...CHAPTER ONE THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK: CONCEPTS AND PROBLEMATICS OF THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY CHAPTER ONE THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK: CONCEPTS AND PROBLEMATICS OF THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY Introduction This chapter presents a general theoretical framework for the knowledge society, based on four major axes linked by the concerns and issues invoked by the project to create a “knowledge society” as an integral part of a comprehensive programme of Arab renaissance. The first of these axes presents the premises and principles guiding the knowledge society. The second deals with the conceptual structure of the discourses that have attempted to shed light on the changes in modern societies since the information revolution. Here we have constructed an operational definition of the knowledge society in the Arab world, based on the ideas put forward in the Report’s various chapters. The third axis constructs the systems of reference that have guided, and continue to guide, knowledge discourse in the contemporary world and allows us to become acquainted with the dimensions and options underlying earlier reports on the same topic. The fourth axis examines some of the problematic issues posed today by information and knowledge development in contemporary society, believing that reflection on these issues will influence efforts to close knowledge gaps in the Arab world and achieve comprehensive human development. While subsequent chapters of the Report examine the quantitative and qualitative...
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...Researched, compiled and published by Woods & Seaton International Automotive Systems Customer Relationships Management - “CRM” May 2009 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ESTABLISHED ★ 1973 ★ ★ ★ ★★★ International Automotive Systems - “CRM” - 2009 For the sole, internal use of Aspen Marketing Services, Inc. - Contact: Bill Ewing. Researched, compiled and published by Woods & Seaton page 123 International Automotive Systems Customer Relationships Management - “CRM” May 2009 Copyright Notice All rights reserved. This document is supplied for the sole, internal use of... Aspen Marketing Services, Inc. - Contact: Bill Ewing. No part may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright holder. Any questions from Subscribers to Woods & Seaton Automotive Systems Information about this study should be addressed to Mike Seaton, Automotive Systems & Communications, Wash Hill House, ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Wooburn Green, ESTABLISHED ★ 1973 ★ Buckinghamshire ★ ★ England, HP10 0JA. ★ ★ ★ Telephone: 44 (0) 1628 525 960 E-Mail address . . . mikeseaton@woods-seaton.com Web Site . . . http://www.woods-seaton.com © Woods & Seaton 2009 Tel. 44 (0)1628 525 960 E-mail: mikeseaton@woods-seaton.com www.woods-seaton.com Subscribers to Woods & Seaton Automotive Systems Information are automatically included on our e-mail Briefings list ...
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...Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development Human capital reporting An internal perspective a guide 1 – a CIPD guide for personnel professionals to help them identify, collate, analyse and communicate data on human capital Written by Jim Matthewman and Floriane Matignon of Mercer Human Resource Consulting Acknowledgements The document draws on the perspectives, experience and measurement methods set out in the recent book by Haig R. Nalbantian, Richard A. Guzzo, Dave Kieffer and Jay Doherty, Play to Your Strengths: Managing your internal labour markets for lasting competitive advantage (New York: McGraw Hill, 2004). We are grateful to members of the CIPD Human Capital Working Party who provided input and advice: Greg Aitken, Head of Employee Research and Measurement, Royal Bank of Scotland Group Ron Collard, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Andrew Mayo, Director, Mayo Learning International Tim Miller, Group Head of Human Resources, Standard Chartered Bank Tony Palmer, Head of the Marple Partnership Vicky Wright, Partner, Human Capital, Ernst & Young Human capital reporting Human capital reporting: an internal perspective 3 Human capital reprting Contents Preface 4 Introduction 6 Step 1 – Setting human capital management in context 10 Step 2 – Getting started: gathering and collating the data 21 Step 3 – Measuring human capital: tools and methodologies 27 Step 4 – Reporting the data:...
