Redefining Business Competence

There is a need to set a limit on the amount of debt that a company can accumulate, and change acquisition and merger legislation to include leverage.

The latter clearly falls within the EU s competence.

No one doubts her fitness for the post.

People who lack courage, vision, and competence cannot lead.

Some found it an appropriate time to question the competency of the government.

But financial markets which do not have much to lose from unemployment, but are affected by inflation are typically well represented. And yet financial markets hardly have a monopoly on technical competency.

And yet financial markets hardly have a monopoly on technical competency.

In other words, for anti austerians, the eurozone suffered a crisis of competence, not a crisis of confidence.

In her outrage over the debacle, political blogger The Eternal Pantomime posted a link to a previous post she had written about the present government's Seven Pillars of Development .

They worry about not only competence, but also the old transatlantic issue of burden sharing.

Finally, the Bush administration s use of power has lacked not only a compelling strategy or doctrine, but also simple competence.

Underlining the importance of achieving the highest levels of professionalism and expertise within United Nations security management,

Legislators in one chamber would be selected on the basis of merit and competency, and in the others on the basis of elections of some kind.

Preventing small countries as well as other big ones from competing for specific vacant seats reduces the Executive Board s potential competency.

Admittedly, part of the problem with the G 8 is not simply lack of good faith or political will, but basic competence.

But this analysis gives credit where none is due India s problem is its top political leadership s lack of competence.

Third, IRENA will be based in a developing country, a vote of confidence in the quality, institutional expertise, and dynamism that exists in the developing world.

40. Reaffirms its support for maintaining the international character of the Organization and for the principles of efficiency, competence and integrity enshrined in Article 101 of the Charter of the United Nations

Thumbing one s nose at scholarly evidence is always a bad idea, but it is especially damaging to an institution that relies so heavily on the credibility of its technical competence and neutrality.

The right person should not necessarily be an American as that would unduly limit the choice and risks bringing an appointment more distinguished by ideology than competence.

5. Underlines the continued importance of the Secretary General's ensuring, when appointing his Special Representatives and Envoys, the highest standards of integrity, competency, impartiality and professionalism

Lack of vocational competence never barred Indians from remaining in their caste, and how well one performs in political office is, likewise, not a criterion for politicians to continue in positions of power.

(v) Fostering high levels of competence, ethics and professionalism within the civil service and its cooperation with the public, inter alia, by providing appropriate training for members of the civil service

And yet, after 30 years of geopolitical competence, the Chinese seem to be on the verge of losing it just when they need it most.

When the opposition offers the government talks on health care reform or, most recently, on combating unemployment, the underlying competition is about competence rather than values.

Proud Germany, the inventor of the modern university system as most of the world currently knows it, now sees its students ranked at the bottom in tests of knowledge and competence.

3. Reiterates its conviction that the Institute should continue to conduct independent research on problems relating to disarmament and security and to undertake specialized research requiring a high degree of expertise

3. Reiterates its conviction that the Institute should continue to conduct independent research on problems relating to disarmament and security and to undertake specialized research requiring a high degree of expertise

In fact, intellectual property should never have been included in a trade agreement in the first place, at least partly because its regulation is demonstrably beyond the competency of trade negotiators.

At the same time, the document also stresses that the Party leadership over SOEs is vital in ensuring the socialist direction of their development and enhancing their competitiveness and competence.

Grandparents are often unable or unwilling to care for them, and the pathological education given to them by criminal gangs often puts them beyond the reach of any institution s ability to rehabilitate them.

Indeed, persistent doubts among the French about Royal s competence and Sarkozy s character are the primary reasons for his dramatic rise in public opinion polls, from 7 support at the start of the campaign to 22 now.

Iran s theocratic mullahs allowed the election of Hassan Rowhani, a man who announced in his first speech as President elect that his victory is the victory of wisdom, moderation, and awareness over fanaticism and bad behavior.

Yet one historical law does seem to apply in an immense economic crisis, the voters stick with the people whose economic competence they have traditionally trusted that is, the very people who led them to ruin.

It was revealed on September 13, 2011, that four out of ten South Korean diplomats find it nearly impossible to use proper diplomatic language in English, prompting the public to raise questions on the competency of Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials.