Agent-based social simulation: dealing with complexity Nigel Gilbert Centre for Research on Social Simulation University of Surrey Guildford UK n.gilbert@soc.surrey.ac.uk 18 December 2004 While the idea of computer simulation has had enormous influence on most areas of science, and even on the public imagination through its use in computer games such as SimCity, it took until the 1990s for it to have a significant impact in the social sciences. The breakthrough came when it was realised
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estructura de poder - representación. Abstract Scholarly studies of elites and political elites have a vibrant recent history. My aim here is to provide a selective summary of that history, focusing on the importance of social distinction and the theories of power structure as a theoretical background for understanding the influence of political elites in social change. Since new insights and concerns have emerged in this field, the organization of this essay is not entirely chronological. Even though
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LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS Solomon Appel Robert H. Ashton Reza Barkhi Metropolitan College of New York, New York, NY, USA Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA School of Management, University of Michigan-Dearborn, MI, USA College of Business Administration, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA Department of Accounting, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, AR, USA
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ownership by different stakeholders at different levels. One strand of the research focuses on centralization/decentralization to answer questions about what responsibilities within education systems (such as recruitment of teachers, control of budgets, design of curricula) are most appropriately located at national, provincial, district and/or school levels in countries of different sizes and cultures. The research also takes into consideration the distribution of responsibilities within particular
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TASK - 1 TECHNIQUES OF JOB ANALYSIS RECRUITMENT: It is a process of attracting applicants either from within the organization or from outside for a vacant job to be filled in the organization. In the words of Torrington et al (2011): “ includes those practices and activities carried out by the organization with the primary purpose of identifying and attracting potential employees.” In order to fill the vacancy, it is very important that the description about the job should be clear. It helps
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SUMMER TRAINING PROJECT REPORT ON UNDERSTANDING THE SALES PROCESS, PREPARING A STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE MANUAL & A STUDY OF THE FUTURE OF LED LIGHTS IN INDIA FOR INLITE PVT LTD. BANDRA, MUMBAI BY KIRAN UIKEY (roll no.171) (MMS 2012-14) IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEGREE IN masters IN management studies (m.m.s) FROM MET – INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, MUMBAI. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT It is my immense pleasure to present this report of summer training. I am grateful
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Causes of Employee Turnover ABSTRACTThe proposed research will be conducted to investigate the causes of employee turnover. Proposed study will use different research articles to develop a model which shows that job satisfaction, employee motivation and employee involvement (independent variable) has an impact on employee turnover (dependent variable). Hence the purpose of this research will be, firstly getting the perception of employees at work by conducting semi structure interviews as an
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN TURBULENT TIMES ABSTRACT The last few years we have seen some major scams and corporate collapse across the globe. In India, the major example is Satyam which is one of the largest IT companies in India. All these events have made stake holders realize the urgency and importance of good corporate governance. Before investing money in any company people are quite concerned how companies are being managed
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Organizations and Society 38 (2013) 596–620 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Accounting, Organizations and Society journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/aos An accountability framework for financial statement auditors and related research questions Mark E. Peecher a,⇑, Ira Solomon b,1, Ken T. Trotman c,2 a Department of Accountancy, College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1206 South Sixth Street, Champaign, IL 61820, United States A.B. Freeman School
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Cross-Cultural Management Second Edition Marie-Joëlle Browaeys & Roger Price Part One CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT Concept 1.1 Facets of culture Introduction to Part One Setting the scene This introductory chapter will give an outline of the research in the field of culture and management, which in turn serves as a framework for Part One. The concept of culture Many experts in their fields have wracked their brains to come up with what they consider to be their concept of ‘culture’. Those
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