In an era that's often seen as being hemmed
in by bureaucracy and narrow - mindedness, that's actually very refreshing.»
Not exact matches
Where big corporations generally have layers and layers of corporate
bureaucracy to wade through, not to mention the livelihoods of thousands of employees
in their hands, and many stock and stake holders to answer to, smaller companies have always had the advantage of being able to pivot fast
by making quick decisions.
The causes of the crisis that nearly killed Bilinkis's company were many: a patronage system, started
by Juan and Eva Perón
in the 1950s, that grew into a bloated government
bureaucracy; a corrupt privatization of government services that sold off some of the country's most valuable assets at fire - sale prices; and a reactionary monetary policy that exacerbated both of these problems.
Even with resource constraints, smaller companies do have major advantages
in developing and rolling out innovative products: They move fast and are not constrained
by the processes and
bureaucracy th...
Mulvaney, who was appointed
by Trump as a temporary leader, has been critical of the agency
in the past, going as far as to call it a «joke» and a «wonderful example of how a
bureaucracy will function if it has no accountability to anybody.»
Investors hoping to invest
in what could develop as a major gas and oil field
in the Philippines have been stymied
by Australian Stock Exchange
bureaucracy.
Now a consultant to venture capital firms, Bloom expects large companies to shift away from investing directly
in R&D, focusing instead on acquiring startups and spinning off experimental projects that will be less constrained
by bureaucracy and Wall Street demands.
Maybe he's more subtle than I was, but he has a lot of the same characteristics of sitting their, frustrated
by the
bureaucracy at Microsoft, and wanting to get at it, participate
in the cloud more aggressively.
The genome prize was conceived
by geneticist J. Craig Venter, a kindred spirit who left the National Institutes of Health (NIH), frustrated
by its
bureaucracy, and then set up a company to challenge it
in a race to decode the genome.
Favourable attributes associated with boutiques include: 1: Managers who think independently 2: A lack of benchmark - hugging 3: A reasonable, incentive - based remuneration 4: Less run
by committee, meaning decisions can be made quickly 5: Less
bureaucracy and company politics to deal with than at big firms 6: Higher level of employee ownership and investment
in own funds, aligning employee and client interests 7: Lower staff turnover
According to a recent cover story
in Fast Company, GM CEO Mary Barra is leading the automaker's comeback
by instilling startup - like thinking
in the company and eliminating
bureaucracy.
The outstanding example, of course, is the Chinese government's long - running «one - child policy,» replete with forced abortions, public trackings of menstrual cycles, family flight, increased female infanticide, sterilization, and other assaults too numerous even to begin cataloguing here —
in fact, so numerous that they are now widely, if often grudgingly, acknowledged as wrongs even
by international human - rights
bureaucracies.
The issues addressed, far from being ignored or neglected
by others, are endlessly debated
in legislatures, government
bureaucracies, think tanks, universities, and public forums beyond number.
The culture of consumerism and the chase for material symbols of wealth and security have sometimes come to be dominant; the pursuit of spiritual fulfillment
in many has slowly begun to degenerate into empty and sterile ritualism; the legitimate thirst for education has often become perverted into an obsessive drive to acquire with the greatest speed the formal diplomas necessary to gain entry to jobs offering the easiest opportunities to make the quickest rupees; political statesmanship
in some areas has begun to depreciate into an opportunities race for power and position; the spirit of SEVA (Service) to the nation has intermittently begun to be suffocated
in many,
by the abuse of discretions, sometimes mediated
by a bloated
bureaucracy itself enmeshed
in a vast network of multiplying paper and self - proliferating regulations; menacingly many good and decent people even
in public life, have come to be corroded
by a culture of demanding corruption; and some potentially creative lawyers, have begun to take perverted pride
in mere «cleverness», rendering themselves vulnerable to the prejudice that they are a parasitic obstruction
in the pursuit of substantive justice.
Your belief system was codified
by church
bureaucracy back
in 325 at the Council of Nicaea.
The dominance of technical reason, the success ideal, and control
by unresponsive
bureaucracies, aspects of American society discussed
in this book, are frequently mentioned
by these critics.
