The social function, for instance, imposes different constraints on entrepreneurial and managerial functions, while the entrepreneurial and managerial functions impose their own constraints on the social function of a corporation.
Obviously, excellence must be defined in a broader sense in the ways companies perform three interdependent functions that allow them to be better and stay better than the competition: The social function, the entrepreneurial function and the managerial function.
When money is created for political purposes, including the purposes of special-interest groups, it is less useful for its natural social function, the facilitation of trade.
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It also helps to ameliorate the social stigma and incapacity to function independently that illiterate people often face.
After one visit to Afghanistan, the German media said had he turned up at an evening social function still wearing his military fatigues from the day's visit to the troops.
The technology also has a social networking function: while Ms Carden has difficulty dialling telephone numbers she can easily point to a picture of her friend Emma on the screen which will start a video call.
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As an example, he said that a moment of "indiscretion" between a "23-year-old male teacher with a 17-year-old female student after a sixth form social function could land the teacher in the criminal court, facing six months of imprisonment".
Even if the human brain were significantly different in structure and function the basics of behavior, action, social living were all evolved and inherited from all other living things.
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The argument that the communications function is best positioned to shepherd the brand of the future in the social sphere is nothing new.
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So the social aspect of Insight Timer might very well function like stickk.com, adding social stakes in order to help us maintain our commitments to personal transformation.
Since ancient Egypt, if not long before, hats have served the practical (protection against heat and cold) and the symbolic (religious function, military rank, social status).
In June this year, Habbo Hotel, a popular social network for children, temporarily suspended the chat function on its service, following claims paedophiles were using the virtual hotel to groom youngsters for sex.
In addition to their function in social and cultural expressions, the continuation of beads production is important for economic empowerment and sustainable development.
"That might also be a function of the fact that these people are engaging more in social media, " said Mark Truss, JWT's director of brand intelligence.
The Sohbet meetings fulfil an important educational function by transferring ethical values such as social justice, tolerance, benevolence and respect.
It ultimately reflects a system that lacks the function of cross-checks, and is a major source of social instability that the government is so firmly intent to prevent.
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Sites like Sgrouples.com, an emerging social media alternative that does all the familiar Facebook things, adds a storage function, and allows users to control their personal information and share more privately, represent a possible next generation in the evolution of social media.
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This function satisfies the demand of users who want to upload still images to social networking sites, such as Facebook and Flickr.
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Total federal spending should then be frozen until the budget is balanced, with essential spending increases for programs like Social Security offset with the termination of outdated or inappropriate programs that no longer serve a desirable function.
We could reinvent our very function for the P2P, conversational reality of the 21st century, and recognize that social has nothing to do with brands conversing with people, and everything to do with people talking with one another about brands.
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But today, whenever there is an unanticipated short silence -- cell service goes temporarily dead, e-mail or text messaging or social networks cease to function because of an electronic burp somewhere -- it gives us the occasion to reflect upon how quickly we have gotten used to the new way, with our messages coming in and going out continually and seamlessly, day and night.
Giant buildings often function as vertical suburbs, muting the spontaneous encounters that provide cities with so much of their social, intellectual and commercial energy.
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But then you have to consider the limitations of the Chrome OS - it's great if your life is in the "Cloud" and you want an always-online machine whose main function is email, web surfing and social media, but limited if you want to use other applications.
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