A Diagnosis, Dissection, and Prognosis of Maryland\u27s New Wiretap and Electronic Surveillance Law

This article examines the Maryland Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act. After comparing the Maryland act with corresponding federal law dealing with the interception of oral communications, the author concludes that the Maryland act guarantees greater protection from surreptitious eavesdropping and wiretapping than that afforded by its federal counterpart

A Diagnosis, Dissection, and Prognosis of Maryland\u27s New Wiretap and Electronic Surveillance Law

This article examines the Maryland Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act. After comparing the Maryland act with corresponding federal law dealing with the interception of oral communications, the author concludes that the Maryland act guarantees greater protection from surreptitious eavesdropping and wiretapping than that afforded by its federal counterpart

Of Flags And Menorahs: The Power Of Individual And Governmental Symbolic Speech

The aim of this article will be to explore the nature of symbolic speech, both individual and governmental. Using Johnson and Allegheny County as a backdrop, four themes will emerge from the article. First, both individuals and government speak and speak powerfully through symbols and symbolic conduct. Second, medium-based regulation of individual speech should receive careful judicial scrutiny. Third, unlike individual symbolic expression, governmental symbolic speech is subject to substantial content-based restrictions. Finally, careful distinctions must be drawn between government-initiated symbolic speech and governmental endorsement of individual symbolic speech

Remote employment as as emerging mode of personnel engagement : an investigative study in a forestry organisation.

Thesis (M.Com.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2002.This dissertation examines the emergent understanding of the dynamics of Remote Employment in an organisation. It reflects on the workings of value adding employment where individual employees operate from home and away from the "office environment". In so doing, it hopes to raise within organisations new levels of awareness that will make this employment form meaningful and fruitful. Within the body of the dissertation, relevant theoretical constructs are outlined. These form the basis on which emergent understanding using Systems Thinking is discussed. These theoretical constructs are placed upon an underlying foundation that focuses upon Systems of Meaning and the influencing factors that both encourage relationships and best accommodate participant stakeholders. Meaningful relationships are explored from a cognitive perspective. Such an approach also serves as a proposition for sustaining all forms of employment relationships irrespective of the participants particular work locality

Law and economics: A hidden rationale for unfair dismissal

Statutory unfair dismissal legislation has been around since 1971% yet 34 years on the core principles and rights remain unchanged, still suffering from a lack of credibility and certainty. There is much confusion and unhappiness from both sides as to how decisions are made and how a balance between the interests of employers and employees is to be struck. There seems to be little certainty as to the application of justice in dismissal, with employer and employees alike feeling aggrieved. The seeming lack of coherence in the judiciary's approach results in damage to the legislations certainty and credibility. This thesis will suggest a new way of looking at unfair dismissal, one that provides coherency and consistency. It will look in depth at the most contentious problem areas and sustained criticisms associated with the legislation, before suggesting that a rationale can be brought to the judiciary's approach when reference is made to the doctrine of Law and Economics. It will seek to show that the principle of efficiency is highly influential in judicial decision making and that this can be traced to a law and economics ideology. The basics of the doctrine of law and economics will be explained and an example of it in action will be given. This it is hoped will provide the reader with enough information to be able to engage with a law and economics analysis of the contentious areas of unfair dismissal in the subsequent chapters. The thesis will suggest the Band of Reasonable Responses Test is not an unruly beast as it is controlled by efficiency. Building on this it will show how the rise in the use of Some Other Substantial Reason can be understood in a similar way. The thesis will then address the problems pertaining to job security and remedies and seek to answer the critics by showing what the legislation originally intended and that the judiciary’s approach is rooted in efficiency. Lastly it will deal with the growing calls for the common law action of wrongful dismissal to be used to remedy the inherent weakness in the unfair dismissal statute. Using law and economics it will be shown why this is not in the interests of efficiency and therefore is unlikely to occur, whilst further buttressing the contention of the thesis that law and economics is at the root of the judicial approach to dismissal. The thesis will seek to bring a fresh perspective into a debate which whilst remaining contentious has become stuffy and stagnant with regard to realistic suggestions for reform. It does not seek to offer comment on the correctness of the judiciary’s approach or suggest any radical reforms. It seeks to bring a fresh understanding of a hidden rationale which can be seen to encapsulate the judicial approach to dismissal and further stimulate debate which will enable proponents of change to explore other avenues