In most cases they have overcome both political fragmentation and government overload
by replacing their old governmental
bureaucracies with an innovative and effective form of governance: coalitions (composed of business, government, nonprofits, universities, neighborhood and minority associations, and religious groups) that develop a cooperative agenda to improve the city and that assume many of the city government's traditional functions (economic development, long - term planning, educational reform, even care of the homeless), and that also operate like political parties of yore (providing the point of access for new groups and a public realm for discourse, debate, and negotiation concerning matters of the common good).
As mediated
by the journalists, the story of the Second Vatican Council was framed as a battle between traditionalists centered
in the Roman Curia, the Vatican's
bureaucracy, and a core of progressive bishops, mostly from northern Europe.
The government often serves as the mediator
in this transaction
by taxing the rich, and then running the money through a vast array of
bureaucracies until eventually, a small portion of what was given finally makes it to the nameless masses of poor people, many of whom do not even need the aid, are taking advantage of the system, or could otherwise work but choose not to.
From the extreme left who argue that the decline of Catholic faith and practice is due to the reactionary and intransigent leadership of an over centralised Roman
bureaucracy, to the extreme right who argue that the same phenomenon is caused
by the left wing leanings and excessive tolerance of the same
bureaucracy in the face of a liberal ideology at variance with the true faith.
Planning for both of these meetings, within the UN
bureaucracy and among the thousands of NGO activists who participate
in UN-sponsored programs, was dominated
by strident doomsayers and hard - core population controllers of the Garrett Hardin / Paul Ehrlich («the battle to feed all humanity is over») school.
In an age with a warranted suspicion of bureaucracies and an unwarranted faith in the unconstrained intellect, censorship is seen as among the dirtiest of all dirty jobs, and for that reason alone is scorned by the Skimpole
In an age with a warranted suspicion of
bureaucracies and an unwarranted faith
in the unconstrained intellect, censorship is seen as among the dirtiest of all dirty jobs, and for that reason alone is scorned by the Skimpole
in the unconstrained intellect, censorship is seen as among the dirtiest of all dirty jobs, and for that reason alone is scorned
by the Skimpoles.
The second danger is that often under the influence of established powers they might become weighed down
in bureaucracy and end up becoming centres of power themselves, which are forced little
by little to subscribe to the dominant logic
in order to reproduce socially.
There was also the undoubted fact that the «new movements» which the Pope supported — of which the Legion of Christ, with its lay wing Regnum Christi, was one of the mosteffective — were themselves deeply distrusted
by those «liberals» who preferred, rather than living lives of holiness and self - denial, to live out their apostolates
in the more congenial ways of the national and diocesan
bureaucracies, the groves of academe and the haunts of the bienpensant media.
Both groups reflect the sense of helplessness felt
by the average individual
in seeing himself or herself crushed
by the Behemoth of power represented
by all the levels of government
bureaucracy, the wealth of massive corporations and the ubiquitous impact of the press, the radio and television.
In Deus Caritas Est, Pope Benedict explained how human needs can not be met by remote bureaucracies but find their fulfilment in loving personal concer
In Deus Caritas Est, Pope Benedict explained how human needs can not be met
by remote
bureaucracies but find their fulfilment
in loving personal concer
in loving personal concern.
The movement already has its heroes, such as the civilian costing expert
in the Defense Department who was almost cashiered
by the
bureaucracy before he made himself heard.
Neither do I see the movement as monolithic (with its own elaborate
bureaucracy) but rather as small units bound together
by common hopes and dreams, engaged
in a common task.
We hear the language of «compassion» and «caring» and our minds turn
by conditioned reflex to consideration of new laws to be passed, new
bureaucracies to be put
in place, new monies to be spent.
They saw racial politics, as Iola McGowan, a member of the old anti-Washington park board, was jeered
by fellow blacks when she cast a vote favoring Kelly, who has placed white males
in almost all the important posts
in the park district
bureaucracy.
