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Adegboye, Victoria Titilayo. "Principles of preschool administration with application to Nigeria." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1988. http://www.tren.com.
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Ting, Lisa A. "Principles for an integrated land administration system to support sustainable development /." Connect to thesis, 2002. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00001045.
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Van, Jaarsveldt Liza Ceciel. "Web-based training in Public Administration in South Africa principles and considerations /." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2003. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03092004-135653.
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Studley, Diane. "Leadership principles and practices of the transformational superintendent." Scholarly Commons, 2000. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2570.
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Today's schools need to be restructured or redesigned to meet the needs of an ever-growing diverse student body. Global interdependence and competition have made this mandate necessary, and the business community has pressed for it as a result of entry-level workers failing to meet minimum standards. This reality, coupled with a greater number of students dropping out of school, spurs an imperative need to create some changes in our public schools. This study suggests that change cannot come with the same type of leadership that has been at the public education forefront. Schools can only develop new paradigms, systemic reform, and continuous improvement efforts when they are led by individuals who possess the skills, characteristics, understandings, and practices necessary to transform the existing system. This transformation can only come through transformational leaders. To institutionalize and sustain these changes, the key player is the superintendent, who must possess this knowledge and be the primary structure builder of transformational ideology throughout the organization. The purpose of this study was to identify transformational superintendents, and to study their leadership principles and practices, particularly toward a view of how these leaders create change in their organizations. Selected superintendents were identified through administration of the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire created by Bass and Avolio (1997). Visits to districts were made, and data gathered through a number of means. The results identified thirteen transformational superintendent attributes; twelve beliefs; three perspectives on assessing organizational effectiveness, several key processes of communicating transformational ideology throughout an organization; seven aspects of creating change in existing school cultures; and five structures for creating systemic change and sustained continuous improvement. The findings indicated that transformational leaders do have a district-wide felt impact that results in positive leadership outcomes for the organization.
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Crews, Janna Margarette. "Principles and methodology for computer-assisted instruction (CAI) design." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/280509.
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As the role of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) rapidly expands in the educational and training efforts of all types of organizations, the need for well-designed, learner-centered CAI continues to grow. The CAI design principles and methodology proposed herein provide systems designers with a framework for designing effective, learner-centered CAI systems that support learning with information technologies. Implementing the framework should lead to CAI that better supports learners in the development of their mental schemas, and ultimately, in achieving their learning objectives. The primary goals of this research are two-fold. First, derive a theoretically and empirically-based set of CAI design principles directed at purposefully exploiting the unique capabilities of information technology to help learners develop their mental schemas. Second, codify a methodology for implementing these principles in the systems analysis and design process. Both goals are accomplished as follows. First, a literature review was undertaken to uncover features important for designing CAI to improve learning. Concurrently, the design features and functionality of several existing CAI were reviewed. A field study of one distinctive CAI was conducted to investigate and substantiate its effectiveness. Results indicated that learners using the CAI improved their achievement significantly more than learners who did not use the CAI. Moreover, learners attributed their improved performance to using the CAI. Based on the literature review, review of existing CAI, and the results of the field study, a set of principles and a methodology for designing CAI were derived. The design principles and methodology focus the CAI design process on supporting learners' development of their mental schemas. Finally, we designed, developed and implemented a prototype web based, multimedia training system in accordance with the proposed CAI design principles. As a partial instantiation of the proposed principles and methodology, this prototype CAI provides a proof-of-concept. The design and effectiveness of the prototype CAI has been tested in a series of experiments. The corroborating evidence from these studies indicates that the prototype CAI is well-designed, usable, and an effective training tool. The demonstrated success of the prototype provides evidence of the merits of the proposed principles and methodology.
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Fulenwider, Timothy J. "The application of ethical principles in decision making between beginning, intermediate, and journeyman educational administrators." Scholarly Commons, 2007. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2357.
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The climate of high stakes accountability within today's federal, state, and local educational communities demands that educational administrators possess a strong sense of ethics upon which to base sound decisions. Educational administrators face constant pressure from a variety of educational stakeholders and forces attempting to meet the various needs of their school communities. This grounded theory study examines the ethical decision-making processes of school principals. Principals are examined in three categories based on their year of experience: Beginning (less than three years), Intermediate (between four to eight years), and Journeyman (more than nine years). Two primary foci exist for the study. The first focus is the examination of the relationship between ethical decision-making processes of beginning, intermediate, and journeyman principals when dealing with a variety of educational stakeholders. The second focus is the examination of the use of consistent ethical justifications with respect to beginning, intermediate, and journeyman principals. Eleven male principals were presented with hypothetical ethical scenarios and an opportunity to recall previous ethical dilemmas they had faced. Participants' interviews were transcribed and coded producing four groups: Consistent Integration, Reactive, Focused Sensitivity, and Inconsistent Justifiers. These groups emerged from the following categories: Ethical Justification, Salient Dilemmas, Value Integration, Salient Stakeholders, and External Forces. A discussion regarding each group and these categories is held. The study found that there was no evidence to suggest that decision-making varies with respect to principal years of service. The study found that principals are primarily influenced by the integration of their value structures within their decision-making schema. Additionally, the study found that ethical decision-making did vary between the groups of Consistent Integration, Reactive, Focused Sensitivity, and Incongruent Justifiers. A model characterizing the decision-making process of the principals is presented and discussed. The study concludes with implications for further study and application within the field.
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Romano, Carlo Alberto. "Advance tax rulings and principles of law : towards a European tax rulings system? /." Amsterdam : IBFD, 2002. http://bibpurl.oclc.org/web/31193.
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Lauer, Mark J. "Validating the ISPI standards and principles for the Certified Performance Technologist credential." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2008. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3331327.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Instructional Systems Technology, 2008.<br>Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Jul 24, 2009). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-11, Section: A, page: 4407. Adviser: James Pershing.
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McKinnon-Russell, Tiffany Suzanne. "Transformational Leadership Principles within Small Businesses." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/891.
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Small businesses in the United States experience a high rate of failure. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to identify and explore consistent strategies small business owners in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania used to lead successful companies. Transformational leadership theory formed the conceptual framework for this study. A mixed purposive sample of 20 small business owners participated in semistructured face- to-face and telephone interviews. Each of the participants possessed a minimum of 3 years of successful business operation and employed fewer than 500 individuals. Using Moustakas' modified van Kaam analyses, 6 main themes emerged: characteristics and experiences, leadership behaviors, managing operations, managing employees, employee behaviors, and achieving success. The study findings highlighted the need for small business owners to nurture the leader-follower relationship to inspire and motivate employees. Further, the results indicated the importance of utilizing integrated business practices to influence employee and business performance. The findings in this study promote positive social change by identifying strategies to empower nascent and existing entrepreneurs. Small business owners can apply these results to improve the leader- follower relationship within their organizations, and boost overall business success.
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Brown, Kay Olsen 1960. "Marketing for the architectural profession: Applying marketing principles to the business of architecture." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291849.
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There are critics who argue that marketing processes when applied to the practice of architecture encourage architects to compromise design excellence by giving into clients desires and discarding architectural values. But there are also supporters who see marketing as a process by which better buildings are generated and clients are subsequently more satisfied with the product, as well as the service. Marketing is a management tool. It was developed to help organizations respond to the forces that affect business operations. Nearly 30 years after the introduction of marketing concept few architecture firms fully understand the benefits marketing can afford the profession. This paper is intended to identify the complexities and uniqueness of marketing architectural services. The goal is to generate an understanding of what marketing is, what it is not, and how it applied to the practice of architecture.
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Mboweni, Phanuel Cyril. "Implementation of Batho Pele Principles in the Greater Tzaneen Local Muncipality." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/1019.
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Thesis (MPA) --University of Limpopo, 2013<br>The study deals with the implementation of the Batho Pele principles in the Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality. Literature review was conducted as a secondary source of information and primary information was collected from a sample of 23 respondents. The study used qualitative (semi-structured questionnaire, observation and document analysis) in data collection and analysis. The findings revealed that the root causes of the challenges and the challenges themselves that the Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality is facing, are mainly internal and include the following: Low morale, budget constraints, lack of enforcement of the Batho Pele principles by both employees and their supervisors, poor employee attitudes, unwillingness to improve towards service delivery, lack of monthly and quarterly meetings where review of all programmes and projects is done. Instead review is done at the end of the year, shortage of human resource in the Community Services Directorate to effectively and efficiently implement systems, lack of sufficient performance incentives to reward those who perform well or exceed the set performance target or halo effect, focusing on the quantity of the end-product (output) rather than on the quality.
