Power Agents Research Articles

KEAGENAN BANK DALAM PERSPEKTIF COMMON LAW SYSTEM

<p><em>The rapid development of the national economy and banking external environment, causing banking activities not only engage in activities that are primary (core business), but also non-core business such as agency activities as Mutual Fund Sales Agent (APERD) and Bancassurance. </em><em>In the concept of the common law system, the agency as the center of all business affairs as a business owner can not do your own business, so delegating affairs to agents as a mediator. There is a legal relationships and trust (fiduciary relationship) between the principal and the agent acting on behalf principal. In addition, there is an element of supervision of the principal to the agent so that the agent must comply under the supervision of the principal. Supervision is an essential element that determines the existence of an agency relationship, so it is a vertical relationship between principal and agent. The principal control components in the form of action directives, orders, limitation of power agents and monitoring the agent's action.</em><strong></strong></p>

Keagenan Bank dalam Perspektif Common Law System

The rapid development of the national economy and banking external environment, causing banking activities not only engage in activities that are primary (core business), but also non-core business such as agency activities as Mutual Fund Sales Agent (APERD) and Bancassurance. In the concept of the common law system, the agency as the center of all business affairs as a business owner can not do your own business, so delegating affairs to agents as a mediator. There is a legal relationships and trust (fiduciary relationship) between the principal and the agent acting on behalf principal. In addition, there is an element of supervision of the principal to the agent so that the agent must comply under the supervision of the principal. Supervision is an essential element that determines the existence of an agency relationship, so it is a vertical relationship between principal and agent. The principal control components in the form of action directives, orders, limitation of power agents and monitoring the agent's action

Technology as Work and Work as Technology

Information technology (IT) organizations are considered the flag bearers of the post-industrial society. Arguably, the IT organizations are engaging and generating new forms of work such as software development. The new forms of work do not culminate in a material or a physical product. Rather the new forms of work is processed through computers, headsets and phones. Hence, this article presents the analysis of new forms of work emerging out of IT organizations. It addresses the question about how, technology is producing a new definition of work. In doing so, the article addresses the concepts of human capital, cyber-workers and intrusion of open source learning, along with a detailed profiling of sales personnel (the new power agents of IT). Although, we come to think of technology as a mere tool, but unpacking the nature of work from an ontological perspective has made us to rethink our ideas about technology. It thus, give a complex perspective, as work and technology are entangled together with no clear-cut distinction, however this perspective generates concrete theoretical understandings while contributing to the contemporary industrial relations framework.

Worker health is good for the economy: Union density and psychosocial safety climate as determinants of country differences in worker health and productivity in 31 European countries

Work stress is recognized globally as a social determinant of worker health. Therefore we explored whether work stress related factors explained national differences in health and productivity (gross domestic product (GDP)). We proposed a national worker health productivity model whereby macro market power factors (i.e. union density), influence national worker health and GDP via work psychosocial factors and income inequality. We combined five different data sets canvasing 31 wealthy European countries. Aggregated worker self-reported health accounted for 13 per cent of the variance in national life expectancy and in national gross domestic product (GDP). The most important factors explaining worker self-reported health and GDP between nations were two levels of labor protection, macro-level (union density), and organizational-level (psychosocial safety climate, PSC, i.e. the extent of management concern for worker psychological health). The majority of countries with the highest levels of union density and PSC (i.e., workplace protections) were Social Democratic in nature (i.e., Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway). Results support a type of society explanation that social and economic factors (e.g., welfare regimes, work related policies) in concert with political power agents at a national level explain in part national differences in workplace protection (PSC) that are important for worker health and productivity. Attention should be given across all countries, to national policies to improve worker health, by bolstering national and local democratic processes and representation to address and implement policies for psychosocial risk factors for work stress, bullying and violence. Results suggest worker health is good for the economy, and should be considered in national health and productivity accounting. Eroding unionism may not be good for worker health or the economy either.

