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The paper briefly looks at administrative law and the procedures this department will not pursue so as to ensure no further legal problems arise. Specifically, this brief manual outlines the concepts of discretion, credibility (and how applicant credibility is to be determined), standards with regards to bias and the extent of duty that will now be expected from all employees. The paper shows how this agency will much more closely adhere to legal standards than it has in the past.

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"The following paper will briefly look at administrative law and the procedures this department will not pursue so as to ensure no further legal problems arise. Specifically, the following brief manual will outline the concepts of discretion, credibility (and how applicant credibility is to be determined), standards with regards to bias (that is to say, what will henceforth be expected of subordinate decision-makers from this point forward) and the extent of duty that will now be expected from all employees. In the final analysis, this agency will much more..."

Tags:charter, administrative, law

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The following paper answers eight questions that pertain to various aspects of Canadian administrative law. Specifically, the paper considers the tensions between procedural and substantive justice in procedural law and time is also devoted to looking at what constraints are placed upon adjudicators who make quasi-judicial decisions on behalf of the Canadian state.

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"How do you define law? Answer: Generally speaking, 'the law' may be defined as the system of regulations, prohibitions, statutes, and judicial decisions that govern the interactions of individuals between each other and the interactions of the state with private individuals. Of course, the law also contains other elements besides the substantive ones outlining what can be done and what cannot be done by individuals. Most notably, there is the concept of procedural justice whereby the law is expected to be predictable and where..."

Tags:canadian, administrative, law

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This paper discusses the concept of administrative rationalism, which supposes that those in power within the environmental agencies of the country have a solid expertise in their fields. Furthermore, it suggests that these individuals have the relevant technical knowledge, the necessary authority, and will act in the public interest.

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"Administrative Rationalism and the Environment The concept of administrative rationalism supposes that those in power within the environmental agencies of the country have a solid expertise in their fields. Furthermore, these individuals have the relevant technical knowledge, the necessary authority, and will act in the public interest (Howes). Administrative rationalism is directly related to the functions of the individual in the position of authority when issues relating to the environment are concerned, and the expertise that is considered viable for these individuals does not call upon outside sources to make determinations of policy. Howes contends that administrative rationalism exists in the areas of, o professional resource management bureaucracies; o pollution control agencies o regulatory policy instruments o environmental impact assessment o expert advisory commissions (Howes)."

Tags:administrative, rationalism, environment

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This paper outlines that one of the major disputes within educational institutions is the distribution of power and administrative responsibility: One side believes the administration and structuring of education needs to be left with ?professional? administrators, while the other side believes that teachers deserve a more central role. The author points out that teachers are affected by the decisions of administrators to a very high degree and need to have some control and influence over their fate. The paper concludes that the contention that teachers will advance their interests alone if given more administrative influence is absurd.

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"Obviously, it is the unanimous opinion of those within our educational institutions is that teachers? opinions are not granted the same attention as others of power, so the next step in analyzing this phenomenon is asking ourselves "why" Paul Moreno, a reporter for the Massachusetts News, believes the problem lies within the teacher's union. He writes of teacher's unions throughout the nation using coercive power for control. Unions maintain strong positions of power within state legislatures and parental groups within school systems."

Tags:unions, administrators, role, control, power

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The paper discusses administrative law in the DRC, the branch of law which provides the definition and regulation of public administrative law. The paper looks at the constitution which is the primary source of administrative law in the DRC and explains the two different types of administrative law; unilateral administrative acts and bilateral administrative acts. The paper also identifies the fundamental principles of DRC law.

Outline:
Introduction
Administrative Law in the DRC
Primary Source of Administrative Law in the DRC
Two Types of Administrative Law
Fundamental Principles of DRC Administrative Law
Retroactive Administrative Law

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"The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was known previously as Zaire. This area is situated right on the equator in Central Africa. The Pygmies were the first inhabitants of this area of the world and were individuals that resided on the outer edge of the forest located on the Equator as well as other part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a "nominally centralized republic with a population of approximately 60 million." (U.S. Department of State, 2009) Following two wars, the first from 1996-1997 and the second from 1998 to 2003, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) organized its first elections which is "labeled as 'free, democratic and transparent' after more than 40 years." (Media Sustainability Index, 2006-2007)"

Tags:Constitution, public, services, civil, service, contracts

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This paper analyzes parliamentary control over administrative rule-making in India. It describes the various classifications of administrative action and then briefly defines the meaning of administrative rule-making. Next, the paper provides some insight into the concept of why administrative rule-making is necessary in the administration of the country. The paper then looks at the kinds of parliamentary control imposed over the administrative rule-making so as to keep a perfect balance between its power of delegation and its ultimate authority. Finally, the paper compares the situation in India and the United States.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1- Administrative Rule-Making: Meaning and Concept
Chapter 2 - Parliamentary control over Administrative Rule-Making
Chapter 3- A Comparative Study of the Parliamentary Control over Administrative Rule-Making: India and USA
Conclusion

