to critic‚ evaluate and analyse direct payments and the implications they have had on social work practice. The Direct Payments Act 1996 enabled local authorities to offer cash in lieu of social services. They were introduced for adults of working age in April 2007 and extended to include older disabled people in 2000. Since April 2001 direct payments have also been available to parents of disabled children‚ 16 and 17 years and carers. Direct Payments have also been extended to people with short
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4100 CONTRACTUAL CHOICE Scott E. Masten Louis and Myrtle Research Professor of Business and Law‚ University of Michigan Business School © Copyright 1999 Scott E. Masten Abstract This chapter discusses alternative theories of contract choice and design with special emphasis on (i) the interaction between contract design and contract enforcement and (ii) the explanatory power of alternative theories. After discussing the primary functions of contract‚ the entry reviews the assumptions
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Smith Institute (2008) about how ‘The Fair-trade movement achieves virtually nothing in terms of reducing world poverty’. Fair trade is a standard that is set to support the developing countries exports‚ it is to improve the workers in a developing country’s working conditions‚ fair payments which help them towards development and planning of their future that may help poverty. It also helps them to sell products to developing countries. Fair trade products come mostly in products such as coffee
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MANAGING AND HANDLING INDISCIPLINE IN SCHOOLS A RESEARCH PROJECT ISABEL FREIRE‚ UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA JOÃO AMADO‚ UNIVERSIDADE DE COIMBRA ABSTRACT The research project we present here in (entitled GERLINDES‚ in Portuguese) is set out with the assumption that there is a link among the representations and the actions within the members of the interstitial groups of schools‚ the practices in action and social and disciplinary environment at schools. This research project is focused on eight case studies
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5.14 Payment Systems The more cautious companies take themselves online in stages. 1. A start is a simple online catalog‚ from which customers can order by telephone or email. The personal contact fosters confidence‚ and customers can check product details with a knowledgeable salesperson. 2. Then may come a website with page information automatically supplied from a linked database‚ ensuring that stocks‚ prices and specifications remain up to date. 3. Only with online payment does ecommerce
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to remember when you have a business or a company is keeping records. Monitoring bills and payments are very important. People are assigned to different positions such as cashiers‚ treasurers‚ finance managers and others that involve handling money. Without such records‚ a company will not be able to keep track of their transactions‚ which would lead to negative results such as being broken or having more expenses than income. The process of recording bills and payments are done in different
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ECO305-0804B-09 Global Managerial Economics David Kerby December 3‚ 2008 PHASE 1 DISCUSSION BOARD2 When is international trade an opportunity for workers? When is it a threat to workers? International trade is rewarding as it is unsatisfying when it comes to the average worker. When a new business is started for that region or area jobs are expanded merely because it is expected that it will be at a rate of lower cost production along with less expense on product materials. The more the business
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Page 1 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: LECTURER MANUAL INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: Challenges in a Changing World Janet Morrison LECTURER MANUAL © Janet Morrison‚ 2009. Page 2 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: LECTURER MANUAL Contents Introduction .......................................................................................................................3 Designing your course in international business .................
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International Journal of Production Research Vol. 48‚ No. 10‚ 15 May 2010‚ 2975–2993 Managing lean manufacturing in material handling operations James C. Green‚ Jim Lee* and Theodore A. Kozman Engineering Management Program‚ Department of Mechanical Engineering‚ University of Louisiana at Lafayette‚ P.O. Box 44170‚ Room 244 CLR Hall‚ Lafayette‚ LA 70504-2250‚ USA (Received 17 July 2007; final version received 8 January 2009) The problem addressed by this research is to implement lean manufacturing
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Many of us have become accustomed to electronic payment systems. These systems will continue to increase as businesses and banks present more opportunities to use them. Resource: Ch. 9 of Essentials of Management Information Systems Answer the following questions in 200 to 300 words: 1. Name and describe various categories of e-commerce. The three main categories of e-commerce are: • Business-to-Consumer (B2C) electronic commerce involves retailing products and services to individual
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