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Blomster, Emma, and Elvira Karlsson. "Konsten att hantera samhällsnyttiga- och affärsmässiga principer : En studie om hur det kommunala bostadsaktiebolaget hanterar konkurrerande krav." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för företagande, innovation och hållbarhet, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-45227.
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The municipal housing company is a form of hybrid organization whose operations meet demands and expectations. These requirements can be perceived as competitive as the company is expected to act commercially but also fulfill a socially beneficial purpose. A municipal housing company operates in institutional environments where it influences and is influenced by its surroundings. Previous research has identified the concept of hybrid organization and the emergence of institutional logic. With this study, we have investigated how competing requirements from business and socially beneficial principles are handled internally within a municipal housing company. The purpose of this study is to describe and explain how competing requirements from socially beneficial and business principles are handled in municipal housing companies. Our study is conducted based on the theory of institutional logic. We have studied which strategies the municipal housing company uses in its operational management when they meet competing requirements. To fulfill our purpose and answer the question, we interviewed six employees with different positions within Halmstad Fastighet AB. The empirical material has been compared with our theoretical framework and then we have a discussion about how the company handles the competing requirements. The results of our study show that the organization defies institutional logic and acts more rationally than expected when dealing with the requirements of business and socially beneficial principles in its operations. Our conclusion is that we can see elements of all three strategies in the business: the decoupling, compromise and combination strategy. We note that a balance between business and socially beneficial principles is not possible as there is a dominant requirement. In order for a municipal housing company to succeed in handling competing requirements, the company needs to change shape. We also see a purpose in maintaining the ambiguity surrounding the prioritization of business and socially beneficial principles.<br>Det kommunala bostadsaktiebolaget är en form av hybridorganisation vars verksamhet ställs inför krav och förväntningar. Dessa krav kan upplevas som konkurrerande då bolaget förväntas agera affärsmässigt men även uppfylla ett samhällsnyttigt syfte. Ett kommunalt bostadsaktiebolag verkar i institutionella miljöer där den påverkar samt påverkas av sin omgivning. Tidigare forskning har identifierat begreppet hybridorganisation och uppkomsten av institutionell logik. Vi har med denna studie undersökt hur konkurrerande krav från affärsmässiga- och samhällsnyttiga principer hanteras intern inom ett kommunalt bostadsaktiebolag. Syftet med denna studie är att beskriva och förklara hur konkurrerande krav från samhällsnyttiga- och affärsmässiga principer hanteras i kommunala bostadsaktiebolag. Vår studie genomförs med grund i teorin om institutionell logik. Vi har studerat vilka strategier det kommunala bostadsaktiebolaget använder sig av i sin verksamhetsstyrning då de möter konkurrerande krav. För att uppfylla vårt syfte och besvara vår frågeställning har vi intervjuat sex medarbetare med olika positioner inom Halmstad fastighets AB. Det empiriska materiale thar jämförts med vårt teoretiska ramverk och därefter för vi en diskussion om hur verksamheten hanterar de konkurrerande krav. Resultatet av vår studie visar att organisationen inte går i linje med institutionell logik och handlar mer rationellt än förväntat vid hantering av kraven från affärsmässiga- och samhällsnyttiga principer i verksamheten. Vår slutsats är att vi i verksamheten kan se inslag av samtliga tre strategier; frikoppling-, kompromiss- och kombinationsstrategin. Vi konstaterar att en balans mellan affärsmässiga- och samhällsnyttiga principer inte är möjlig då det finns ett dominerande krav. För att ett kommunalt bostadsaktiebolag ska lyckas hantera konkurrerande krav behöver bolaget skifta i skepnad. Vi ser även ett syfte med att ha en otydlighet kring prioriteringen av affärsmässiga- och samhällsnyttiga principer.
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DeVille, Randall C. "The Application of Adult Learning Principles in Effective Preaching." ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1035.
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Evidence suggests that a disconnect is growing between the information provided in Christian sermons and the life challenges faced by those church attendees. To bridge that divide, the purpose of this study was to better understand the characteristics of a sermon that enhance learning for churchgoers in Christian churches. The guiding question focused on churchgoing adults' perception of the sermon. Additional sub questions explored the relationship of the principles of adult learning, communication theory, and ambient teaching with churchgoers' and preachers' experiences with sermons. A qualitative case study design included one-on-one interviews with 5 preachers, 5 focus groups with 9 churchgoing adults in each group, and observations of the physical characteristics of 5 worship centers. A constant comparative method was used to identify the key themes. The key themes that emerged were: (a) sermons should be applicable, challenging, and comprehendible and (b) the preacher must be perceived as authentic. The study contributes to positive social change by suggesting a model that preachers can use to improve the qualities and delivery of a sermon to affect listeners' lives in a positive way.
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Bush, Mary Ann. "Applying adult education principles in an interpersonal management skills training program for hospital operations managers." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1993. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/704.
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Chen, Chen. "The links between governance principles and corporate social responsibility : Based on case study of comparison of Ericsson and Huawei." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-26713.
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Rochow, Neville Grant. "Evidence, judicial notice and party comment: principles for ascertaining facts which predicate constitutional validity." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1987. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09LM/09lmr781.pdf.
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Price, Greg. "Decision-Making Process and the Principles of Causation and Effectuation at the Point of Inflection| A Phenomenological Study." Thesis, City University of Seattle, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10837134.
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<p> Nationally, about 50% of all business startups in the U.S. vanish by their fifth year (Fisher, Maritz, & Lobo, 2014). In a recent survey, the U.S. Census Bureau (2015) has identified 5.4 million small businesses in operation today, with about 67% of them having fewer than 20 employees. This majority of all small businesses are known as micro-business enterprises (MBE) and are run by micro-business owners (MBO). </p><p> In this qualitative phenomenological study, decision-making processes through the principles of causation and effectuation were explored on MBOs whose MBE has fewer than 15 employees. There is a gap identifying challenges MBO’s experience between the phase where the MBE transitions out of the startup phase and moves into the growth phase—a point in the business cycle known as the inflection point (Dimovski, Penger, Peterlin, & Uhan, 2013). The findings in the study supported the problem statement in that MBO behavioral characteristics are the primary drivers that can impact the operating of a successful or unsuccessful business. </p><p> Authors who have studied decision-making processes at the point of inflection have indicated that most research has been conducted through quantitative methods (Chandler, DeTienne, McKelvie, & Mumford, 2011; Perry, Chandler, & Markova, 2012). As the study on the decision-making principles of causation and effectuation matures, Perry, Chandler, and Markova (2012) suggested new qualitative research be conducted to explore various aspects of psychological capital as MBOs hire, train, and manage employees.</p><p>
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Hoblet, Karen Linda. "Analysis of Perceived Integration of Six Principles of Community and Determination of Relationship to Crime." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1396540260.
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Martin, Johansson, and Göthager Mikael. "Which Management Control System principles and aspects are relevant when deploying a learning machine?" Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för industriell ekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-15373.
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How shall a business adapt its management control systems when learning machines enter the arena? Will the control system continue to focus on humans aspects and continue to consider a learning machine to be an automation tool as any other historically programmed computer? Learning machines introduces productivity capabilities that achieve very high levels of efficiency and quality. A learning machine can sort through large amounts of data and make conclusions difficult by a human mind. However, as learning machines become even more complex systems, they introduce an uncertainty not previously considered by automation tools. The algorithms can make their own associations, and the automation engineer will no longer know exactly how a learning machine produces its outcome. What is the motive for a learning machine’s decision? A learning machine in this context becomes more human-like compared to the older generation of automation computers. This thesis concludes that most contemporary Management Control System principles are relevant when deploying machine learning, but some are not. A Management Control System must in contradiction to a historically programmed computer, consider multiple human-like aspects while controlling a deployed learning machine. These conclusions are based on empirical data from web-articles, TED-talks, literature and questionnaires directed to contemporary companies using machine learning within their organizations.