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...in 1858, Cambridge Assessment is an international exams group designing and delivering assessments to over 170 countries worldwide. Cambridge Assessment operates three exam boards; CIE, Cambridge English and OCR (Cambridge Assessment, 2015a). Group Print and Operations operates as the role of service provider to the exam boards from two large distribution centres (DC10 and DC20). The purpose of this assignment is to review what is seen to be the prevailing leadership style within Cambridge Assessment. Throughout, the review will explore how the constraints and demands imposed by the business units on DC10 have an impact on the prevailing leadership style. Understand Leadership Styles within an Organisation At Cambridge Assessment the concern for task is always the main focus, which is evident in: • The setting of key performance indicators (KPI’s) and the close monitoring by managers to ensure all targets are being met. • The traffic light systems used by all departments to ensure tasks are running on time and within budget. If a red light flags a problem, managers can reorganise or increase their teams to get back on track. • The planning matrix, for a ‘busy session’, details every report to be despatched at DC10 from start to finish date so departments can organise the staff and number of shifts required. • SOP’s being enforced so that best practice is performed by the teams to ensure optimum efficiency and quality. The ideology...
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...GLOBAL LOGISTICS CASE STUDY COASTAL LOGISTICS INC. ESTABLISHING THIRD-PARTY (3PL) LOGISTICS SERVICES ‘’We declare that the material contained in this project is the end result of our own work and that due acknowledgement has been given in the bibliography to ALL sources, be they printed, electronic or personal. ‘’ Contents Introduction 2 Overview of the organisation 3 CLI’s 3PL service provision objectives 4 Main issues raised 5 1. The need for an effective and successful sales pitch 5 3. High spot-rate cost of boat leasing 6 4. Delivery route and shore base operating costs 6 5. Resource requirements for 3PL service 6 6. Establishment of a trusting and reliable partnership 7 Approaches to issues raised 8 1. “AS IS” process documentation and operation analysis 8 2. The Morgan City Benchmark Study 8 3. Cost comparison and utilization of long-term vs. spot-rate leases 9 4. 2 months, 24 hours activity log book 9 5. Drawing of support and expertise 9 6. Information sharing and in-depth study of operational and cost data .…………………………….………………………………………………….………………….…………….…………..10 Effectiveness of approach adopted 10 Recommendations 13 1. Provision of a consolidated logistics service 13 2. Delivery route and shore base operation costs 13 3. Establishment of a trusting, reliable partnership 14 4. Customer Service Audit 15 References 19 Introduction With increasing global competition and the streamlining of the supply chain management...
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...A Guide to Preparing a Paper or Master’s Thesis J.G. Brouwer A.J.J. de Hoogh 1. Table of Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Table of Contents Introduction Purpose of Writing a Paper or Thesis Thesis Procedure Selecting a Topic An Outline Research and Analysis of the Topic Structure and Format Quotations, Paraphrasing, Plagiarism and Fraud Footnotes, References and the Bibliography Minimum Requirements and Grading 1 2 2 3 4 5 7 7 9 11 15 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the authors. 1 2. Introduction Writing skills are of eminent importance for a lawyer. That is why some courses require you to write a paper and the LL.M. Programme requires you to write a thesis at the end of your studies. There are strict requirements regarding the contents and the procedure. The following guidelines will provide you with information for successful completion. If you would like more guidance during the writing of your thesis, then you are advised to consult the following websites: http://www.learnerassociates.net/dissthes/ (structure and format) http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ (language) http://writingcenters.org/index.php (overview writing centres) The paper/thesis must be in English. This means for most of you, since English is not your native...
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...Ilm level 5 certificate in leadership and management Table of Content: 1. Introduction 2. My current Job role 3. Prevailing Styles of Leadership 3.1 Company structure 3.2 MD Leadership style and role 3.3 Senior management leadership role 3.4 Middle management leadership style 4. Analysing my own role in Tesab 5. Reflective statement 6. Bibliography In this report I will review the prevailing leadership styles in my organisation. I review the prevailing leadership styles in my organisation ,Tesab. I will assess the impact of these styles on the organisations values and performance. The company I am employed by is Tesab Eng. We are based in Omagh Co.Tyrone N Ireland we are a medium size engineering firm. The company was set-up almost 25 years ago. We have growth from a small to medium size company in this period of time. Our company ethos is to be trustworthy and reliability is core to our reputation. Although the company does not have an official mission statement, we do state on our website that our products are “Heavy Duty, Built to Last.” This is a strong statement, which goes to the very core of who we are and how we do things. Our company prides itself on being flexible, responsive, forward thinking and innovative. We manufacture................................ WE deliver.............................. We must........................................ My role at Tesab is: Spare Parts/ Service Manager (unofficial: purchasing parts...