The humanitarian relief supply chain : analysis of the 2004 South East Asia earthquake and Tsunami

Thesis (M. Eng. in Logistics)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2005.Includes bibliographical references (p. 84-91).Humanitarian relief supply chains are not well documented. This thesis describes humanitarian relief supply chains in general and those specifically utilized in the 2004 South East Asia Earthquake and Tsunami relief effort. A survey, created in collaboration with the Fritz Institute and KPMG, informed the analysis and establishes baseline data for a sector with little formal measurement. It was found that relief organizations share common problems regardless of size, focus, or structure. While the survey determined that relief delivery was effective, the findings illuminated deficiencies in the following areas: initial assessment, collaboration, trained logistics experts, and supply chain analysis. Finally, the thesis suggests plans to address these issues and future research.by Timothy Edward Russell.M.Eng.in Logistic

Creating high performance enterprises

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2006.Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-140).How do enterprises successfully conceive, design, deliver, and operate large-scale, engineered systems? These large-scale projects often involve high complexity, significant technical challenges, a large number of diverse stakeholders, distributed execution, and aggressive goals. In this context, simultaneously meeting technical performance, cost, and schedule goals effectively and efficiently is a serious challenge. In fact, it is rarely accomplished. The nature of an enterprise contributes to this challenge. Enterprises are interorganizational networks with distributed leadership and stakeholders with both common and diverse interests. They are unique from traditional levels of analysis in organizational studies, and in general their behavior is not well understood. They are a prevalent form of organizing work in these large engineering projects, where one organization simply does not have the capability or willingness to take on the entire project by themselves. This work explores the factors that distinguish high performance enterprises from those that are less successful in these large-scale projects. The setting for this research is programs in the aerospace industry.(cont.) A comparative case study method was used to study nineteen programs spanning the U.S. (mainly defense) aerospace industry in order to develop grounded theory regarding contemporary program execution strategies and distinguishing attributes. Drawing on prior research with high performance teams, several characteristics were explored and refined, eventually resulting in identification of ten best practices. The contribution of this work is codification of these best practices into a coherent framework of complementary elements relating to particular outcomes. The framework articulates three drivers of individual and systemic behaviors: a system of distributed leadership, informal and formal structures. The framework addresses the role each of these plays in enterprise performance. The synergistic combination of the elements enables enterprises to execute planned activities, leverage emergent opportunities, and deal with unforeseen circumstances. For enterprises involved in large-scale engineering projects, these capabilities are a necessity for success. In addition to an academic theory, this framework can be considered an architectural design for high performance enterprises. Putting this enterprise architecture into practice has important implications for both corporate and program management.by Alexis Kristen Stanke.Ph.D

Sense-making and authorising in the organisation of mental health care

This study narrates the organisation of mental health care via an ethnographic case study of a NHS Trust mental health directorate in England in the 1990s, during implementation of the Care Programme Approach (CPA). It seeks to understand how things are organised such that someone gets treated, by someone; in some way, and how far this mode of organisation commits people to courses of action and makes them accountable. Various stories are told - in different ways, using different theoretical frameworks, and pitched at different levels of analysis. The thesis deploys two 'ontological themes' to do this: sense-making and authorising. Sense-making refers to the processes of how people understand and act; authorising refers to the limits and stabilisation of sense-making, the fixing and legitimation of versions of the truth. The systems story of organisation narrates a gap between what was anticipated by government policy by introducing the CPA, and what happened, with regard to systems of care and forms of responsibility and accountability. 'The teamwork story narrates organising as accomplished through daily work practice. A ceremonial order in team meetings of primus inter pares results in different kinds of responsibility and accountability to that indicated in the CPA. The patienthood story narrates how people are transformed into objects of mental health work. Becoming a psychiatric patient is more diffuse than much labelling theory presumes. and is the product of specific forms of organisation. The thesis concludes by discussing the kind of organisation that allows for more or less authorised versions of what has been, and what should be, done. It suggests two ideal-typical forms of organisation, different kinds of 'structural context' within which organising may take place. The thesis produces two 'grand narratives' with regard to organisation: one, about the structure-process distinction; the other, about the evaluative nature of tales

Merrimack, New Hampshire annual report 2007.

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire