RATING SCALES INTRODUCTION Rating scales‚ as the name implies‚ are scales for rating each of the characteristics or activities one is seeking to observe or assess. A rating scale is a set of categories designed to elicit information about a quantitative or qualitative attribute. They enable an observer to systematically and objectively observe a person and record those observations. In the social sciences‚ a common example is the Likert scale in which a person is person selects the rating which
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AGENCY 1. Agency Relationship Cases Definition Principal authorizes Agent to enter into legal transactions (contract) with Third Party on Principal’s behalf Agency relationship between P and A A’s obligations to P: 1. Act according to terms of appointment and within scope of authority 2. Not liable to P or TP 3. Carries out duties with care and skill‚ keep true and proper accounts 4. Cannot conflict P’s interest / act for personal gains 5. Cannot delegate whole duty to others P’s
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IMPACTS OF PUBLIC DEBTS ON THE ECONOMIC GROWTH Government debt is also known as public debt. It is the debt owed by a federal government to the internal or external sources. It is required when the stocks of government securities are insufficient to cover previous budget deficits. Budget deficits occur when the level of government expenditures exceeds its revenues. Based on macroeconomic theory‚ the level of government expenditure must be positive with the economic growth. The higher the expenditure
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of the factors in the macro environment that have major impact to a company and assessment of the steps taken by the company to overcome the problems. Case study : Maybank Malaysia By AhmadRawi The writer can be contacted at: scholars.assist@gmail.com By AhmadRawi The writer can be contacted at: scholars.assist@gmail.com INTRODUCTION Strategic management experts have stated that in order to achieve a competitive advantage‚ a company needs to pursue strategies that build on its existing
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• 1. CAMELS RATINGS • 2. INTRODUCTIONIn 1995‚ RBI had set up a working group under the chairmanship of Shri S. Padmanabhan to review the banking supervision system. The Committee certain recommendations and based on such suggetions a rating system for domestic and foreign banks based on the international CAMELS model combining financial management and systems and control elements was introduced for the inspection cycle commencing from July 1998. CAMELS evaluates banks on the following six parameters
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Public sector companies The public sector‚ sometimes referred to as the state sector or the government sector‚ is a part of the state that deals with either the production‚ ownership‚ sale‚ provision‚ delivery and allocation of goods and services by and for the government or its citizens‚ whether national‚ regional or local/municipal. Examples of public sector activity range from delivering social security‚ administering urban planning and organizing national defense. The organization of the
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THE JOURNAL OF FINANCE • VOL. LXIV‚ NO. 4 • AUGUST 2009 Agency Problems at Dual-Class Companies RONALD W. MASULIS‚ CONG WANG‚ and FEI XIE∗ ABSTRACT Using a sample of U.S. dual-class companies‚ we examine how divergence between insider voting and cash f low rights affects managerial extraction of private benefits of control. We find that as this divergence widens‚ corporate cash holdings are worth less to outside shareholders‚ CEOs receive higher compensation‚ managers make shareholder value-destroying
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Running Head: AGENCY STRUCTURE Assignment 1: Agency Structure Ja Nae’ Roberts Dr. Stephen Kenealy PAD 505: Public Budgeting and Finance October 28‚ 2012 Administrative Structure of Federal Government The first agency chosen is the U.S. Coast Guard. “The U.S. Coast Guard is one of the five armed forces of the United States and the only military organization within the Department of Homeland Security” (U.S. Coast‚ 2012). The USCG is located within
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The Debt Ceiling: Why it Hurts America In 1917‚ the United States Congress applied the concept of a "debt ceiling". Prior to 1917‚ Congress had to directly authorize the amount of each borrowing. The debt ceiling was put in place to provide more flexibility to finance the US involvement in World War I. After the application of the debt ceiling‚ the United States Treasury could borrow any amount needed as long as it keeps the total at or below the authorized ceiling. I believe a debt ceiling is
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Why would people have to save kids? Well they want To help German children. The people had to come up with a plan. After Hitler made everyone think Jews where bad people and after he started burning buildings down and stealing things from the Jews people wanted to help them. The other countries told Adolf Hitler that they wanted to form a transport to save all the lives of Jewish people. He only allowed children to board the transport. After everyone knew it was ok to form the KinderTransport they
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