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...® Acodemy of Management Heview 1993, Vol. 18, No. 3. 518-545. FOUCAULT. POWER/KNOWLEDGE. AND ITS RELEVANCE FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT BARBARA TOWNLEY The University of Alberta Drawing on the work of Michel Foucault. I argue that human resource management (HRM) may be best understood as a discourse and set of practices that attempt to reduce the indeterminacy involved in the employment contract. Here I reread HRM practices from a Foucauldian power-knowledge perspective and suggest that this provides an avenue to reorient contemporary, historical, and comparative analyses of the area. A glimpse at human resource management (HRM) texts would seem to give light to a comment by Beer, Spector, Lawrence, Mills, and Walton (1984) that HRM is a series of seemingly disjointed activities. This notion echoes an earlier view of Baldamus (1961: 347) that what is encompassed by HRM's subject matter is "anything from supervision, incentives and profit sharing to machine-paced production, methods of training and employee selection." Often this heterogeneity is excused in terms of HRM's reflecting the ad hoc and reactive nature of its origins (Jacoby, 1985; Niven, 1967; Ozanne, 1967). What the heterogeneity of HRM highlights, however, is the importance of an organizing principle, or analytical focus, as opposed to common sense description, which gives HRM practices a theoretical coherence. HRM's heterogeneity stresses the importance of an order "that turns a set of bits, which have limited...
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...2009 > hot topics 69 TOPICS HOT L e g a L i s s u e s i n p L a i n L a n g u a g e This is the sixty-ninth in the series Hot Topics: legal issues in plain language, published by the Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC). Hot Topics aims to give an accessible introduction to an area of law that is the subject of change or public debate. International law 1 overview What is international law? – difference between international law and domestic law – Why do States obey international law? – subjects of international law – How do international law and domestic law interact? 4 sources of international law Jus cogens – international conventions and treaties – Australian treaty practice – custom – general principles of law – judicial decisions and writings of publicists – ‘hard law’ and ‘soft law’. 8 states What is a State? – rights of States – self-determination – creation and recognition of new States – case studies. AUTHOR NOTE: Jane Stratton currently leads corporate social responsibility programs in a leading Sydney law firm, teaches law students at a Sydney university and independently, undertakes community development projects in Western Sydney. Her work has included legal and policy roles in the Public Interest Advocacy Centre, the Australian Human Rights Commission, UN High Commission for Refugees and the ICTY. She has experience in litigious and political advocacy. Jane holds qualifications in law (Honours)...
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...ADOPTION OF HUMAN RESOURCE INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE (A CASE STUDY OF THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE) CHARLES MAUTI BUS-1-7364-2/2011 A RESEARCH PROPOSAL CARRIED OUT AT THE KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY AS A PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (HUMAN RESOURCE OPTION) JANUARY 2016 CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION This chapter gives the background of the study, statement of the problem, research objectives, and research questions, significance of the study, limitations of the study and scope of study. 1.1 Background to the Study Before the introduction of the HRIS too often, personnel files were not well kept. Storage rooms were often overcrowded and security was inadequate. Indexing procedures were not always in place and file tracking systems were often lacking. Many times the HR personnel in public service had no means of finding who had a file at any particular time, and files could not be retrieved without a major search being launched. This Human Resource information is key to making effective strategic decisions. Therefore, the use of Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) has been advocated as an opportunity for human resource (HR) professionals to contribute to organizational strategy. According to Lengnick-Hall, Mark & Moritz (2003) HRIS is a system used to acquire, store, manipulate, analyze, retrieve and distribute pertinent information about an organization’s human resources...
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...Active Directory Design Guide Thursday, 25 February 2010 Version 2.0.0.0 Baseline Prepared by Microsoft Prepared by Microsoft Copyright This document and/or software (“this Content”) has been created in partnership with the National Health Service (NHS) in England. Intellectual Property Rights to this Content are jointly owned by Microsoft and the NHS in England, although both Microsoft and the NHS are entitled to independently exercise their rights of ownership. Microsoft acknowledges the contribution of the NHS in England through their Common User Interface programme to this Content. Readers are referred to www.cui.nhs.uk for further information on the NHS CUI Programme. All trademarks are the property of their respective companies. Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. © Microsoft Corporation 2010. All rights reserved. Disclaimer At the time of writing this document, Web sites are referenced using active hyperlinks to the correct Web page. Due to the dynamic nature of Web sites, in time, these links may become invalid. Microsoft is not responsible for the content of external Internet sites. Page ii Active Directory – Design Guide Prepared by Microsoft, Version 2.0.0.0 Last modified on 26 February 2010 Prepared by Microsoft TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 2 Executive Summary ..............................................................................................
