Research Report The Dark Side of Discretion Robert B. Kaiser Kaplan DeVries Inc. Robert Hogan Hogan Assessment Systems THE DARK SIDE OF DISCRETION Leader Personality and Organizational Decline Robert B. Kaiser Kaplan DeVries Inc. Robert Hogan Hogan Assessment Systems Author Notes Rob Kaiser is a partner with Kaplan DeVries Inc. Robert Hogan is President of Hogan Assessment Systems. Correspondence concerning this article may be directed to either author at Rob Kaiser‚ 1903 G Ashwood Ct
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As it was in the past‚ the main function of the UN today is to maintain peace and security for all of its member states. Though the UN does not maintain its own military‚ it does have peacekeeping forces which are supplied by its member states. On approval of the UN Security Council‚ these peacekeepers are often sent to regions where armed conflict has recently ended to discourage combatants from resuming fighting. In 1988‚ the peacekeeping force won a Nobel Peace Prize for its actions. In addition
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www.IrPDF.com How to Learn Any Language Quickly‚ Easily‚ Inexpensively‚ Enjoyably and On Your Own by Barry Farber Founder of the Language Club/Nationally Syndicated Talk Show Host www.IrPDF.com To Bibi and Celia‚ for the pleasure of helping teach them their first language‚ followed by the pleasure of having them then teach me their second! www.IrPDF.com Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: My Story A Life of Language Learning Part II: The System Do As I Now Say‚ Not
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How many classification does a gang have? There are several type of typologies in a gang which leads to active/regular gang‚ associate gang members‚ hard core gang member knowns as OG( orginal gang stars) and wannabes. Active gang members and associate gang member use hand signs to communicate each other‚ write gang graffiti‚ wear gang color clothing to represent their gang. But‚ what makes a associate gang separate from regular gang is that after‚ the associate gang memeber get fit to the gang they
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thought nothing of his commoner status until he met Estella‚ she treats Pip with insignificance and deliberately humiliates him‚ but that does not prevent him from falling in love with her. Her constant harassment and decry of his existence has only shown him what he needs to adjust about himself. Estella speaks about him as if he is worthless and she could not show any less interest about his feelings‚ she harasses him about his way of dress‚ working status and education‚ for example‚ "he calls the knaves
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that Curley’s wife had a dream but then lost it. In the story it states‚ “He says he was gonna put me in movies. Said I was a natural. Soon’s he got back to Hollywood he was gonna write to me about it… I never got that letter”(88). This shows that how her dream was made but soon crushed. In the story it states‚ “Well I ain’t told this to nobody before… I don’t like Curley. He ain’t a nice fella”(89). This shows that now she lives an unhappy life and has nobody to really talk to and fall
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It is not uncommon for a parent to want their child to have pleasures in life that they were never given. Usually‚ this sentiment works in favor of the child. For example‚ an immigrant moves to a country where their child can have more rights‚ freedoms‚ and opportunities than they did. In the acclaimed novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens‚ Miss Havisham takes this outlook to new heights. Miss Havisham trains her adopted daughter‚ Estella to terrorize the hearts of young men to make up for
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to Hobbes’ contention of what the state of nature looks like: brutal‚ disordered‚ rampant with fear‚ and full of self-interested people capable of murder (Hobbes‚ 13.9). Yet‚ even though Hobbes witnessed what can happen when a monarch rules without any covenants with the public‚ he did not deem it necessary for a monarch’s political and societal policies to be held formally responsible by the
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’Conservatism supports pragmatism over principle.’ Discuss Pragmatism is the belief that behaviour should be shaped in accordance with practical circumstances and goals rather than principles‚ beliefs or ideology. Pragmatism is a flexible approach to politics. To a large extent it is true that Conservatism supports pragmatism over principle. Conservatism is not a doctrine of ‘no change’ or one that treats its own principles as external and fixed. Conservatism instead has a pragmatic view of politics
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Administrative Discretion NAME SCHOOL Should public administrators be restricted to only laid down rules in the discharge of their duties as espoused by Max Weber or should they have some amount of discretion? To me that is a very open question in regards to public administration and depending on the situation either administrators’ following guidelines is best or administrators following their best discretion can be the best for the situation at hand. So when answering this question I
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