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Castellanos, Arturo. "Relevance is in the Eye of the Beholder: Design Principles for the Extraction of Context-Aware Information." FIU Digital Commons, 2016. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2543.
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Since the1970s many approaches of representing domains have been suggested. Each approach maintains the assumption that the information about the objects represented in the Information System (IS) is specified and verified by domain experts and potential users. Yet, as more IS are developed to support a larger diversity of users such as customers, suppliers, and members of the general public (such as many multi-user online systems), analysts can no longer rely on a stable single group of people for complete specification of domains –to the extent that prior research has questioned the efficacy of conceptual modeling in these heterogeneous settings. We formulated principles for identifying basic classes in a domain. These classes can guide conceptual modeling, database design, and user interface development in a wide variety of traditional and emergent domains. Moreover, we used a case study of a large foster organization to study how unstructured data entry practices result in differences in how information is collected across organizational units. We used institutional theory to show how institutional elements enacted by individuals can generate new practices that can be adopted over time as best practices. We analyzed free-text notes to prioritize potential cases of psychotropic drug use—our tactical need. We showed that too much flexibility in how data can be entered into the system, results in different styles, which tend to be homogenous across organizational units but not across organizational units. Theories in Psychology help explain the implications of the level of specificity and the inferential utility of the text encoded in the unstructured note.
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Ali, Faduma H. "Utilizing ISO 10018|2012, Quality Management - Guidelines on People Involvement and Competence principles to enhance quality in a clinical laboratory setting." Thesis, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1525913.
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<p> The author evaluated employee involvement in decision making at an organization where employee turnover is high and employee morale is low. The goal was to persuade senior management to implement ISO 10018:2012, Quality Management – Guidelines on People Involvement and Competence. A voluntary survey was utilized to obtain information from employees throughout the organization. Results from data analysis supported the need for implementation of ISO 10018:2012. The author learned that, while some employee involvement was already in place, the organization would benefit from employee involvement programs. The author recommended that the organization continue to improve collaborative communication, employee involvement in decision making, and leadership. </p><p> The author contributed to employee involvement in decision-making literature by addressing 1) what employee involvement, empowering, and engagement are for employees in a large organization, 2) how the level of employee involvement can be assessed, and 3) employee involvement benefits for employees and the organization.</p>
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Klvaňa, Libor. "Vývoj uplatňování zásad daňového řízení v ČR." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-72065.
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This diploma work has, as its main objective, the investigation of the influence of the court judicature on the interpretation and application of the tax procedural rules, particularly their principles of the tax process and tax administration in the CR. The object of the investigation was to ascertain if the Act No. 337/1992 of Collection of Law, respecting the administration of taxes and charges, was a satisfactory and suitable procedural norm in the tax process, and if the principles of the tax process and existing judicature provided the tax subject and the tax administrator with an adequate legal certainty in these problems. First, I examined constitutional principles in the CR and the general principles of the administrative law in relation to the tax theory and tax administration. Then I moved on from principles of the tax theory to a detailed analysis of the court judicature in the interpretation and application of the principles of the tax process. I carried out a comparison of the existing, and the new, principles of the tax process and tax administration, which are govern commencing January 1, 2011, when the new Tax Rules came into force. In the diploma work, in the area of the principles of the administrative law, I dealt with the investigative question: To what extent it might be possible to use the existing Administrative Rules, in a subsidiary manner, in the tax process and tax administration, mainly focusing on all the principles stated in it, which are not included in the new Tax Rules.
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Huang, Cheng-Chiou. "Assessing the Leadership Styles and Total Quality Leadership Behaviors of Presidents of Four-Year Universities and Colleges that have Implemented the Principles of Total Quality Management." The Ohio State University, 1994. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1392972035.
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Kelly, Terri Lee. "A critical review of issues in applying restorative justice principles and practices to cases of hate crime." PDXScholar, 2002. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3629.
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A restorative approach to justice focuses on accountability for healing the harm done to victims and communities as a result of criminal acts. Hate crimes are intended to send a threatening message to a particular group of people. There is enough reliable research on restorative justice principles and practices, and on the causes, meaning and impact of hate crimes, to bring together a representative selection of available literature for a critical review. This thesis critically reviews the literature of restorative justice principles and practices, and the literature of hate crime causes, definitions, laws, and typologies of offenders, using as a model Comstock's seven-step Critical Research Method. Findings suggest that congruencies between the two fields of study are primarily found in how activities appropriated to define the fields have increased the ambiguity of the definitions. Further findings suggest that there are important underlying issues of class and power distribution in need of attention in both fields of research. These findings are discussed and suggestions are made for future areas of research.
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Yıldız, Melih Burak. "EU’s Proposed AI Regulation in the context of Fundamental Rights : Analysing the Swedish approach through the lens of the principles of good administration." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Juridik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-46517.
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AI has become one of the most powerful drivers of social change, transforming economies, impacting politics and wars, and reshaping how citizens live and interact. Nevertheless, the implementation of AI can have adverse effects on peoples’ lives. This dissertation first examines the relationship between artificial intelligence and public law, mainly in two domains, administrative law and criminal law. It also provides a clear insight into the potential impact of AI applications on fundamental rights in the legal context of the European Union. Four selected fundamental rights, Human Dignity, Data Protection and Right to Privacy, Equality and Non-discrimination, and Access to Justice, are examined. The dissertation further explores the European Commission's new proposed AI regulation, which was proposed in April 2021. The proposal aims to put forward a risk- based approach for a harmonized EU legislation by considering the ethical and human sides and without unnecessarily restricting the development of AI technologies. The study focuses on examples from Sweden throughout the study and lastly, examines the Swedish approach in the context of the principles of good administration.
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Keita, Hawa. "Furthering new public management principles through financial reforms in post-1999 South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/95822.
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Thesis (MPA)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this research is to describe how the reform of public finance undertaken in South
Africa since 1999 has furthered the principles of new public management (NPM).
The first part of the research outlines the history of public sector reform in South Africa in general,
with particular emphasis on public finance. It also discusses how reform was initiated and
supplemented by the principles of new public management with the adoption of the Public Finance
Management Act, No. 1 of 1999 (PFMA, 1999). This is followed by a deep analysis and detailed
discussion of key indicators and the mode of their collection. The final phase consists of a
description of how new public management principles have impacted public finance management
since 1999. The study concludes with recommendations for further research and for practice and
policy.
The results tend to show how some principles of NPM have furthered public finance reform in some
areas while others are still lacking. However the lack of sufficient data results in gaps in the
findings: this lack of data makes it difficult to portray a clear picture of the extent to which
principles of NPM have been fully implemented. Thus one of the recommendations is that certain
indicators should be investigated further to understand the phenomenon better; it is probable that in
a few years sufficient data will be available to allow for trend assessments.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie navorsing is om te beskryf hoe hervorming van openbare finansies sedert 1999
in Suid Afrika onderneem is ten einde die beginsels van ‘nuwe openbare bestuur’ te bevorder.
Die eerste gedeelte van die navorsing fokus op die Suid-Afrikaanse openbare sektor hervorming
geskiedenis in die algemeen, met spesifieke fokus op openbare finansies. Dit beskryf hoe die
Openbare Finansiële Bestuurswet, No 1 van 1999 (PMFA, 1999) hervorming en die beginsels van
‘nuwe openbare bestuur’ bevorder het. Dit word gevolg deur ‘n diep en deeglike bespreking van
kern indikatore en die wyse waarop data versamel is. Die finale fase behels ‘n beskrywing van die
bedra van openbare finansiële bestuur hervorming sedert 1999 tot die bevordering van ‘nuwe
openbare bestuur’ beginsels. Die studie sluit af met aanbevelings vir praktyk en beleid asook
verdere navorsing.
Die resultate toon dat sommige van die beginsels van ‘nuwe openbare bestuur’ bevorder is deur
openbare finansiële hervorming, terwyl ander steeds agterweë bly. ‘n Tekort aan genoemsame data
lei egter tot leemtes in die bevindinge: die tekort aan data maak dit moeilik om ‘n duidelike prentjie
te vorm oor die mate waartoe die beginsels van ‘nuwe openbare bestuur’ ten volle geïmplementeer
is. Een van die kern aanbevelings is dus dat spesifieke indikatore verder ondersoek moet word om
die verskynsel beter te verstaan; dit is waarskynlik dat genoegsame data in die toekoms koers
berekenings moontlik sal maak wat verdere begrip sal bevorder.
