The Effectiveness of Military Organiza tions ALLAN R. MILLETT‚ WILLIAMSON MURRAY‚ and KENNETH H. WATMAN Mershon Center‚ The Ohio State University The interrelated issue of rnilitary structure and effectiveness confronts planners and commanders with some of the most intractable intellectual issues associated with organizational behavior. T h e realities of preparing forces to kill and to face death in the service of the state createproblems with no ar~aloguesin other forms of social interaction
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BUFFER STOCK SCHEMES The prices of agricultural products such as wheat‚ cotton‚ cocoa‚ tea and coffee tend to fluctuate more than prices of manufactured products and services. This is largely due to the volatility in the market supply of agricultural products coupled with the fact that demand and supply are price inelastic. Products with unstable conditions of supply and demand will experience price fluctuations. Agricultural (farm) prices tend to be volatile because: Supply changes because
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While the considerable number of mainland visitors from the Individual Visit Scheme still remains controversial‚ the government has decided to open the city’s door even wider. From next month‚ there will be an additional of 4.1 million non-permanent Shenzhen residents that can make multiple visits to Hong Kong due to the change in permit rules. In addition‚ non-local residents of another five places can make single visit to Hong Kong without being required to make application from their hometown
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by giving benefit packages in financial security and health care. Social Security schemes are designed to guarantee at least long-term sustenance to families when the earning member retires‚ dies or suffers a disability. Thus the main strength of the Social Security system is that it acts as a facilitator - it helps people to plan their own future through insurance and assistance. The success of Social Security schemes however requires the active support and involvement of employees and employers.As
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INVESTMENT AVENUES 1.1 INTRODUCTION TO INVESTMENT The money one earns is partly spent and the rest is saved for meeting future expenses‚ instead of keeping savings idle one may like to use savings in order to get returns on it in the future‚ this is called as investment. In an economic sense‚ an investment is the purchase of goods that are not consumed today but are used in the future to create wealth. In finance‚ an investment is a monetary asset purchased with the idea that the asset will provide
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INVESTMENT APPRAISAL Introduction The government undertakes a variety of activities. They are responsible for setting macroeconomic policy; they seek to promote equity by aiding the poor and the disadvantaged and they provide a variety of services‚ such as education‚ health Care‚ defense‚ infrastructure‚ police and postal services. Many of these activities involve large investments. Recent developments such as expanding the N3 Network infrastructure in preparation for the GP – Led health
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PERSONAL INVESTMENT PLANNING FOR THE MALAYSIAN INVESTOR CONTENTS Part 1 - Understanding Investments What is an investment? Types of investments Part II - Financial Planning Assess your own financial situation Diversify your investments Your risk profile Rational thinking Monitor your investments Do ’s and don ’t of investing wisely Be mindful of some trading rules Part 1 - Understanding Investments What is an investment? Many of us think of interest-bearing deposits or fixed deposits when we
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Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) | | In the present globalised scenario‚ right sizing of the manpower employed in an organisation has become an important management strategy in order to meet the increased competition. The voluntary retirement scheme(VRS) is the most humane technique to provide overall reduction in the existing strength of the employees. It is a technique used by companies for trimming the workforce employed in the industrial unit. It is now a commonly method used to dispense
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210 Investment Fraud Charles Ponzi will forever infamously known as the con man of the 1920’s. Ponzi dealt with numerous amounts of investors who all trusted him to make them a profit on their investments. Unfortunately‚ Charles Ponzi was a crook from the start. He bought a total of $30 dollars in IPRC’s and stole about $30 million of his investor’s money. His brilliant idea that landed him in jail was to not buy IRPC’s at all‚ but to give people part of their own investments and call it
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Individual Visit Scheme to Hong Kong Individual Visit Scheme has being launched for ten years in Hong Kong. This scheme helps boost tourism and brings benefits to Hong Kong economy and society. However‚ the reality reveals that it also brings some negative impacts to Hong Kong. This paper examines both the arguments for and against Individual Visit Scheme in Hong Kong. Promoting retail and accommodation development is one of the major positive outcomes of Individual Visit Scheme. The business
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