Explain the meaning of risk management to an organisation 1.2 Determine the roles and responsibilities for risk management at senior management level 1.3 Evaluate risk management models Study the article in the link below and take note of the following: The four stages to risk management‚ the four main categories of risk and strategies for dealing with risk http://www.open.edu/openlearn/money-management/management/business-studies/managing-risks With reference to your
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there is a widespread phenomenon of absenteeism in western developed countries. Therefore‚ citizens are interested only in those political‚ economical‚ cultural or social issues which directly influence their own “small society”. Another serious weakness of
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structure C) bureaucracy D) team structure E) organizational pyramid Answer: B 4. Which one of the following is consistent with a simple structure? A) high centralization B) high horizontal differentiation C) high employee discretion D) standardization E) bureaucracy Answer: A 5. Which of the following is not a weakness of the simple structure? A) It is risky. B) It is prone to information overload. C) There is little unity of command. D) It can lead to slower decision making
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