...Interest group systems are entities that define the nature of connections between interest groups and the government policy making system. The study of interest groups can be categorized into three prominent schools of thought, pluralist, neocorporarist, and controlled. These three interest group systems differ from each other by their group to societal interest ratio, type of membership and member commitment, organizational structure, and connection/relationship with the government. The pluralist interest group system defines how interests are organized and how they participate in the process. Democracy is viewed as a marketplace where individuals, political parties, and interest group have primary influence over public domains. Further,...
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...Pluralist perspective of employment relations Question: Carefully define the pluralist perspective of employment relations and show how it differs from other frames of reference. What are the limits of the pluralist acceptance of different stakeholder interests at work. When, within the pluralist perspective is conflict acceptable? The topic of industrial relations generally deals with the relationships encountered by the workforce in their working lives and can equally be contributed to and studied by economists, lawyers, sociologists, and psychologists, to name but a few. The capacity of the topic spans from the individual in relation to the organisation through to the shop floor, all the way to national and international bodies. Approaches used to define the subject matter of Industrial relations are: Industrial-based definitions, social psychology-based definitions, class-based definitions, human resource management definitions and employment relations. Industrial relations are an ever growing topic and will be continually studied by scholars to further gain in-depth knowledge to natural behaviours of the modern workplace, as advantages of a harmonious working environment is considered the holy grail of globalisation. Although there is a vast array of conceptual approaches to industrial relations, in this essay I will analyse the differences with the frames of reference most commonly known as unitarism, pluralism, and marxism. Before which I will carefully discuss in depth...
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...1. Define OB 2. Goal of OB 3. List the fundamental concept of OB 4. What are the key forces of OB 5. Explain how the study of the fundamental concept of organizational behavior can help better manage their people at work 6. Name the different models of organizational behavior with a description of any one. 7. Why managers need to study OB 1. Define OB * Organisational behavior is the systematic study and careful application of knowledge about how people-as individual and as groups –act within organsiastions. * OB is a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups and structure have on behavior within organisations for the purpose of applying such knowledge towards improving an orgnasiation’s effectiveness. 2. Goal of OB Leaders must be able to: i. Describe ii. Understand iii. Predict iv. Control individual behavior in the organisation * Describe: * OB is a science that analyses as to how people behave in different situations in the organisation. A manager should be able to describe the behavior of each individuals under his command. 3. List the fundamental concept of OB Fundamental concepts of OB The nature of people i) Individual differences ii) Perception Iii) A whole person Iv) Motivated behavior V) Desire for involvement Vi) Value of the person The nature of organisation i) Social systems ii) Mutual interest iii) Ethics i) Individual differences : * People have much in common (excitement in any achievement) but each person...
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...2011-12-13 United States Government Political parties & interests groups Political Parties * American political parties do not have clear programs, regular members, annual meetings, party leaders don’t decide who will run for election, etc. – the ideology of American parties is not very distinctive – they are electoral machines – they help people get elected to Congress and help us organize our thinking. * Political parties have existed since the first decade of the new government’s existence. Americans have always had ambivalent feelings about them. * Parties are necessary, and they perform vital functions, they are crucial institutions when it comes to organizing competition when it comes to elections, structuring the thinking of the society. If they help us distinguish various political sides, we can start identifying with them (liberal, conservative) * Ad-hoc coalitions – built in order to pass a specific bill. Party functions: * Organize the competition * Unify the electorate * Inspire and inform voters * Translate preferences into policy * Provide loyal opposition * Organize Government * Help Govern * Act as Watchdogs * Nominate Candidates * Ensure Candidate Quality * Winner takes all election system – if you have to be big to win, it makes no sense for small parties to function. * Party systems – Multiparty and Two Party System. * Minor parties: Persistence and Frustration * American parties...
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...2954 rscholl@uri.edu Much of the recent interest in ethics and moral behavior in business comes from Enron and Worldcom, as scholars, educators, practitioners, and the public seek to understand the behavior of executives in these firms. Many have chosen to view these cases from the perspective of ethics, that is, the behavior of these executives is seen as unethical and the explanation is that they are unethical or immoral people. Furthermore, the solution is improved moral education in business programs. “Somehow, we need to make future executives more moral or more ethical” and we can do this in the context of an undergraduate business program or MBA degree program. Some have even suggested that today’s business programs not only do not facilitate the “moral development” of students, but students leave these programs “less moral” than they were when they entered the programs. Here a couple of points to consider: What is Ethical or Moral? What do we mean by ethical decision making? Are there decisions that are not ethical in that there is not ethical component to a choice? In their review of ethical decision making, Tenbruensel and Smith-Crowe (2008) present a distinction between moral decision making and amoral decision making. Within each class of decisions, one can make ethical decision or unethical decisions. They further argue that social scientist should not be in the business of telling people what they should do, that is define what is ethical and what is not, but they...