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...CRIME, PROCEDURE AND EVIDENCE IN A COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT This book aims to honour the work of Professor Mirjan Damaška, Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School and a prominent authority for many years in the fields of comparative law, procedural law, evidence, international criminal law and Continental legal history. Professor Damaška’s work is renowned for providing new frameworks for understanding different legal traditions. To celebrate the depth and richness of his work and discuss its implications for the future, the editors have brought together an impressive range of leading scholars from different jurisdictions in the fields of comparative and international law, evidence and criminal law and procedure. Using Professor Damaška’s work as a backdrop, the essays make a substantial contribution to the development of comparative law, procedure and evidence. After an introduction by the editors and a tribute by Harold Koh, Dean of Yale Law School, the book is divided into four parts. The first part considers contemporary trends in national criminal procedure, examining cross-fertilisation and the extent to which these trends are resulting in converging practices across national jurisdictions. The second part explores the epistemological environment of rules of evidence and procedure. The third part analyses human rights standards and the phenomenon of hybridisation in transnational and international criminal law. The final part of the book assesses Professor...
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...IN CONTEMPORARY SOUTHEAST ASIA ISLAMIC STUDIES AND ISLAMIC EDUCATION i ii IN CONTEMPORARY SOUTHEAST ASIA ISLAMIC STUDIES AND ISLAMIC EDUCATION Editors KAMARUZZAMAN BUSTAMAM-AHMAD PATRICK JORY YAYASAN ILMUWAN iii Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia Cataloguing-In-Publication Data Islamic studies and Islamic education in contemporary Southeast Asia / editors: Kamaruzzaman Bustamam-Ahmad, Patrick Jory ISBN 978-983-44372-3-7 (pbk.) 1. Islamic religious education--Southeast Asia. 2. Islam--Education--Southeast Asia. I. Kamaruzzaman Bustamam-Ahmad. II. Jory, Patrick. 297.77 First Printed 2011 © 2011 Kamaruzzaman Bustamam-Ahmad & Patrick Jory Publisher: Yayasan Ilmuwan D-0-3A, Setiawangsa Business Suites, Taman Setiawangsa, 54200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means – for example, electronic, photocopy, recording – without prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed review. The opinions expressed in this publication is the personal views of the authors, and do not necessary reflect the opinion of the publisher. Layout and cover design: Font: Font size: Printer: Hafizuldin bin Satar Goudy Old Style 11 pt Gemilang Press Sdn Bhd iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS T his book grew out of a three-day workshop jointly held by the Regional Studies Program, Walailak University, and the Department...
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...RIGA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF LAW THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL STATE RESPONSIBILITY NATIONAL SPACE LEGISLATION IN THE EU (title) INTO MASTER’S THESIS AUTHOR: DMYTRO CHYBISOV LL.M 2007/2008 year student student number LLM00703 JANE SMITH________________ (name, surname) TUTOR: Professor____________________ (academic title) DECLARATION OF HONOUR: I declare that this thesis is my own work, and that all references to, or quotations from, the work of others are fully and correctly cited. (Signed) …………………………………. RIGA, 2008 2 SUMMARY In Part I the general provisions of space treaties and principles of public international law briefly summarized. An overview of “appropriate state”, “launching state” terms and international responsibility and liability issues also discussed there. Part I is supposed to introduce current international legal tools available for the regulation of space activities. It explains what is international space law, why it is important and how does it work. Moreover, certain aspects of legal treatment of governmental and non-governmental entities are comprehensively discussed. The analogy between international space law and maritime law was also reiterated. Part I particularly examines each of three main space treaties and the problematic points arising from their interpretation. The enforcement mechanism is also analyzed. It was the idea to pick up an issue and then to analyze it using the common sense and legal logic with the view...
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