Chapter 10: Agency * What is an agent? * The primary function of an agent is to make contracts on behalf of the principal If the party wishes to sue, they must sue the principal and not the agent: International Harvester Co of Australia Pty Ltd v Carrigan’s Hazeldene Pastoral Co (1958) * Indicators of an agency relationship: * Does the 'agent' keep the profits it makes or does it have to pay them across to the principal? * Is the ‘agent’ paid a commission
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TUTORIAL 7 (online) LAW OF AGENCY 1. Describe the relationship of a principal and agent? An arrangement in which one entity legally appoints another to act on its behalf. 2. Can an employee be an agent and why? Can because the employee is negotiating with customers on principal’s behalf. 3. Is a sole distributor an agent and why? It is an agent because its role is to become the middle person in distributing products. 4. In what circumstances can a person be an agent of
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Strategic Plan, Part 1: Conceptualizing a Business Strategic Plan, Part 1: Conceptualizing a Business My selected business would be a temporary staffing agency; with many companies today reluctant to hire full-time employees a staffing agency for the right industry could be very successful. My staffing agency would focus primarily on the IT (information technology) sector and providing highly skilled temporary labor to companies that do not have the need for a full-time IT employee. For
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1. State the administrative agency which controls the regulation. Explain why this agency and your proposed regulation interest you (briefly). Will this proposed regulation affect your or the business in which you are working? If so, how? Submit a copy of the proposed regulation along with your responses to these five questions. The proposed regulation can be submitted as either a separate Word document (.doc) or Adobe file (.pdf). This means you will submit two attachments to the Week 2 Drop box:
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S ANITA NORRIS MODEL MANAGEMENT w 9B10D013 Authorized for use only in the course BSAD 471 Strategic Management at St. Francis Xavier University taught by Brad Long from Jan 05, 2015 to Apr 17, 2015. Use outside these parameters is a copyright violation. Prashob Menon and Paul Lee wrote this case under the supervision of Professor John Haywood-Farmer solely to provide material for class discussion. The authors do not intend to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a managerial
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Pick an administrative agency of either the federal or a state government. Find where the current and proposed regulation changes for that agency are located on the Internet. (i.e., the Federal Register or the State Administrative Agency website.) Regulations.gov is a good place to begin your research. Pick one proposed regulation change currently under consideration (if you find one that has already closed out but interests you, you can use that instead) and write the following regarding it:
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other health concerns the doctors see an opportunity to open a clinic to aid Kava. This company will have to address several issues and obstacles before opening the doors of the new clinic. These include community involvement, backing from government agencies, and religious group help. Outlining and organizing key decisions in order of importance will help address the most important ones first. Recognizing the stakeholders and enlisting their support will help the organization succeed. Preliminary Considerations
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Smart Service Queensland Information Systems and Green IT Strategies 2010 Submitted: 18/10/2010 Prepared by: Varun Kewal (Student No: W0103335) varun_kewal@hotmail.com Word Count: 2,847 words Letter of Transmittal Green Tech Pty Ltd 23 Virtual Drive Technology Park, QLD 4125 18 October 2010 The Director Smart Service Queensland 37 Creek Street Brisbane QLD 4000 Dear Ms Jeans, Please find attached our report analysing the IT infrastructure for SSQ and value
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temporary staffing because it can be viewed as a purchased business service rather than hiring an employee. Natarajan, P. (2002) states “Local businesses, big and small find it more economical to hire part-time and full-time employees through a staffing agency
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HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN ADVERTISING AGENCY Lecturer PhD. Cristina LEOVARIDIS State University of Political and Administrative Studies Bucharest Abstract: The paper presents advertising agencies as a new type of knowledge-based organizations (knowledge-intensive organizations), whose essential resource is its people with their competences, in conditions in which in the present society knowledge is becoming the most important source of competitive advantage for current organizations. Such professional
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