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...Do you agree that power, unlike authority, should apply only to relationships where there is a conflict of interests?It could be said, that politics is the studyof the locus of power - where power lies, or should lie. This encompasses all the main questions of political theory: Liberty, in to what extent the state should have power over the individual; justice, in looking at in what circumstances power has been used illegitimately; democracy, inthe mechanisms of how state power should be rightly yielded. Even topics such as the communitarian/liberal debate can be seen to boil down to a question of power, in this case, similar to the study of liberty, the balance between individual andcommunity power is at the core of this question.The question above raises a specific point about the actual definition of power, to what extent is the concept of power inherently linked to a 'conflict of interests'. This question requires a close examination of power itself, and the first step in doing this is to look at Steven Lukes' distinction between one-, two-, and three-dimensionalviews of power.In his seminal work, Power: A Radical View, Lukes goes about deriving a definition of power in three stages. The first is the 'one-dimensional' definition of power. This is based on attempts by political scientists such as Dahl to define power in such a way so that it is possible toobserve how power operates in empirical examples. The core of this view of power isthe statement 'A has power over B to...
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...society are the ideas of the ruling class. The class that owns the means of production, also owns the means of mental production, thus the ruling classes inform and influence legislation and policy in order to reflect their ideologies. The term ideology is embedded from German philosophers, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engles; such ideologies include the system of institutions such as family, churches, the education system, and mass media. The ideologies of the ruling class thus render the working class (proletariat) into conformity by persuading them that the interests of the capitalists (bourgeoisie) are also in the interest of the working class. These ideologies defend and uphold the social position of the ruling classes. Jeffery Reimen stated that, the rich get richer and the poor get prison, thus, as the laws reflect the ideologies of the ruling class, there cannot be equality before the law, as the law protects those who define it. This essay will demonstrate the issue of the justice system within capitalist societies and the effects of the law and policy formations that reflect the wishes and ideologies of the ruling class, while exploiting the poor. The broad theory of critical criminology also known as radical criminology, explores various theoretical perspectives, specifically Marxist criminology and labeling theory. In light of these perspectives, this essay will provide insight on the disproportionate and bias treatment of the criminal justice system. White-collar crime (corporate...
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...guided with a safeguard of interests, specific business contract, defined law, forum of dispute settlement, and understanding of contract clauses. “A working knowledge of international law helps business owners and managers with global interests reduce risk and increase profits” (Melvin, 2011, P. 631). This enlightenment will address the international legal and ethical issues involved in international business transactions and compare such to domestic business operations. Resolving legal disputes Business internationally, enviably creates change in legislation, interest conflict, and rise of ethical dilemmas. When international business arises, business owners, and management must use precaution to avoid ethical, legal, and cultural issues. Business must prepare for the unexpected to ensure success. Often conducting foreign business requires the parties to set standard law, determine how to settle disputes, and define contract clause to determine the correct business decision applicable through contracts. Foreign businesses commonly use contracts for the international sale of goods as standard law. “Contracts for the international sale of goods was created by the U.N. Commission on International Trade Law to establish uniform rules for drafting certain international sales contracts” (Melvin, 2011, P. 634). Often foreign business use alternative dispute resolution to resolve contract conflicts that arise. Third parties ensure the safeguard of interest, standard law, and clause...
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...individually or collectively. This has evoked a good deal of hand-wringing and fears that national policy autonomy -- or even national sovereignty -- is being undermined. These fears, while important, may be short-sighted. While globalisation poses many challenges for national governments, it also holds many opportunities. International co-operation offers new opportunities to improve overall policy effectiveness and to address common policy dilemmas. But are national governments adequately equipped to manage the problems and reap the benefits of globalisation? 2. The following discussion examines the impacts of globalisation on policy making1. It raises questions related to three main themes: 3. may international interest groups, the global newsmedia, multinational enterprises and the vagaries of globalised financial markets all influence the demands on governments and the policy options available to them. Participation in international organisations or the adoption of international agreements -- in effect, a voluntary pooling of sovereignty -- can further reduce policy-makers room to...
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...and passwords. Define your chart of accounts. Define your accounting period types and accounting calendar periods. Define a set of books. Specify a set of books name and assign it a calendar, functional currency, and a chart of accounts structure. After choosing your set of books, use the Application Developer responsibility to set the GL Set of Books ID profile option to Updateable. After choosing your set of books, use the System Administrator responsibility to set the GL Set of books Name profile option. If you are not using multiple organizations feature, set the option for the Oracle Payables application. If you are using multiple organizations feature, set the option for each unique combination of organization and responsibility. Define Payables Lookups. Define Purchasing Lookups. Enter locations. Enter employees. If you have Oracle Human Resources installed, use the People window. See: Entering a New Person (Managing People Using Oracle HRMS). If you do not have Oracle Human Resources installed, use the Enter Person window. If Oracle Inventory or Oracle Purchasing is installed, you must define at least one Inventory Organization before defining Financials Options. Define payment programs. Install or upgrade Payables. Select your primary set of books. Use the System Administrator responsibility to assign your set of books to a responsibility. Define Financials options. Define Payables options. Define your payment terms...