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Thornton, Kimberly. "Early Childhood Education Trainers' Knowledge and Use of Andragogical Principles." Thesis, Walden University, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13812056.
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<p> Early childhood education (ECE) teachers often lack the experience and skills to provide children with supports necessary to foster academic and social skill development. Professional development can improve ECE teachers’ skills, but ECE trainers often lack understanding of adult learning principles, known as andragogy. Knowles’ conceptual framework of andragogy was used to explore the knowledge and use of andragogical principles of 8 ECE trainers selected via criterion-based purposive sampling. The research questions focused on ECE trainers’ knowledge and use of andragogical principles. Three cases, each consisting of 2 or 3 live professional development trainings for early childhood educators, were used in this study. Data sources included (a) observations of ECE trainings, (b) semi-structured interviews with ECE trainers, and (c) content analysis of ECE training materials. Thematic analysis revealed that although participants were not formally trained in andragogy and were unfamiliar with the associated verbiage, most had a strong grasp of andragogy and used andragogical principles to drive the development and presentation of their training materials. The 3 main themes that emerged were (a) lack of training/background in andragogy, (b) training strategies employed, and (c) training design. Findings from this study provide an original contribution to the limited existing research on the professional development of early childhood educators and expand the existing body of research on andragogy. This study contributes to social change by revealing that trainers may benefit from formal andragogical training, which may then improve the education provided by ECE teachers to young children.</p><p>
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Palmer-Atkins, Celeste Beatrice. "An Exploratory Study of a Nondenominational Church and Leadership Behaviors, Principles, Strategies, and Practices." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4671.
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Leadership plays a significant role in the advancement of the church, the followers, and the community that the church serves. If the church fails to train leaders, growth within the church becomes hindered, and its mission becomes aborted. The problem researched in this study is the declining support church leaders are receiving from the community. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore church leadership effectiveness in meeting the expectations of followers, the local church community, and the church. The target population consisted of 3 nondenominational church leaders located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The conceptual framework for this study was leadership that captured the connection between effective leadership, organizational growth, financial stability, and success for the local church. Interviews were conducted, and the research questions revealed the best practices, procedures, and leadership behaviors used by the study church leaders for the success of the 3 local churches. Based on the methodological triangulation of the interview data, 10 themes emerged after the using NVivo 11 data analysis software: (a) people-centeredness, (b) communication between the leader and followers, (c) good morals, (d) prayer life that involves constantly talking with God, (e) strategic planning, (f) Christ-centeredness that causes the leader to acknowledge God at all times, (g) love, (h) integrity, (i) God, and (j) Biblical education. As a result of the findings from this study, the potential contributions to social change can include a blueprint for developing future church leaders, increased strategies for creating employment opportunities, and strengthening the family unit through leading people to follow the laws of God and man.
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OLIVEIRA, RAFAEL CARVALHO REZENDE. "THE PRINCIPLE OF JURISDICITY: A REFORMULATION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEGALITY AND LEGITIMACY PRINCIPLES." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2007. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=10775@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO<br>A presente dissertação tem por objetivo analisar o
fenômeno da
constitucionalização do Direito Administrativo e a
conseqüente releitura de dois
princípios basilares deste ramo do direito: os princípios
da legalidade e da
legitimidade administrativas. Após algumas considerações
introdutórias e a
apresentação do tema no capítulo I, o trabalho analisará,
no capítulo II, o
nascimento e a evolução do Direito Administrativo, com o
intuito de demonstrar
que a concepção clássica deste ramo do Direito deve passar
por uma leitura
constitucional, em tempos de constitucionalização do
ordenamento jurídico. No
capítulo III, o enfoque será o estudo do princípio da
legalidade e a sua evolução
ao longo dos tempos. A concepção liberal deste princípio,
consagrado no Estado
Liberal de Direito, entra em crise. A lei deixa de ocupar
o papel de protagonista
do ordenamento jurídico para dar lugar à Constituição. O
desprestígio do
Parlamento, bem como a celeridade e complexidade da vida
moderna, acabam por
gerar a ampliação do poder normativo das entidades
administrativas localizadas
fora do Poder Legislativo. Com isso, institutos como a
deslegalização e a reserva
da administração, bem como a figura do regulamento
autônomo, ganham destaque
no debate jurídico atual. Ao invés do respeito apenas à
lei formal, a atuação
administrativa deve adequar-se ao ordenamento jurídico
como um todo, o que
acarreta a consagração do princípio da juridicidade. Em
seguida, no capítulo IV, o
estudo tecerá considerações sobre as concepções clássicas
de legitimidade e
demonstrará a necessidade de se reforçar a legitimidade
democrática da
Administração Pública através de instrumentos efetivos de
participação do
cidadão na tomada de decisões e elaboração de normas
administrativas. O capítulo
V, por sua vez, demonstrará que a releitura dos princípios
da legalidade e da
legitimidade administrativas pode ser verificada, com mais
exatidão, na
formatação das agências reguladoras. A discussão em
relação à
constitucionalidade do modelo regulatório adotado pelo
ordenamento jurídico pátrio passa necessariamente pela
compatibilidade com os princípios em comento.
Por fim, no capítulo VI, a titulo de conclusão, o trabalho
apontará a importância
do princípio da juridicidade no âmbito do estado
Democrático de Direito.<br>The main goal of this dissertation is to analyze the
phenomena of
constitutionalization in Administrative law and the
resulting reconsideration of
two basic pilars underpinning this field of Law: the
principles of legality and of
administrative legitimacy. After some introductory
considerations followed by the
presentation of the main theme in the first Chapter, the
author will review, in the
second Chapter, the emergence and evolution of
Administrative Law in order to
demonstrate that, in view of the current
constitutionalization of the legal system,
the constitutional perspective should be added to the
classic conception of
Administrative Law. The third Chapter will focus on the
study of the legality
principle and how it evolved through times. The liberal
view of this principle, the
cornerstone of the Liberal Rule of Law, comes to a crisis.
The Law becomes less
and less the leading agent of the legal order while this
role is assigned to the
Constitution. The decreasing prestige of Parliament as
well as the complexity and
the ever-faster pace of modern life end up extending the
normative power to
administrative entities found outside the realm of the
Legislative Branch.
Therefore, institutes such as the de-legalization and the
administrative reserve,
as well as the institute of -autonomous regulation-, gain
prominence in the current
public debate. Instead of owing respect only to the formal
Law, the
administrative arena should also adjust itself to the
legal order as a whole, which
means that the -principle of jurisdicity- becomes
paramount. Subsequently, in the
fourth Chapter, the study will discuss the classic
conceptions of legality and will
demonstrate the need to reinforce the democratic
legitimacy in Public
Administration by means of effective instruments allowing
citizens to be part of
the decision-making process and of the development of
administrative norms. The
fifth chapter, in turn, will demonstrate how the re-
consideration of the principles
of legality and administrative legitimacy can be more
accurately verified in the
way regulatory agencies were formatted. Any discussion on
the constitutionality of the regulatory model adopted by
the legal order in Brazil necessarily includes
compatibility with the principles under discussion The
sixth chapter will conclude
the study pointing out the importance of the -principle of
jurisdicity- under the
Democratic Rule of Law.
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Conaway, Wendy. "Andragogy: Does one size fit all? A study to determine the applicability of andragogical principles to adult learners of all ages." ScholarWorks, 2009. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/692.
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According to Knowles's theory of andragogy, the principles of adult learning are the need to know, self-directedness, the role of experience, intrinsic motivation, and readiness to learn. Whereas references in the andragogical literature have assumed that the principles uniformly apply to adults of all ages, differences between adult age groups may influence the effectiveness of the principles on adult learning. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate which adult age group was most accepting of the principles so that more effective teaching may occur. Three adult age groups, emerging adults (18-25), young adults (26-39), and mature adults (40-59) were studied, guided by three research questions. The first two questions addressed the degree of acceptance of andragogical principles and student satisfaction by the three age groups, and the third addressed the degree to which age and acceptance of andragogical principles predicted student course satisfaction. Using a cross-sectional, quantitative design, a convenience sample of 59 college students completed an electronic, web-based, Likert-scale survey. Multivariate analysis of variance, analysis of variance, and multiple regression analyses examined the relationships between the three age groups, andragogical principles, and student course satisfaction. Although there was no difference between the age groups and the acceptance of the andragogical principles or student course satisfaction, age combined with acceptance of andragogical principles was predictive of student course satisfaction. The social change implications are that educators should continue to implement the current principles across all adult age groups when designing learning environments and opportunities to improve the quality of educational instruction for one of the fastest growing student populations, the adult learner.