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"The position of our country regarding the same has already been discussed in the previous chapter. In this chapter, the same shall be discussed regarding USA. The position in the United States is significantly different. For the U.S. Congress operates under a written constitution and the courts have the authority to interpret the Constitution and thereby declaring a congressional ruling unconstitutional if it conflicts with their views of the Constitution. Also the doctrine of 'delegaus non potest delegare' holds in United States, which means that a delegate cannot further delegate its powers. Thus, the Congress being a delegate of the people cannot further entrust its powers to any other agency."

Tags:constitution, congress, authority, legislature

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Prior to the late 1990's, the skills needed by an administrative professional or secretary were typing speeds of a minimum of 60 words per minute, utilizing dictation equipment and taking shorthand. Today, being successful as an Administrative Professional means that you must have the skills of tomorrow, today. The paper shows that there are various obstacles that administrative professionals will face while advancing in their careers, including the skills needed as an entry level administrative professional, the obstacles that the administrative professional faces on the climb up the corporate ladder and the role that the administrative professional will play in the office of the future.

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"Today, skills need to be learned by continuing education and attending training classes in order to keep up on the new technologies. Many professionals entering the industry look to the many local temporary placement agencies to assist them in obtaining the skills needed. Many of these companies offer training courses while allowing the Administrative Professional to gain valuable working experience as a temporary employee for various companies. This flexible schedule will allow entry level Administrative Professionals to obtain basic skills through such devices as community college programs, including Office Technology and Business Administration/Management and attending seminars."

Tags:PC, software, wireless, IT, certification

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This paper offers a critical analysis of secretaries and administrative assistants. The writer discusses that various fields of occupation need secretaries and administrative assistants, with more and more positions open in this field. However, the writer notes that the duties of these administrative staff continue to change as newer technology is discovered. Further, the writer maintains that the impact of technology on secretarial jobs has changed the role of secretaries and administrative assistants and will continue to change their roles.

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"What does a secretary do? What are administrative assistants? Should I even consider being a secretary or administrative assistant? These are important questions in the process of doing a labor analysis in this field. First, what is the main role of a secretary or administrative assistant? This is a difficult question because different secretaries and office administrators do different duties depending on the company."

Tags:secretaries, technology, occupations

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This paper examines how, in "Understanding Administrative Evil", authors Guy B. Adams and Danny L. Balfour explore the idea and evolution of the concept of evil. It looks at how, over time, historical evil has evolved into administrative evil, a form of evil that is unique to modernity, and how the main differences between historical and administrative evil lie in the perpetrator's motivation. It analyzes how, to illustrate their arguments, Adams and Balfour cite numerous and varied cases of administrative evil, including the Jewish Holocaust, welfare reform, immigration, and the destructive organizational culture at NASA that spawned the Challenger tragedy.

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"To support their argument, Adams and Balfour apply their theory to a number of modern historical events. In their first study, the authors analyze the Holocaust, first by summarizing the debate between intentionalist and functionalist scholars. However, to fully understand the German society's complicity in the Holocaust, Adams and Balfour argue for a synthesis that the Holocaust grew out of a "confluence of historical and political forces, racist ideology and anti-Semitism, organizational competition and the bureaucratic processes of a highly developed modern society" (59)."

Tags:nasa, nazis, holocaust, immigration, welfare, reform

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This paper examines this article whose purpose is to look at the theory of representative bureaucracy in a slightly different way. Most studies dealing with representative bureaucracy have focused on active representation, but have not looked into the administrative discretion that is often tied to it. It explains how this study seeks not only to discuss the theory of representative bureaucracy, but then move on to administrative discretion and how it is often tied into the active representation of what one does. The main research question is whether administrative discretion and active representation are actually tied together and whether it affects how individuals who are making decisions based on minority status tend to make decisions in favor of those who are of the same race or ethnic background as they are.

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"The research model that is used is an empirical analysis and is conducted based on a housing loans program and whether individuals who are of minority descent will have a better chance of getting a home loan if the individual who is helping them with the loan is also of their same background. There are several variables in this particular study, with the first one being administrative discretion (Sowa & Selden, 2003). The variables that were chosen were utilized because they were believed that they would affect the behavior of various administrators and this in turn would determine whether decisions that had to do with minority interest would be made by these individuals. The administrative discretion is used in this particular study to see what impact it has on the various policy outcomes that work in favor of minority interest (Sowa & Selden, 2003)."

Tags:race, ethnic