Attribution and judicial control in Chinese court judgments: a corpus-based study

The present corpus-based study deals with attribution in court judgments from three perspectives: the forms of appellate judgments, authorial voices in appellate judgments, and attribution to the sources of law. The results in the study are threefold. First, all the appellate judgments from Mainland China and Taiwan are the judgment of the court; both single-opinion judgments and multiple-opinion judgments are found in the appellate judgments from Hong Kong. Secondly, only institutional self-references are found in the appellate judgments of Mainland China and Taiwan. Thirdly, more divergent forms in terms of sources of law are found in Hong Kong in contrast with Mainland China and Taiwan. Through the analysis of the results obtained in this study, the author argues that in Hong Kong the individual judge’s power is foregrounded and what is backgrounded is the court. In contrast, in the Mainland China and Taiwan judgments, one can only hear the voices of the court rather than those of the individual judge. The discursive presentation of focusing on different power agents can find its root in social construction, because the discursive structure is constrained by and representative of social structure.

NetPMS: an internet-based power market simulator for educational purposes

This study presents an InterNet-based power market simulator (NetPMS) that has been invented, designed and implemented by the authors to provide an applicable environment for university students, research centres, power market participants and electrical power agents in order to exchange and raise their knowledge about power market issues. NetPMS is designed based on an open access framework that can be applied by any users who intend to learn about how different power markets around the world work and also desire to experience a real market participation in a virtual space. In NetPMS Ver.1.2, users can easily learn to participate in a day-ahead or a real-time market and share their information and experiences together. In other words, they can design a market by their own initiative. Hence, they can raise their knowledge about electric market regulation performance and execution modes properly. This study reviews NetPMS specifications and advantages, besides explaining its architecture and terms of usage. For testing the applicability of NetPMS in electricity market modelling, 9-bus IEEE test system is used for studying centralised power markets and 30-bus IEEE test system is applied for assessing semi-centralised power markets as case studies. Therefore this study can be a valuable guide for anyone who desires to know about a new remarkable power market simulator (NetPMS) for educational and research objectives.

Mobilising Collaborative Opportunities between Pension Funds

Many collaborative initiatives amongst pension funds and their agents have emerged over recent years in an attempt to improve the workings of the market mechanism, most of which have been targeted at changing corporate, rather than investor behaviour. It has been argued that more consideration needs to be given to the development of collaborative initiatives that specifically target investor behaviour to overcome the problems of short-termism, absence of shareholder activism and poor pension fund governance standards. This research paper develops a theoretical framework and applies this to identify the conventions associated with each investment problem, the target agents for change, the power agents and their inter-relationships. The analysis reveals that, despite the significant number of collaborative initiatives that have been established, there are many areas that remain overlooked. For example, whilst some initiatives have emerged to tackle short-termism, these still do not directly confront the problems of excessive reliance on asset-based benchmarks and the short-term criteria used to select and review fund manager performance. On the goal of increasing shareholder activism, a number of collaborative initiatives have emerged but these tend to be regional in focus and narrow in their membership base, with no effort to establish international collaboration and standards in shareholder activism. Finally, improving pension fund governance is the grey area that most collaborative arrangements fail to address and there is a need to mobilise regulators and industry bodies to develop better standards.

What can we learn from the mediatisation of religion debate?

The criticisms of Hjarvard's theory of mediatisation presented in the articles of this special issue indicate that it may only be applicable to particular religious, historical, social and political contexts. More specifically, Hjarvard's theory seems most relevant to societies characterised by the prevalence of non-confessional media institutions, declining direct public engagement with religious institutions, the association of religious authority with specific traditional institutions and wider evidence of secularisation. His theory, therefore, has more explanatory power for Northern and Western, de-Christianised societies, than for other times and places. Although Hjarvard's theory may help us to understand some specific contexts, the mediatisation of religion debate helps to clarify the structures and relationships that need to be examined if we are to develop a wider range of models of religion, media and social change. These include the intersections between religious and media institutions, technologies, cultural frames, sacred forms, publics, shared communicative spaces, power, stratification and significant social agents. This article concludes with comments about the implications of this framework for future research.