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Albury, Steven William. "Further education college quality systems : a framework of design principles for the development of teaching quality improvement processes." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:89a0c63d-18d9-438e-848d-0e82eaf6723a.
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This research is a case study of the quality improvement process in an English further education college. It examines the way that staff involved in the design and operation of the quality system shape the process in a part of the education sector that struggles with issues of performance. The case is placed into the context of an unstable policy environment, where further education colleges have been subjected to frequent bouts of government intervention and a funding regime that is unfavourable when compared to secondary schools and universities. The contribution to knowledge of this thesis is that it addresses an under-researched area of further education by viewing the quality process from the perspective of the governors, managers and professional staff responsible for its design and operation. As such it addresses a problem where a lot of attention has been given to teaching staff who experience the quality process or to macro studies where the focus is on outputs in the sector. However, less attention has been paid to the governors, senior staff and quality teams who assess teaching and learning in colleges. The data for the case study were gathered over a two-year period between 2010-2012 and include interviews with college staff, senior staff from OFSTED and the Department for Business Innovation and Skills and staff from a second college, used to help verify the findings. In addition to this, documentation for the quality system was gathered including inspection documents and policy documents. The data were analysed in order to surface traits of social and organisational practice that address the problem of operating a quality system in an environment that is highly resistant to systemisation and predictability. The findings are presented as 'fuzzy' generalisations supplemented by guidance in the form of design principles. The thesis provides an empirically grounded description of key elements of the relationships and the surrounding sociotechnical system that were found in the case. The design principles augment the case study and provide guidance on how a combination of trust relationships, resilience of processes to disruption and flexibility of application provide a background for the quality improvement process at Stretchford College, which was rated as 'Outstanding' at the time of the research.
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Urlakienė, Laima. "Administracinės teisės principų įgyvendinimas Valstybinės mokesčių inspekcijos veikloje: Šiaulių apskrities valstybinės mokesčių inspekcijos atvejis." Bachelor's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2012. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2012~D_20120703_133550-43296.
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Bakalauro baigiamajame darbe nagrinėjamas administracinės teisės principų įgyvendinimas Valstybinės mokesčių inspekcijos veikloje, išanalizuojant administracinės teisės principų sampratą, rūšis, funkcijas bei realizavimą viešajame administravime ir ištiriant šių principų įgyvendinimą Šiaulių apskrities valstybinės mokesčių inspekcijos atveju.<br>The present Bachelor Thesis deals with implementation of administrative law principles within the activities of State Tax Inspectorate by analysing the conception, types, functions of administrative law as well as realisation thereof in public administration and by studying implementation of these principles in case of Šiauliai County State Tax Inspectorate.
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Mack, James C. "Policy Implications of Intentional Contamination of the Retail Food Chain." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7038.
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The retail food safety chain is vulnerable to deliberate contamination, yet food safety professionals and emergency managers typically respond to intentional contamination in different ways. Little is known about the practices of environmental health food safety professionals (EHFSP) as compared to emergency managers and whether those approaches can be combined to more successfully impede intentional food contamination. The purpose of this narrative policy analysis was to use routine activity theory to compare the narratives of EHFSPs and emergency managers to determine whether there are opportunities to better understand the relationship between vulnerability and resiliency of the retail food safety chain. Data were primarily collected through interviews with 5 EHFSPs and 5 emergency managers from various regions in the United States. Interview data were inductively coded and then subjected to Braun and Clarke's thematic analysis procedure. Key findings indicate that EHFSPs generally are ill-suited to meet resiliency goals, ambivalence voiced by EHFSPs results from a lack of continual preparedness training, and neither EHFSPs nor emergency management officials' familiarity with the social dimensions of resiliency is at a point where they can design adequate measures for a resilient retail food system. Therefore, recommendations to policy makers focus on a need for an enhanced training that is inspired by principles of emergency management so that they are better able to respond to acts of intentional contamination, thereby building a resilient retail food chain with economic and social benefits.
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Caggiano, Alvaro Theodor Herman Salem. "Tratamento das nulidades no processo administrativo." Universidade de São Paulo, 2013. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/2/2134/tde-31072014-164308/.
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Estreia, na Constituição Federal de 1988, de forma expressa, a incidência dos princípios da ampla defesa e do due process no processo administrativo, consagrando, pois, a presença efetiva do modelo Estado de Direito a emoldurar e balizar a atividade desenvolvida pelo Poder Público. Considerando, destarte, que o Estado atua não apenas por intermédio de atos administrativos isolados, mas também por via de processos, cada dia mais complexos, demandando um particular debruçar por parte dos analistas, pareceu-nos oportuno o estudo da incidência da teoria das nulidades em sede de processos administrativos. A perspectiva deste estudo, sem abandonar a teoria da invalidez dos atos administrativos, busca o aprofundamento no domínio da ocorrência de fatores que possam conduzir à nulidade e invalidade do processo administrativo tanto geral, como disciplinar perquirindo as condições necessárias para assegurar aos processos trâmites regulares, afastando os vícios e mantendo-os sempre no campo da legalidade. A perspectiva do trabalho, destarte, busca recolocar tema tão polêmico em debate e, sob a lente da investigação científica, apresentar, de modo sistematizado, as doutrinas, as teses desenvolvidas e a jurisprudência construída de modo a assegurar a evolução do tratamento jurídico oferecido ao processo administrativo para o efetivo atingimento de suas finalidades públicas. Ao administrado, de outro lado, a pesquisa se revela de interesse, porquanto põe à luz, evidenciando, os princípios pelos quais a Administração deve se pautar para que determinado ato seja válido e eficaz. Cuida-se de preservar a supremacia do interesse público, em prol dos objetivos fundamentais do standard do Estado Democrático de Direito, dentre eles, uma sociedade livre, justa e solidária<br>For the first time, the 1988 Brazilian Federal Constitution expressly provides for the application of the principles of fair hearing and due process of law to administrative procedures, thereby enshrining the tangible presence of the rule of law approach, whose purpose is to frame and limit the activities performed by the Government. Therefore, considering that the Government does not operate only through isolated administrative acts, but also through increasingly complex processes that require particular examination by analysts, it seems fitting to study the application of the theory of nullities in administrative procedures. Although it does not depart from the theory of invalidity of administrative acts, the focus of this study is to inquire into facts that may result in the nullity and invalidity of administrative procedures both of a general and disciplinary nature and establish the necessary conditions to ensure the regular course of procedure, thereby avoiding errors and preserving its legal integrity. Thus, this paper aims to rekindle the discussion on this controversial subject and, based on a scientific analysis, presents a systematized portrayal of the relevant doctrines, theses and case law that were produced with a view to the development of the legal framework that underpins administrative procedure and the fulfillment of its public mission. On the other hand, this research is of interest also to private individuals, as it brings to light the principles the Public Administration must observe for any given act to be considered valid and effective. Particular care is taken to preserve the paramount importance of public interest as a fundamental objective that determines the standards of a state founded on the rule of law, including a free, equal and fair society.
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Montoir, Carmen. "Les principes supérieurs du droit pénal des mineurs délinquants." Thesis, Paris 2, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA020028/document.