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...Mohammed Al Akhawayn University 1 MIDTERM CRITICAL SUMMARY 2 The first six chapters discussed in-class included the comparison methodology in political systems, in addition to the political attitudes and behaviors in relation with the ethical foundations of politics. Furthermore, it included an introduction to political ideologies with a focus on the democratic ones. Moreover, it showcased the development of the modern state, along with some key concepts in politics such as constitutions and processes such as pressure groups and social movements. Before engaging in comparing political systems, it is imperative to be aware of the comparison methodology used for this kind of social science. The scientific method used in social sciences is based on the empirical method which includes several steps, of which the most important are: the formulation of the hypotheses after asking curious questions related to a topic of interest - the data collection - the data analysis - the results’ interpretation related to the questions raised. Looking at the political attitudes of people under a specific political system helps to understand the political systems, but what is the reason behind that? Simply because looking at the political attitude of every individual might prove itself to be impossible, so social scientists started analyzing the general trend in the political attitudes of people and put it under a certain framework making it easier to link to the political...
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... AP: Choose Set of Books 2 PO: Define Inventory Organization Parameters 3 AP: Define Financial Options 4 AP: Define Expense Report Templates 6 AP: Define Payables Options 7 AP: Define Banks 10 AP: Define New AP Signing Limits 13 AP: Define Tax Codes 14 AP: Define Tax Groups 15 AP: Define Tax Reporting Entities 16 OIE: Define iExpense Policies 17 Enable Expense Allocations 17 Set Up Required Expense Fields 18 Define Receipt Notification Rule Set 19 Assign Receipt Notification Rule Set 20 Define Mileage Rate Schedule 21 SA: Set OIE Profile Options 23 AR: Define AR System Options 24 AR: Open Accounting Periods (Required) 28 AR: Define AutoAccounting 29 AR: Define Transaction Types 32 AR: Define Transaction Sources 33 AR: Define Remittance Banks 34 AR: Define Receivables Activities 35 AR: Define Receipt Classes and Payment...
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...Public Relations Defined MKT/438 Public Relations August 11, 2013 Richard Dool Define Public Relations Companies large and small hire Public Relations or PR professionals to bring awareness of their products or services. Public relations, is defined by many different sources in many different ways. The purpose of Public Relations differs from one company to the next, depending on organizational size, the particular product or service they may be drawing interests towards, their are a number of reasons why Public Relations is defined so many different ways. Public Relations: The Profession and the Practice Public Relations: The Profession and the Practice, Chapter 1: The Nature of Public Relations, defines Public Relations as, “Public relations is a leadership and management function that helps achieve organizational objectives, define philosophy, and facilitate organizational change. Public relations practitioners communicate with all relevant internal and external publics to develop positive relationships and to create consistency between organizational goals and societal expectations. Public relations practitioners develop, execute, and evaluate organizational programs that promote the exchange of influence and understanding among an organization’s constituent parts and publics” (Baskin, Heiman, Lattimore, & Toth, 2007). Even as defined by this text this is a continually working definition, meaning it will continue to change as the need of...
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...1. How would you define what a sustainable product is? How could you measure it? Who should define the standards of what counts as sustainable? A sustainable product is a product that provides opportunities to reduce costs and improve environmental performance. The product cannot negatively impact society and the environment. It should positively impact the well-being of mankind. The parties involved in manufacturing, selling, and purchasing the product become a good steward of the environment by engaging in the commerce of such a product. Sustainability should be measured by a third party with no conflict of interest such as a tax auditor. A third party should define the standards of what counts as sustainable with the involvement of NGOs, market players, consumers, and activists in order to define an agreed upon set of standards that will be adopted by all. 2. Assume you are the senior Vice President for Sustainability at Walmart. What is your analysis of the problem (from Walmart's perspective) of defining sustainable products? Selling sustainable products was not possible unless Walmart could find a means of defining, measuring, and communicating its chosen environmental or sustainable standards. Walmart debated whether or not it should "establish a new set of product standards in-house, buy or license an existing set of standards on the open market, or lead a collaborative effort to develop public standards, together with other large corporations and stakeholder...
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...Define an interest group, with examples. Interest groups defined as organized group of people who share common attitudes and interests, and try to influence policy by shaping public opinion, opposing or supporting candidates, and influencing the decisions of government officials. Interest groups seek to represent the views and difficulties of their members. Interest groups known as lobbies; lobbying is one way in which interest groups form legislature and represent the views of their voters to the attention of decision-makers. Many interest groups headquarters are in Washington, D.C. this allows access to legislatures and policymakers. Interest groups can be assembled into several broad categories; Economic, Public, Government, Religious, Civil rights, Ideological, Single-issue....
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