Chapter 5: The State, Society, and Foreign Policy
... c. countries with stagnant economies are more likely to engage in war d. religious fundamentalism is an important factor behind conflict 4. The “simple” model of democratic peace theory argues that a. countries with large armies are more likely to engage in war b. unequal distribution of the world’s ...
... c. countries with stagnant economies are more likely to engage in war d. religious fundamentalism is an important factor behind conflict 4. The “simple” model of democratic peace theory argues that a. countries with large armies are more likely to engage in war b. unequal distribution of the world’s ...
By Ilona Pálné Kovács DSc
... The continuos adaptation to the changed environment and to the external challenges naturally generated the demand of the systematic modernisation of public administration. During the past decade reform programmes were formulated year to year. Most of them were aimed at the slogans of efficiency, leg ...
... The continuos adaptation to the changed environment and to the external challenges naturally generated the demand of the systematic modernisation of public administration. During the past decade reform programmes were formulated year to year. Most of them were aimed at the slogans of efficiency, leg ...
Critical theory and its future
... prefaces to Kritische Theorie, represents not so much a betrayal of his own earlier writings as a belated acknowledgement of their unstated conclusions.6 For Horkheimer, the disappearance of classicalliberalism marks the crucial dividing line in recent historical development, and now it is clear tha ...
... prefaces to Kritische Theorie, represents not so much a betrayal of his own earlier writings as a belated acknowledgement of their unstated conclusions.6 For Horkheimer, the disappearance of classicalliberalism marks the crucial dividing line in recent historical development, and now it is clear tha ...
for behavioral economics organizations: the organization as
... "slack", "a little soft" in successive inter-group coordination. The metaphor of "slack" is probably adjusters: operations coordination leave some slack, but just for the organization works best as a piston in a room that is not tight, but not longer appear too great game that could seize movements. ...
... "slack", "a little soft" in successive inter-group coordination. The metaphor of "slack" is probably adjusters: operations coordination leave some slack, but just for the organization works best as a piston in a room that is not tight, but not longer appear too great game that could seize movements. ...
stronger theorizing - Professor Bear F. Braumoeller
... statistical testing does not answer the question with perfect certainty, it gives far more precise answers than could otherwise be obtained. In so doing it dramatically narrows potential areas of disagreement. By answering the question of whether observed associations are the plausible result of cha ...
... statistical testing does not answer the question with perfect certainty, it gives far more precise answers than could otherwise be obtained. In so doing it dramatically narrows potential areas of disagreement. By answering the question of whether observed associations are the plausible result of cha ...
Economics 708 Prof. David Kotz Political Economy I Fall, 2016 Texts
... The above books were ordered through the UMass textbook arrangement with Amazon. Several English language translations of Marx's Capital are in print. You must get the International Publishers edition, translated by Moore and Aveling and edited by Engels. Readings An asterisk (*) means that a readin ...
... The above books were ordered through the UMass textbook arrangement with Amazon. Several English language translations of Marx's Capital are in print. You must get the International Publishers edition, translated by Moore and Aveling and edited by Engels. Readings An asterisk (*) means that a readin ...
teorie
... • Under the constraint (RoR set by the regulator) the firm sets capital (K), labor (L), price (P) and quantity (Q) and earns preset (regulated) 1. Amount on every unit of output in case of RoR on output 2. Fraction of its sales in case of RoR on sales 3. Fraction of its costs in case of RoR on costs ...
... • Under the constraint (RoR set by the regulator) the firm sets capital (K), labor (L), price (P) and quantity (Q) and earns preset (regulated) 1. Amount on every unit of output in case of RoR on output 2. Fraction of its sales in case of RoR on sales 3. Fraction of its costs in case of RoR on costs ...
Chapter 4 of Student Study Notes
... Psychodynamic theory attempts to analyze aspects of the mind primarily using case studies in order to create a science of the mind based on careful observation, critical analysis, and philosophical debate. For positivist critics, psychodynamic theory is flawed because it is based on metaphorical ide ...
... Psychodynamic theory attempts to analyze aspects of the mind primarily using case studies in order to create a science of the mind based on careful observation, critical analysis, and philosophical debate. For positivist critics, psychodynamic theory is flawed because it is based on metaphorical ide ...
evolutionary perspectives on business and ethics
... on the basics of their science. On the other hand, the proponents of the various opposing “schools” often portray their own orientation as “revolutionary” and indicative of a whole new paradigm. All of this suggests that economists even disagree over whether or not they disagree. Evolutionarily, a c ...
... on the basics of their science. On the other hand, the proponents of the various opposing “schools” often portray their own orientation as “revolutionary” and indicative of a whole new paradigm. All of this suggests that economists even disagree over whether or not they disagree. Evolutionarily, a c ...
Nature and Scope of Managerial Economics
... Demand and Supply analysis: It deals with various aspects of demand and supply of a commodity. Certain important aspects of demand and supply analysis are demand and supply schedules, curves and functions, law of demand and supply and their limitations, elasticity of demand and supply and factors in ...
... Demand and Supply analysis: It deals with various aspects of demand and supply of a commodity. Certain important aspects of demand and supply analysis are demand and supply schedules, curves and functions, law of demand and supply and their limitations, elasticity of demand and supply and factors in ...
Musings on the Emptiness and Dreariness of Postmodern Critique
... It is for this reason, despite his citation of Baudrillard, that I see more basic connections between McGee and Lyotard. McGee's work is less like Baudrillard's, with its emphasis on the specular play of signs (as in In the Shadow of the Silent Majorities), electronic encephalization (as in The Ecst ...
... It is for this reason, despite his citation of Baudrillard, that I see more basic connections between McGee and Lyotard. McGee's work is less like Baudrillard's, with its emphasis on the specular play of signs (as in In the Shadow of the Silent Majorities), electronic encephalization (as in The Ecst ...