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Après une décennie de réformes incessantes et à l’heure où l’on envisage une refonte globale de la matière, il paraît important de s’interroger sur les principes supérieurs gouvernant le droit pénal des mineurs délinquants. En dépit d'une cristallisation remontant à 2002, via le mécanisme original du principe fondamental reconnu par les lois de la République, et sa protection par quelques instruments internationaux, l’autonomie de la justice des mineurs pose, à ce jour encore, de nombreuses questions. Sur le plan substantiel, elle repose sur des principes, reconnus supérieurs, d’adaptation de la réponse au relèvement éducatif et moral des mineurs et d’atténuation de la pénalité, qui s’avèrent quasiment absolus. Le discernement, en revanche, n’a pas bénéficié, pour sa part, d’une consécration expresse sur le plan suprême. Il se voit même concurrencé par le critère rigide de l’âge, et ce, bien qu’il soit un préalable essentiel à la détermination de la responsabilité pénale. Sur le plan processuel, malgré leur protection supra-législative, tant la règle de juridictions spécialisées que l’exigence de procédures appropriées, régulièrement infléchies, semblent vouées à la relativité. Le Conseil Constitutionnel, à la fois constituant et garant de la matière, a souvent été invité à en marquer les limites infranchissables et à en protéger le noyau dur inaltérable. Fort de l’identification et de l’appréciation de ce dernier, le présent travail tend à montrer que la malléabilité des principes de forme du droit pénal des mineurs délinquants permet de contourner l’immutabilité des principes de fond dirigeant celui-ci<br>Following one decade of continuous reforms of the juvenile offenders penal law and while a global recast of the matter is considered, it appears important to question the superior principles governing it. Despite its original crystallization, starting in 2002, through the original mechanism of fundamental principle recognized by Republic Law, and its protection by some international tools, the autonomy of the juvenile justice is still currently questionable. On the substantial side, juvenile justice is based on principles, recognized as superior, of answer’s adaptation to the educational and moral restoring of the juvenile and sentence mit igation, which appear nearly absolute. On the other hand discernment has not benefited from an explicit consecration of its paramount status. It is even challenged by the age arbitrary criteria despite the fact that this condition is a cardinal preliminary for penal responsibility determination. On the procedural side, notwithstanding their supra-legislative guarantee, specialized jurisdictions so as requirement for appropriate procedures, regularly inflected, seems dedicated to relativity. Constitutional Council, both matter constituent and guarantor, has been very often invited to determine unreachable limits and to protect the unalterable core. Based on this core’ identification and assessment, this work intend to demonstrate that malleability of the form principles of juvenile offender penal law allows by-pass of background principles immutability, governing this one
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Edigin, Joseph. "Urban and Suburban Differences in Cultural Identification, Life-Guiding Principles, and Person-Organization Fit." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5460.
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Diversity practitioners in the United States have taken steps to implement programs for integration of people in organizations from across the socioeconomic and demographic spectrum. Despite changes in U.S. discrimination laws and work by diversity practitioners, maintaining equitable workplace diversity continues to be a problem in U.S. corporations. This correlational study was conducted to examine differences in life-guiding principles, urban identification, and person-organization fit between urban and suburban residents. A purposive sample of 180 adults was drawn in a voluntary online survey from industries in two U.S. representative counties with a mix of urban and suburban sprawl. This study was also conducted to further examine planned behavior, expectancy, normative social influence, and social impact theories by comparing how the independent variable of participant residence location affected the dependent variables of life-guiding principles, urban identification, and person-organization fit. T-test statistics were used to test mean differences in normally distributed data sets, and the Mann-Whitney U test was used for testing differences in non-normally distributed data sets. Test results revealed that there were differences in the dependent variables with a significant difference in urban identification for urban and suburban residents, confirming the hypothesis. Findings from this study may help diversity practitioners and organizational leaders understand the differences among urban and suburban residents. Study findings may also support organizations' social agenda toward addressing diversity issues and for narrowing career achievement gaps between urban and suburban residents through a better understanding of variations in culture.
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Hugosson, Beatrice, Donna Dinh, and Gabriella Esmerson. "Why you should care: Ethical AI principles in a business setting : A study investigating the relevancy of the Ethical framework for AI in the context of the IT and telecom industry in Sweden." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-44236.
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Background: The development of artificial intelligence (AI) is ever increasing, especially in the telecom and IT industry due to its great potential competitive advantage. However, AI is implemented at a fast phase in society with insufficient consideration for the ethical implications. Luckily, different initiatives and organizations are now launching ethical principles to prevent possible negative effects stemming from AI usage. One example is the Ethical Framework for AI by Floridi et al., (2018) who established five ethical principles for sustainable AI with inspiration from bioethics. Moreover, Sweden as a country is taking AI ethics seriously since the government is on a mission to be the world leader in harnessing artificial intelligence. Problem: The research in the field of ethical artificial intelligence is increasing but is still in its infancy where the majority of the academic articles are conceptual papers. Moreover, the few frameworks that exist for responsible AI are not always action-guiding and applicable to all AI applications and contexts. Purpose: This study aims to contribute with empirical evidence within the topic of artificial intelligence ethics and investigate the relevancy of an existing framework, namely the Ethical Framework for AI by Floridi et al., (2018), in the IT and telecom industry in Sweden. Method: A qualitative multiple-case study of ten semi-structured interviews with participants from the companies EVRY and Ericsson. The findings have later been connected to the literature within the field of artificial intelligence and ethics. Results: The most reasonable interpretation from the findings and analysis is that some parts of the framework are relevant, while others are not. Specifically, the principles of autonomy and non- maleficence seem to be applicable, meanwhile justice and explicability appear to only be partially supported by the participants and beneficence is suggested to not be relevant due to several reasons.
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Delphin, Andreas. "Machiavelli and the principles behind authoritarian rule; Could he explain the fate of Muammar al-Gaddafi?" Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-34817.
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This study will try an hypothesis built on Machiavellis principles of power and examine the position of Machiavellis importance in the world of today. The hypothesis contains principles of Machiavellis thoughts on power and is ment to be used as an analytical tool to understand the downfall of totalitarian leaders. The hypothesis gains strength from this study due to the fact that it could explain the fall of Colonel Gaddafi and may even have predicted the downfall of Muammar Gaddafi based on the violation of several of the principles that built up the hypothesis. The hypothesis however, needs more testing to be able to be accepted as a generalization. The importance of Machiavelli and his school of thought is strengthened by the fact that the principles shown in the hypothesis are viable and the fact that Machiavelli still contributes to discussion on modern principles of power. Through the glasses that are the hypothesis we get a clear picture that tells us why Colonel Gaddafi got overthrown; He simply pushed the people to far.
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Mauck, Erin. "A Qualitative Analysis of End-of-Life Healthcare in Tennessee: Politics, Principles, and Perceptions." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2020. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3846.
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The unprecedented growth of the aging population in Tennessee is a significant demographic trend that highlights the necessity for healthcare policy that tackles end-of-life issues. This study examined the perceived quality of end-of-life healthcare in Tennessee, areas that are in need of improvement, policies that have the potential to influence improvements, and the role of politics in end-of-life healthcare policy. It also assessed the support for end-of-life healthcare policy that would advance quality of care and expand end-of-life choices for Tennesseans, while evaluating the policy-making process that legislators employ.
For this study, data were collected using semi-structured, in-depth interviews with an open interview guide. These interviews were conducted in a two-tiered format. Tier 1 included ten leading experts in various areas of end-of-life healthcare and aging in Tennessee. Tier 2 included nine legislators who were members of the health committees of either the Tennessee House of Representatives or the Tennessee Senate. Qualitative data were organized into numerous categories, and an initial phase of open coding was completed. From this phase of coding, emergent themes and focuses were discovered. This was followed by focused coding on all nineteen interviews using coding software to organize subtleties.
Findings of the Tier 1 interviews indicated that there are many areas of end-of-life healthcare that need improvement including increased funding, expanded caregiver support, improved doctor-patient communication, and increased use of advance directives. Emergent themes included the influence of money, having difficult conversations, the stigma of death and dying, and supporting the caregiver. Tier 2 findings highlighted the motivations behind voting decisions and the level of awareness legislators have in areas of end-of-life healthcare policy. Both tiers also explored the support and opposition of physician-assisted death.
The findings of this dissertation are intended to inform health professionals and state legislators. The data gathered through this exploratory research and the knowledge gained will lead to a greater understanding of end-of-life healthcare in Tennessee, and what needs to be done to improve its quality. This will allow individuals and families faced with end-of-life decisions to navigate the process with expanded options, access, and support.
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Viršilienė, Orinta. "Naujosios viešosios vadybos principų taikymas savivaldybės veikloje: Mažeikių rajono atvejis." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2010. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2010~D_20100928_134715-26623.
