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
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of this tutorial guide is also to allow students to develop the skills (both verbal and written) necessary to analyse problems which may arise in practice. The guide is designed to allow each student to reach the goal of being able to apply theory, knowledge and problem solving technique to fact situations that may arise in company law. It is essential that students learn to select the important issues in such fact situations and that they be able to advance, in discussion, a carefully analysed solution
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Metaphysics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to:navigation, search This article is about the branch of philosophy. For the work of Aristotle, see Metaphysics (Aristotle). |Philosophy | |[pic] | |Branches[show] | |Aesthetics | |Epistemology | |Ethics | |Logic
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INTEGRATED CHANGE MANAGEMENT: INCREASING SUCCESS RATES THROUGH AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH By SUSAN DOUTRE Integrated Studies Final Project Essay MAIS 700 submitted to Dr. Raphael Foshay in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts – Integrated Studies Athabasca, Alberta December, 2012 CHANGE MANAGEMENT SUCCESS 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract ................................................................
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EURIDIS Research Monograph SCHEMATIC EVALUATION OF INTERNAL ACCOUNTING CONTROL SYSTEMS Kuo-Tay Chen* and Ronald M. Lee# * Department of Management Purdue University at Calumet Hammond, IN 46323 U.S.A. chenk@pucal.bitnet # Erasmus University Research Institute for Decision and Information Systems (EURIDIS) Erasmus University Rotterdam The Netherlands rlee@fac.fbk.eur.nl ERASMUS UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR DECISION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS Schematic Evaluation of Internal Accounting
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REGENT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG 2013-2014 (Fall 2013-Summer 2014) Regent University 1000 Regent University Drive Virginia Beach, VA 23464-9800 800.373.5504 admissions@regent.edu www.regent.edu PREFACE Regional Accreditation Regent University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award associates, baccalaureate, masters, and doctorate degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane,
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MODULE C – History and Memory Sample 1 How has your understanding of events, personalities or situations been shaped by their representations in the texts you have studied. Refer to your prescribed text and at least TWO other related texts of your own choosing. History can be defined as “the methodical record of public events” where memory is defined as “the faculty by which events are recalled or kept in mind”. Thus history and memory interrelate as history can be seen as the contextual
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PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Willis Yuko Oso Faculty of Education and School of Postgraduate Studies Amoud University - Somaliland [pic] Barkhadleh Printing, BORAMA - SOMALILAND Typesetting and Printing By Barkhadleh Printing, Borama, Somaliland. Barkhadleh52hotmail.com /0025224509257 Copyright © Willis Yuko Oso, 2013. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part or transmitted in any form or
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Strategic Human Resource Management McDonald’s Restaurant Rose C. Masiku, Olutosin Babatunde, Jose Mira Uguina, Alberto Villarrubia Garcia, Paola Aguirre B00031200, B00029719, B00054480, B00065743 and B00065744 Department of Business School of Business & Humanities Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown Dublin 15. Word Count: 3500-4000 Actual Word Count: 3,857 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The aim of this project
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