And
by governance on a daily basis, mean from the how from kings, aristocrats, down through every layer of
bureaucracy till you get to your local tax collector, what / why / how these people ran the government administration on a day to day basis, from dealing with a rival city who recently stole one of your citizens crops, to pirates interfering with trade on the Mediterranean, to drought, city administration, what to do with tax money, neighborly disputes, superstition, weather, crime, theft, laws and battles of ideology, to political rivalries and infighting, to a foreigner spreading strange religious ideas
in the city (or dealing with somebody accused of a crime they claim they did not commit), I mean everything and everything these officials may have dealt with, daily, and how they changed over time.
Labour need to show they not succumb to scaremongering
by the shadowy figures
in the home office
bureaucracy with clear human rights based framework to privacy and security, rejecting the authoritarian excesses of the last Labour government.
For many, particularly on the right, PCCs represent an opportunity to release what academic Ian Loader calls the «inner - crime - fighter»
in a police force strangled
by bureaucracy and local government meddling.
The association joins together those affected
by the violence
in order to find support and navigate the immense and opaque
bureaucracy needed to access health care, government welfare and the budding investigation.
In this system Labour was «a broad church» within which the left was marginalised
by an unshakeable alliance of the right wing trade
bureaucracy and the parliamentary leadership.
But working more closely together does not require power to be centralised
in Brussels or decisions to be taken
by an appointed
bureaucracy.
There may not be the
bureaucracy in place to replace one system
by another only for «citizens» of a particular city.
Heller mercilessly sends up the
bureaucracy that hampers so much of the American armed forces and undermines morale, whether it be refusing to acknowledge the dead man
in Yossarian's tent, or the promotion of Major Major
by an IBM machine with a sense of humour.
Cutting
bureaucracy has been a key theme of the coalition government so far, though a report
by PwC earlier this week suggested those public sector job losses could have disastrous knock - on effects
in the private sector - which the coalition hopes will lead the recovery.
«This means maintaining a competitive business environment, ensuring talent can be recruited from abroad and securing the benefits we currently enjoy
in the single market, including tariff - free trade unhindered
by any customs
bureaucracy.»
Zemsky is a thoroughly decent fellow and I alerted him to my FOI request
in the hope that he would nudge the
bureaucracy he now leads into playing
by the rules.
The commission, which will be led
by Rochester - area businessman and Kodak CEO Antonio Perez and Cuomo aide Paul Francis, is charged with consolidating and streamlining the state's
bureaucracy, which Gov. Andrew Cuomo has likened to the effort of Al Smith to re-organize and modernize government
in the 1920s.
«We can not allow
bureaucracy and narrow self - interest continue standing
in the way of a project broadly supported
by the local community, as evidenced
by the diversity and number of signatures affixed to this letter.
Trump is planning to overhaul US federal
bureaucracy by creating a new division headed up
by his son -
in - law Jared Kushner.
The governor's proposal would 1) prohibit state sales tax abatements unless a project is
in a specific industry eligible for Excelsior tax credits (think «
bureaucracy» and «hurts small business» here...), 2) require additional approvals
by the relevant Regional Economic Development Council (REDC) and Empire State Development (think «unnecessary oversight and delays» here...), and 3) shift the abatement of state sales tax to a refund that might be issued sometime down the road (think «uncertainty» and «cashflow» here...).
Osborne pledged to make # 3bn of savings
by cutting
bureaucracy, slashing the cost of Whitehall
by a third
in the next parliament.
«Levi has dedicated nearly two decades of his career
in legal services ensuring his clients» needs are met while navigating difficult
bureaucracies,» Murphy said
in a statement provided
by the Sanders campaign.
Educational
bureaucracy being replaced
by government
bureaucracy...
by folks with a fundamental lack of understanding of the real reasons for failures
in our system of education
in this State.
The Treasury claimed that
by cutting out costs and scrapping
bureaucracy, «hundreds of millions of pounds and hundreds of thousands of man hours» would be saved, and the funding cuts, therefore, «should not lead to any reduction
in police officers visible and available on the streets.»
Christie responded
by saying that the Obama administration
bureaucracy had overstepped its authority and that the error lay
in an administration failure to communicate with the New Jersey government.