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Magistro darbe yra išanalizuotos naujosios viešosios vadybos kilmės prielaidos bei sampratos raida, įvertinti naujosios viešosios vadybos elementai, atlikta naujosios viešosios vadybos Lietuvoje raidos ir perspektyvos analizė. Baigiamajame darbe, pasitelkiant ekspertinį tyrimą išsamiai analizuojama ir vertinama naujosios viešosios vadybos principų diegimo Mažeikių rajono savivaldybėje būklė, išryškinant problemas bei numatant diegimo galimybes. Patvirtinama autorės suformuluota mokslinio tyrimo hipotezė, kad Mažeikių rajono savivaldybė racionaliau įgyvendins Konstitucijos nuostatą, jog visos valdžios įstaigos turi tarnauti žmonėms tenkinant bendruomenės viešuosius poreikius bei interesus, identifikuodama ir diegdama naujosios viešosios vadybos principus savo veikloje. Pagrindinės NVV principų diegimo Mažeikių rajono savivaldybėje problemos: biurokratinis valdymas, formalus požiūris į savivaldybės veiklos administravimą, neefektyvi administracijos organizacinė struktūra, iniciatyvių specialistų trūkumas, neskatinamas bendruomenės narių įsitraukimas į sprendimų priėmimo procesą; sudėtingas daugelio procedūrų reglamentavimas, funkcijų dubliavimas, nepakankamai lanksti orientacija į geresnį bei spartesnį bendruomenės poreikių tenkinimą tiekiant viešąsias paslaugas.<br>This master’s final paper is formulate the new public management and the origin of the concept of presumption of development, to evaluate the new public management elements that made the new public management developments in Lithuania and perspective analysis. Thesis through a detailed analysis of an expert study and assessment of the new public management principles in Mažeikiai district municipality status, highlighting problems and providing opportunities for the deployment. Confirm that the author formulated the research hypothesis that Mažeikiu district municipality will implement more rational constitutional provision that all public institutions must serve the people to meet community needs and interests of the public, identifying and introducing the new public management principles in their activities. Basic principles of NPM installation problems: bureaucratic management, a formal approach to the management of municipal activities, inefficient organizational structure, lack of proactive professionals, discourage involvement in decision-making process of community, regulation of many complex procedures, duplication of functions, inflexible orientation to a better and stronger community needs the supply of public service.
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Tognetti, Silvania Conceição. "O direito tributário e a informatização do Estado: nova visão sobre a constituição do crédito tributário e os limites ao poder de tributar." Universidade de São Paulo, 2009. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/2/2133/tde-17112011-090633/.
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A informatização da administração pública afetou as relações entre fisco e contribuinte e exige a construção de nova interpretação para o direito tributário. O trabalho dedica-se a interpretar, tendo em vista a informatização da administração tributária, as normas que regulam a constituição do crédito tributário e as que impõem os limites ao poder de tributar. Para isso foca a informatização da Receita Federal no Brasil em especial o universo das declarações eletrônicas. Da análise dos princípios constitucionais, do conceito de tributo e dos limites à criação de ficções e presunções, aponta ser imprescindível o controle interno da legalidade pela administração pública no lançamento tributário, entendendo inválida no direito positivo brasileiro a constituição de crédito tributário por confissão de dívida elaborada pelo contribuinte. Perpassa por diversos pontos da relação entre fisco e contribuinte para reforçar a importância de manutenção, mesmo nos sistemas informatizados, de controles que evitem erros de fato e de direito na constituição do crédito tributário e proporcionem a correção destes com o menor sacrifício possível dos direitos e garantias dos contribuintes. As reflexões expostas podem ser também aplicáveis à administração tributária de outros entes federativos e, certamente, terão utilidade como referência na análise de futuras e desejáveis evoluções no controle informatizado da arrecadação tributária, como o que se anuncia com a finalização da implantação do SPED Sistema Público de Escrituração Digital.<br>The informatics in public administration affects the relations between tax authorities and taxpayers and requires the construction of new interpretation to the tax law. The work is intended to interpret, for the computerization of tax administration, the rules governing the formation of the tax credit and those imposing limits on the power to tax. For this, keep in focus the computerization of Federal Revenue Services in Brazil, in particular the universe of electronic statements. Analysis of constitutional principles, of the concept of tax limits and of the limits to creation of myths and assumptions shows that the internal control of legality by the government is essential in tax assessments. Therefore, it is not permitted in Brazilian Law, the constitution of tax obligations exclusively based on the taxpayer confession. Throughout various parts of the relationship between taxpayers and tax authorities this study reinforces the importance of maintenance, even in the computerized systems, of adequate controls to avoid errors of fact and law in the constitution of the tax credit and provisions for correction of these errors with the least possible sacrifice of rights and guarantees of taxpayers. The above considerations may also be applied to the administration of tax in States jurisdictions, and certainly this work will be useful as reference in the analysis of future and desirable developments in the computerized system to control tax collection, as it is announced with the completion of the SPED Sistema Público de Escrituração Digital (Digital Bookkeeping Public System) program.
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Cardoso, Jorge Manuel Vieira. "O património edificado na caracterização do Parque Natural das serras de Aire e Candeeiros-reflexão para a preservação da identidade da paisagem." Master's thesis, Instituições portuguesas -- UTL-Universidade Técnica de Lisboa -- -Faculdade de Arquitectura, 1999. http://dited.bn.pt:80/29136.
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Paisana, José Rui Fernandes Antunes 1962. "Planeamento e envolvimento cívico-apresentação de um modelo estratégico de desenvolvimento para a elaboração e apreciação do plano de urbanização de Ourém." Master's thesis, Instituições portuguesas -- UC-Universidade de Coimbra -- -Faculdade de Letras, 1999. http://dited.bn.pt:80/29150.
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Gorelli, Hernández Juan. "Delimitation of the Non-Fixed Indefinite Worker of Public Administrations in Spain." Derecho & Sociedad, 2017. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/117392.
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With this study the status of “non-fixed indefinite” in the service of the government workers is analyzed. The “no permanent fixed” are those workers who although initially had a temporary contract with an administration, it has become indefinite due to irregularities thereof. Analyze how Spanish jurisprudence has tried to strike a balance between labor interests (of job security) and public (the constitutional principles of equality, merit and ability in access to public service).<br>Con este estudio, se analiza la situación jurídica de los trabajadores “indefinidos no fijos” al servicio de las Administraciones Públicas, es decir, aquellos que si bien, inicialmente, tenían un contrato de carácter temporal, éste se ha convertido en indefinido como consecuencia de las irregularidades del mismo. Analizaremos, cómo la jurisprudencia española ha intentado establecer un cierto equilibrio entre los intereses laborales (de estabilidad en el empleo) y los públicos (los principios constitucionales de igualdad, mérito y capacidad en el acceso a la función pública).
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Frey, Jeffrey Daniel. "The Sustainability of Nonprofit Leaders: Principles and Practices that Encourage and Restore Personal Wellbeing and Professional Effectiveness." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1559916763158355.
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Thibodeaux, Lee A. "Measuring the Diffusion of a Federal Drug Policy: Implementation of the Principles of Effectiveness in Ohio Public School Districts." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1217258495.
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Pelurytytė, Elinga. "Apskaitos politikos formavimas įmonėje." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2007. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2007~D_20070816_153610-64580.
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Tyrimo objektas – įmonių finansinės apskaitos politika.
Tyrimo dalykas – finansinės apskaitos politikos formavimas įmonėje.
Darbo tikslas – nustačius apskaitos politikos formavimo įmonėse ypatumus, parengti teorinį įmonės finansinės apskaitos politikos formavimo modelį ir patikrinus jo praktinį pritaikomumą Lietuvos įmonėse, suformuluoti atitinkamas išvadas bei pateikti pasiūlymus apskaitos politikos formavimo metodikai tobulinti.
Uždaviniai:
1) ištirti apskaitos politikos reglamentavimą bei įvairių autorių pateikiamą apskaitos politikos sampratą;
2) apibrėžti apskaitos politikos parengimo etapus bei nustatyti apskaitos politikos pasirinkimą sąlygojančius veiksnius;
3) atskleidus įmonės apskaitos politikos konceptualiąj���� esmę sudaryti teorinį finansinės apskaitos politikos formavimo įmonėje modelį;
4) patikrinti parengto teorinio apskaitos politikos formavimo įmonėje modelio praktinį pritaikomumą Lietuvos įmonių pavyzdžiu bei pateikti išvadas ir pasiūlymus apskaitos politikos parengimo metodikai tobulinti.
