Operating Definition of Organizational Behavior In this paper I will discuss the definition of organizational behavior, and key elements, which constitutes the organizational behavior. ... Therefore organizational behavior deals with the behavior of individuals and groups in organizations. The ultimate focus is on the continuous improvement of the effectiveness of organizations and of the members of organizations. ... Organizational Behavior helps one to understand why people in organizations behave and do things the way they do. ... Its purpose is to build better relationships by achieving ...

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To meet its stated goals, each organization has these smaller organizations to supervise specific targets and report back to the main body. ... For example, one of their stated goals is to "promote economic and social progress- in Europe. ... Europe has experienced many problems with this goal, specifically with social dumping'(the practice of firms especially from developed Western nations employing labor in countries and regions that have less social standards and therefore lower costs of labor). ... To enact the ambitious goals of repairing the social and economic progress of the Euro...

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Structures must be anarchical in organization in order to fulfill the ideals presented by anarchism as a theory. Therefore, the organization of anarchy must be a horizontal one. ... All supporters of social anarchism, anarchism formed on the basis of decentralized social relations, agree on the idea of self-management throughout economic and social relations. ... These checks and balances ensure that one social group cannot establish dominion over another. ... Daniel Guerin's position of workplace organization is nearly a mirror of Occupy's form. ...

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Introduction In recent decades, companies are paying more and more attention to develop and adopt Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives. -i.e. the voluntary integration of social and environmental concerns in their companies' operations and in their interaction with stakeholders (European Commission, 2001). ... The pessimistic recommendation from investors was weaken by a large amount of social responsible investing (SRI) movements in many countries. SRI developed a modern form of investing strategy by incorporating "environmental, social, economic" effects into the ...

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Economic development can be illustrated as the sustainable process of developing and preserving apposite economic, social and political environments, in which economic opportunity is created for all citizens, business investment is enthused for the private sector, and public revenue base is diversified (Allen and Thomas: p40). ... Besides, reference to the economic, social and political environments underlines the fact that economic development does not ensue in a vacuum. The economic, social and political aspects of life intermingle in intricate ways. Economic development organizations must r...

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Resolution The Commission on Human Rights, Deeply disturbed by the alarmingly high numbers of refugees throughout the world who do not receive adequate protection and assistance, and conscious of the serious challenge this is creating for the international community, Conscious of the human rights and humanitarian dimensions of the problems of refugees and the responsibilities this poses for States and the international community to explore methods and means better to address their specific protection and assistance needs, Emphasizing that the provision of security to refugees a...

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In the Russian Federation, provision for healthcare is one of the primary social functions of the state; covering delivery of medical care, prevention of disease, and improvement of the population's health. ... Poor organization of the work of district-level doctors and current pay arrangements prevent primary healthcare providers from doing their main job: preventing disease. ... Poor organization of the work of district-level doctors and current pay arrangements prevent primary healthcare providers from doing their main job: preventing disease. ... At the outpatient/polyclinic level, th...

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The recent rise in the magnitude, intensity, and complexity of crime around the world threatens the safety of citizens everywhere and obstruct countries in their social, economic and cultural development. ... Thus, governments that are lacking in legitimacy and authority or are not fully in control of the territory under their jurisdiction provide perfect environments for the emergence of transnational criminal organizations. ... The key nodes in this global economic and financial system are cities that act as major facilitators of cross- border transactions and are connected by a variety of ...

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Computer technology presents many new challenges to social policy regarding issues such as privacy, as it relates to data mining and criminal investigations. ... Within the federal government, departments dealing with law enforcement, national security, criminal justice, the private sector, foreign policy, critical infrastructure and social issues are all involved in the ongoing efforts to develop these solutions. ... In recent work, on cyber crime DFAIT has sought to include not just relevant federal government actors but also members of the private sector and non-governmental organization...

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Every organization stands for an independent component, and has administrative plans that diverge from different portions of the bureaucracy. The plans of the organizational agencies usually coincide within reach to the plans of private factions within their components. ... These organizational agencies represent the ideals of society, and enhance the Madisonian model of checks and balances. ... Brandeis University's well known professor, Peter Woll, states that, "[Madison's] view that the natural diversity of interests would prevent particular groups from dominating politics fou...

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Where once it was commonly held knowledge that the manager's main focus was that of recruiting and controlling staff and other corporate resources available to achieve the organisation's objectives, whether it be maximizing profit or increasing market share, in today's working environment the manager's function in the organization has discernibly altered from that of previous times. Dynamic changes in this century's working environment due to rapid technological advances, an expanding telecommunications network and a heightened sense of global social consciousness has ...

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In today's ever changing "Nanosecond Culture" of social networks, empowered customers and hyper competition, we need to be prepared to immediately implement holistic thinking for our marketing and communications strategy. ... It is necessary to examine the cultural and social factors with demographic influences, keeping in perspective a pertinent analogy of 'GO GLOCAL" with the concept of IMC. ... Response to this apparently amorphous marketing environment has led many Indian organizations to desirable integration of their communications efforts under the umbrella of ...