Scientific management
... Tended to regard workers as uninformed and ignored their ideas and suggestions. Taylor's own name for his approach was scientific management. Taylor's methods began from his observation that, in general, workers forced to perform repetitive tasks work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished. This ...
... Tended to regard workers as uninformed and ignored their ideas and suggestions. Taylor's own name for his approach was scientific management. Taylor's methods began from his observation that, in general, workers forced to perform repetitive tasks work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished. This ...
Management - Amy Hissom
... believed that organizations would become instruments of efficiency if structured around certain guidelines." Weber constructed an ideal type so that he could study this movement towards rationality of organizations. He termed this ideal type a bureaucracy which described an organization in its most ...
... believed that organizations would become instruments of efficiency if structured around certain guidelines." Weber constructed an ideal type so that he could study this movement towards rationality of organizations. He termed this ideal type a bureaucracy which described an organization in its most ...
What is a Theory?
... British officer who integrated the scientific theory with the work of Fayol and other administrative management theorists. ...
... British officer who integrated the scientific theory with the work of Fayol and other administrative management theorists. ...
Remote Systems Administration Service
... reports provided by the Acertion Remote System Administration service document day- to- day system activity and give you insight into system usage and performance patterns. Reports include system trend analysis, call volume, downtime patterns, security break-ins, failed logins, system availability, ...
... reports provided by the Acertion Remote System Administration service document day- to- day system activity and give you insight into system usage and performance patterns. Reports include system trend analysis, call volume, downtime patterns, security break-ins, failed logins, system availability, ...
Decision Theory, Philosophical Perspectives
... the expected monetary value of each action. As the coin has a probability of ½ of landing either Heads or Tails, taking the bet has an expected monetary value of $10 * ½ - $5 * ½ = $2.5. This is greater than the expected monetary value of not taking the bet, which is 0. So the rational choice in thi ...
... the expected monetary value of each action. As the coin has a probability of ½ of landing either Heads or Tails, taking the bet has an expected monetary value of $10 * ½ - $5 * ½ = $2.5. This is greater than the expected monetary value of not taking the bet, which is 0. So the rational choice in thi ...
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... modernization theory is and how it has advanced social science analysis. Although the theory exerted a huge impact on the disciplines of history, political science, and sociology, and on thinking about capitalism versus socialism, East Asia versus Western advanced capitalist countries, and more vers ...
... modernization theory is and how it has advanced social science analysis. Although the theory exerted a huge impact on the disciplines of history, political science, and sociology, and on thinking about capitalism versus socialism, East Asia versus Western advanced capitalist countries, and more vers ...
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On Sociological Theories of the Middle Range [1949]
... systems. Some of the founding fathers, like Comte and Spencer, were imbued with the esprit de systeme, which was expressed in their sociologies as in the rest of their wider-ranging philosophies. Others, such as Gumplowicz, Ward, and Giddings, later tried to provide intellectual legitimacy for this ...
... systems. Some of the founding fathers, like Comte and Spencer, were imbued with the esprit de systeme, which was expressed in their sociologies as in the rest of their wider-ranging philosophies. Others, such as Gumplowicz, Ward, and Giddings, later tried to provide intellectual legitimacy for this ...
Theoretical Schools - California State University, Bakersfield
... not to produce new interpretations of works but to understand how they can have the meanings and effects that they do. But it did not succeed in imposing this project—a systematic account of literary discourse—in Britain and America. Its main effect there was to offer new ideas about literature and ...
... not to produce new interpretations of works but to understand how they can have the meanings and effects that they do. But it did not succeed in imposing this project—a systematic account of literary discourse—in Britain and America. Its main effect there was to offer new ideas about literature and ...
Chapter 1 What is Anthropology?
... Popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries Suggested that most aspects of high civilization had emerged in culture centers from which they then diffused out Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. ...
... Popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries Suggested that most aspects of high civilization had emerged in culture centers from which they then diffused out Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. ...
What is a Neo-Weberian State? Reflections on a Concept and its
... only two groups of great interest in the context of reform: the core, Anglo-American NPM marketizers and the continental European modernizers. The reform model of this latter group is what Pollitt and Bouckaert classify as the Neo-Weberian State. Applying the Pollitt and Bouckaert criteria, American ...
... only two groups of great interest in the context of reform: the core, Anglo-American NPM marketizers and the continental European modernizers. The reform model of this latter group is what Pollitt and Bouckaert classify as the Neo-Weberian State. Applying the Pollitt and Bouckaert criteria, American ...
The Theory of Formal Organization from the Perspective of Burrell
... social, economic and cultural context of each era. These thoughts are structured and formalized through the paradigms of science. According to Burrell and Morgan [2], in social sciences there are four basic paradigms present in the field of organizational studies: the functionalist, the interpretive ...
... social, economic and cultural context of each era. These thoughts are structured and formalized through the paradigms of science. According to Burrell and Morgan [2], in social sciences there are four basic paradigms present in the field of organizational studies: the functionalist, the interpretive ...
Leadership Qualities
... Focus on tasks & ways to increase efficiency & productivity by getting more work out of individual employees ...
... Focus on tasks & ways to increase efficiency & productivity by getting more work out of individual employees ...
Critically discuss any two of the following theories: the flexible
... adaptability. There are three major criticisms of regulation theory. The first is that global modes of regulation (not imposed by one particular government or institution) will eventually overshadow national modes, and therefore it is slightly futile for national governments to develop their own. Wi ...
... adaptability. There are three major criticisms of regulation theory. The first is that global modes of regulation (not imposed by one particular government or institution) will eventually overshadow national modes, and therefore it is slightly futile for national governments to develop their own. Wi ...