Tyrimo metodai - monografinis, loginė analiz�� ir sintezė, loginis abstrahavimas, anketinė apklausa, ekspertų vertinimo metodas, palyginimo ir apibendrinimo metodai bei loginis ir grafinis modeliavimas.
Išanalizavus užsienio bei lietuvių autorių literatūrą bei apskaitos politikos reglamentavimą, darbe pateikiamas apskaitos politikos formavimo įmonėje modelis, kuriame atspindimas ryšys tarp apskaitos politikos pasirinkimą sąlygojančių veiksnių ir apskaitos politikai... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]<br>The object of the research is a company’s financial accounting policy.
The subject of the research is accounting policy formation in a company.
The goal of the work is to prepare the theoretical company‘s financial accounting policy formation model, after the peculiarities of accounting policy formation in a companies have been determinated and to settle appropriate conclusions and suggestions for the improving of the methodology of the accounting policy formation, after the adaptation of theoretical company‘s financial accounting policy formation model have been verified.
The tasks of the research are as follows:
1) to investigate the reglamentation of accounting policy and the conception of accounting policy given by different authors;
2) to determine the preparation stages of accounting policy formation and ascertain the factors influencing accounting policy choice;
3) to compose the theoretical company’s accounting policy formation model, after conceptual essentiality of company’s accounting policy have been detected;
4) to verify the adaptation of theoretical company’s financial accounting policy formation model in Lithuanian companies and to settle conclusions and suggestions for the improving of the methodology of the accounting policy formation.
The research methods include the monographic, logical analysis and synthesis, logical abstracting, questioning interrogation, estimation of experts, comparison and generalization methods and the methods of logical and... [to full text]
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Bontron, Marie-Charlotte. "Les fonctions des principes fondamentaux de la commande publique." Thesis, Montpellier, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015MONTD009/document.
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Les principes de la commande publique souffrent d’une imprécision juridique dans la mesure où, aspirant à des finalités communes au moyen d’instruments juridiques identiques, aucun des objectifs généraux qu’ils poursuivent ensemble ne peut être spécifiquement rattaché à l’un d’eux. Afin de pallier cette insuffisance du droit positif, une nouvelle clé de lecture des principes doit être découverte. Une analyse détaillée du droit positif dévoile que le temps constitue le pivot d’une lisibilité certaine des fonctions des principes. Structurant le droit de la commande publique, cet élément permet d’identifier différents temps poursuivant des objectifs spécifiques, dont la concordance avec les principes permet de délimiter les finalités caractéristiques à chacun. À partir de cette application temporelle des principes, il est possible de définir leurs fonctions propres, en ce sens que chacune des règles spécifiques du droit de la commande publique peut être rattachée àl’un d’entre eux. Une confrontation de cette conceptualisation temporelle au droit positif dévoile que de cette définition des fonctions propres, découlent des implications positives sur le droit de la commande publique. D’une part, certaines zones d’ombres latentes de cette branche du droit sont clarifiées. D’autre part, l’office du juge des contentieux précontractuel et contractuel est précisé. Une lecture singulière des fonctions des principes permet ainsi de pallier en partie la complexité patente du droit de la commande publique<br>The principles of the Public Commission suffer a legal indistinctness, inasmuch as, aspiring to common purposes by means of identical legal instruments, none of the general objectives that they pursue together cannot be specifically connected to one of them. To mitigate this insufficiency of the substantive law, a new key to the interpretation of principles must be discovered. A detailed analysis of the substantive law reveals that the time constitutes the pivot of a certain legibility of the fonctions of the principles. Structuring Public Commissions Law, this element allows to identify different time pursuing specific objectives, of which the concordance with the principles allows to delimit the characteristic purposes of each.From this temporal application of the principles, it is possible to define their own fonctions, in this sense that each of the rules specific of Public Commissions Law can be connected to one of them. A confrontation of this temporal conceptualisation reveals that of this definition of appropriate functions, ensue positives implications of the Public Commission Law. On one hand, some latent grey areas of this branch of the law are clarified. On the other hand, the office of the judge of pre-contractual and contractual disputes is specified. A singular reading of the fonctions of the principles allows thereby to mitigate partially to the obvious complexity of the Public Commission Law
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Fournoux, Louis de. "Le principe d'impartialité de l'Administration." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017STRAA024.
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Exigence fondamentale de justice, l’impartialité est un devoir qui incombe également aux agents de l’Administration. Toutefois, elle se révèle comme étant plus qu’une simple obligation déontologique : elle revêt également un aspect procédural, dans sa dimension objective. Cette double dimension est à la source des riches développements du principe d’impartialité, appliqué à l’Administration. Celui-ci vise, d’une part, à réguler les risques de conflits d’intérêts qui traversent l’Administration. Il permet, d’autre part, de garantir l’effet utile des procédures administratives, conçues pour encadrer le pouvoir discrétionnaire de l’Administration et garantir la meilleure opportunité des décisions administratives. Dans cette optique, il apparaît que le principe d’impartialité de l’Administration se concrétise au travers un système présomptif complexe, qui permet, outre la sanction de la partialité de l’Administration, la garantie de son impartialité apparente<br>Fundamental requirement of Justice, impartiality is also a duty of public servants. However, impartiality turns out to be more than an ethical duty : it assumes a procedural angle, in its objective extent. This double aspect causes rich developments of the principle of impartiality, applied to the Administration. This principle aims at regulating the risks of conflicts of interests which cross the Administration. It also enables to secure the effectiveness of administrative procedures, understood as a legal framework of administrative discretion and the guarantee of the adequacy of administrative decisions. In this context, the principle of impartiality is enforced through a complex presumptive system which enables, not only the sanction of administrative partiality, but also the safeguard of appearances of impartiality
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Ramhorn, Sebastian, and Johannes Nordgren. "Implementeringsprocessen av IFRS på företagsnivå i Sverige : En undersökning om processen för svenska onoterade och noterade företag vid övergången från K3 till IFRS." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Fakulteten för ekonomi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-22526.
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Tidigare forskning kring implementeringen av IFRS fokuserar främst på varför företag väljer att övergå till IFRS samt vilka effekter det medför. Det finns väldigt lite forskning som studerar implementeringsprocessen på företagsnivå och den forskning som studerar processen fokuserar på länder och inte företag. Utifrån att det finns lite tidigare forskning kring ämnet finns det intresse av att utforska det närmare. Syftet med studien är att förstå implementeringsprocessen av IFRS på företagsnivå i Sverige samt påvisa utmaningar i processen som företag stöter på. Studien har en kvalitativ ansats och data till studien samlades genom semistrukturerade intervjuer och analys av dokument. Analysen av data har gjorts genom den institutionella teorin och tre delar ur isomorfismen: Tvingande isomorfism, imiterande isomorfism och normativ isomorfism. Genom dessa delar ur isomorfismen har därmed slutsatser kunnat göras. Resultaten visar att en viktig del i implementeringsprocessen är företagens samverkan med konsulter. Konsulterna är delaktiga i hela processen och det är viktigt för företagen att sätta en tydlig plan kring hur implementeringsprocessen ska gå till. Vidare visar det att mallar och riktlinjer används för att underlätta processen. Ett antal utmaningar som nämns i processen är framför allt hanteringen kring leasingavtal samt problematik kring revisorns oberoende.<br>Previous research regarding IFRS implementation focuses mostly on why companies choose to implement IFRS and what the effects are. There is very little research that studies the implementation process on company level and the research that studies the process focuses on countries and not companies. Since there is little research regarding this topic it is of interest to do further research. The purpose of this study is to understand the implementation process of IFRS on a company level and to show what challenges companies face in the process. The study has a qualitative approach and the gathering of data was done through semi structured interviews and document analysis. The analysis of data has been made through institutional theory andits three parts of isomorphism: Coercive isomorphism, mimetic isomorphism and normative isomorphism. Through these parts of isomorphism, it has thus been possible to draw conclusions. The results show that an important part of the implementation process is the companies' collaboration with consultants. The consultants are involved in the entire process and it´s important for the company to set a clear plan for how the implementation process should go. Furthermore, it shows that templates and guidelines are used to facilitate the process. A number of challenges that are mentioned in the process are above all the handling of leasing agreements and problems regarding the auditor's independence.