O uso do princípio da reserva do possível e a política de saúde

The current article proposes to introduce the reader to the referent discussions use of the Possible Reserve principle in the dispute related to the social life guarantee conquered from the Federal Constitution of 1988. Such a principle is characterized by the use of the Judiciary Power agents, of arguments of especially economical nature in the cases referring to questions related to the effectiveness of social policies. In Brazil the use of this principle has gained more and more legitimacy from its use to justify the access denial of health services such as high cost drugs and procedures with the Health Sole System coverage. We discuss the use risks of this principle before the social rights consolidation search as fundamental rights of the human being.

Putin's Silovarchs

Since the late 1990s, most of Boris Yeltsin's oligarchs have left the political stage. In their place, a new business elite has sprung up, most from the network of security service and law enforcement veterans known as the siloviki (roughly, “power agents”) who form the backbone of President Putin's administration. Indeed, the security forces’ takeover of corporate boardrooms is coming to define Putin's regime. Silovarchs can deploy intelligence networks, state prosecutors, and armed force to intimidate or expropriate business rivals. Their temptation to use secret service tools and techniques predisposes the regime toward authoritarian politics. Western policy towards Russia will have to recognize these realities. The most promising path toward authentic democracy in Russia involves the cooptation of leading siloviki into the international business world.

Critical analysis and efficacy of BMPs in long bones non-union

Non-union of long bone fractures is considered as multifactorial. The management of this entity continues to be difficult often requiring multiple procedures with unpredictable results. Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are power agents being used in the clinical setting for a variety of pathological conditions where tissue regeneration is required. This article analyses the currently existing evidence of the efficacy of BMPs for the management of non-union of long bone fractures.

Unlocking the culture for quality schools: reengineering

Successful school reform requires a paradigm shift which begins with unlocking the school’s existing culture before attempts are made to integrate reform variables. Reengineering, and rethinking and radical redesign of internal processes calls for discarding current practices and reinventing better ways to supply products and services. Holistic thinking, cross‐sectional configurations, proactive behaviour patterns, reward for innovation and creativity, and the demise of traditional infrastructures are essential for facilitating fluid social, economic and political trends into the 21st century. Educators must think differently about the purpose of schools and their delivery and redesign infrastructures which are built on shared values and beliefs, multiple interacting linkages and teamwork. School leaders are the catalysts for change and, working with the school’s power agents and modeling expected behaviours, motivate teachers to replace the old culture with new processes of schooling. Shared ownership of case values, realistic and achievable goals and collaboration places the responsibility for creating a reengineered delivery system on teachers themselves.

Power in a Theory of the Firm

Transactions take place in firm rather than in market because firm offers who make specific investments power. Past literature emphasizes allocation of ownership as the primary mechanism by which firm does this. Within contractibility assumptions of this literature, we identify a potentially superior mechanism, regulation of access to critical resources. Access can be better than ownership because: i) power agents get from access is more contingent on them making right investment; ii) ownership has adverse effects on incentive to specialize. The theory explains importance of internal organization and third party ownership.

Prototyping Customized DSS with a Spreadsheet Programme

ABSTRACT In this paper, we will demonstrate the power of a spreadsheet programme as a prototyping environment for customised DSSs. Abilities of a spreadsheet programme for both visualisation and optimisation will be made clear through the study of the Power Agents System. Power Agents System involves digital pictures and complex graphs. Both of which can be included and modified in the application by the use of the default features of a spreadsheet programme. The capacity of using multiple worksheets in one workbook of a spreadsheet programme will be especially useful in the construction of different user screens containing applications.

Load Analysis by Agent-Based Simulation of the Electricity Distribution System

In this paper an agent-based modeling framework is introduced. It is a new way of estimating the lmpacts of demand side management (DSM) programs and studying the impacts of different rates on the total load. The load management problem is described and the employment of the agent-based modeling techniques in its solution is characterized. This new approach is illustrated by a prototype software called Power Agents. In the case problem the utility is a producer agent and homes equipped with electric space heating systems are consumer agents. Agent interaction takes place through the dynamic tariff signal and the individual loads over time.