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The elite theory does not emphasize the class bias that is built into the policy-planning network and other non-profit organizations in the United States, which makes the leaders and experts within these organizations secondary to the leaders in the corporate community" (Domhoff). ... Only about 40 percent of the population joins an organization other than a labor union, and only 52 percent join any organization at all, leaving half of Americans unrepresented. ... Additionally, the education level and social status of interest group members and lobbyists give them an immediate advantage ...

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Noted African-American social psychologist, Kenneth B. ... Of the American educational institution he writes: "To what extent are the contemporary social deprivation theories merely substitution notions of environmental immutability fatalism for earlier notions of biologically determined educational unmodifiability."... He believes that the individual is the single most important consideration in coalition building and that it is the individual's personal ideology that will define his willingness to participate in multiracial organizations, institutionalized racism notwithstanding. ...

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. - Joint efforts of law enforcement agencies , taking into account the legal distribution of their powers have not yet fully focused on the identification, detection, investigation and prevention of crimes in the customs area; -Lack of proper interaction between law enforcement and customs authorities largely motivated by shortcomings and irregularities in the activities of law enforcement agencies, faults in the organization of operational-investigative work, lack of institutional control and inconsistent action of operational law enforcement officers. ... The history of civilization, the d...

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Official statistics are one of the many secondary sources of retrieving data and it can simply be defined as information collected from the general public by government agencies or private organizations, usually through a census or a survey- statistical data rounded in official statistics are mainly used for the study of demography, inflation, crime and deviance, unemployment, poverty and suicide. ... In light of positivists strong belief in official statistics, Durkheim believe that suicide statistics were sufficiently reliable and valid to measure the extent and social distribution of suic...

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Rapid industrialization developed both a moneyed bourgeoisie and an urban proletariat, and trade unions and political organizations had begun to spring up at a greatly accelerated pace. ... Education had been universalized, and social mobility seemed to be on the increase. The Bolshevik revolution in Russia in 1917 and the Rice Riots of 1918 energized radical thought, and there were movements calling for universal male suffrage1, the social, economic and political liberation of women, and the end of the existing social order entirely. ... Individualism failed on the grounds that it was primar...

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However, over the years Nigerians have developed a number of important components of successful democracy namely the fourth Republic which includes a diverse and vigorous media, an educated and often critical elite, outspoken human rights organizations, a growing middle class and a respected legal profession and judiciary. ... In spite of China's economic liberalization, its Communist party-state retains the essential organization structure that the Chinese communist party adopted from the Soviet Union. ... (O'Neil (2010) page 297) According to Dahl, the definition of public contes...

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With the end of European world dominance after WWII, the rise of new powers such as the US, China and Japan and the expansion of geographical scope in international relations with the independence of former colonies and the proliferation of international organizations, diplomacy could no longer be confined to Europe. ... While new diplomacy saw parliamentary diplomacy being practiced in international organizations. ... However, new diplomacy is characterized by the democratization of their selection; family and social class are less important. ... New diplomacy, on the other hand, recogni...

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Escobar concluded his article recognizing that for post-development to be a socially effective tool depends on how we assess the current state of modernity. He posits that we are moving beyond the paradigm of modernity, both epistemologically and socially. ... Gibson-Graham point out the misguided perspective of organizations such as the World Bank which views development as uneven, unidirectional and capitalist. ... They particularly point out the success stories of the cooperative culture in Spain and the social/solidarity economy movements in Quebec to highlight post-development theory i...

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What was actually the case, in fact, was that American interventionist goals of "happiness, wealth, and power [constituted] an experience far beyond the experience, and probably far beyond the emotional comprehension, of the Asian poor," and therefore it was more rewarding for the Vietnamese – or the peasants at least -- to die honorably for their own cause, since all they could conceive of in life was their social ties. ... The efforts of the Vietnamese people against the United States demonstrated how misguided American perceptions were about the strength of ideological resolve and the s...

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The early 20-century was a big chaos and had continuous fluctuation of economy in America, and this instability of American society led to several social issues such as unemployment and the growth of large communities of foreign peoples. ... The nativists, who wanted to restrict foreign immigrants to America, even formed their organization, KKK (Ku Klux Klan), which was the group that was against blacks in 19-century, and they abused their physical power to Catholics, Jews, and foreign immigrants. ... Since America was in great economic, social, and politic fluctuation from 1900 to 1930, Amer...

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Through his article, Gioia implements fearful diction to express his concern that America's future is in the hands of those who are less informed and comprehending of situations; economic and social. ... Although the facts alone are eye-opening to any reader, by backing the facts up with big name organizations like "The National Association of Manufacturers" and the "National Conference of State Legislatures", Gioia is able to cement his argument and therefore be more empowered in persuading his audience on the importance of reading. ...

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This anti-slavery sentiment was recognizable from the colonial period, as the Quakers of the Pennsylvania colony established the first anti-slavery organization in the New World. ... Many opponents of slavery and supporters of black-rights believed that the races should coexist in harmony because they were interdependent and reaped social and economic benefits from intercommunication. ...

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Pollinators uphold ecosystems all over the planet; they are essentially the main distributers of all of our major food crops here on earth. Up to 80% of all plant species are pollinated mostly by insects and nearly three-quarters of the world's most common crops require insect pollination, some of t...

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