BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Federal Organization
- a form of organization structure, identified by Charles Handy, in which subsidiaries federate to gain benefits of scale. In a federal organization, the leader provides coordination and vision, and initiatives are generated from the component subsidiary organizations. Federal organization is one of the many ways in which organizations restructure in order to deal with the dilemmas of power and control. According to Handy, federal organization offers an enabling framework for autonomy to release corporate energy for people to do things in their own way, provided that it is in the common interest, and for people to be well informed so as to be able to interpret that common interest. Handy cites Royal Dutch Shell, Unilever, and ABB as exemplars of federalism.
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- U.S. Postal Service Named First Federal Agency in OSHA's 'VPP Corporate' Pilot Program
- WASHINGTON, June 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA today approved the United States Postal Service USPS as the first federal organization in OSHA's "Voluntary Protection PrograWASHINGTON, June 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
- Research articles 2005-06-21
- Setting Up a Nonprofit Organization
- A nonprofit organization, or tax-exempt business, does not distribute any profits to its owners, just as its name suggests. All money left after expenses is put back into the business or used for charitable purposes in the community. Nonprofits, as these organizations are typically called, include most charities and also...
- Articles 2007-07-16
- Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. Announces Completion of Second Step Conversion
- NAMPA, Idaho -- Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company"), the new Maryland holding company for Home Federal Bank and the successor company for Home Federal Bancorp, Inc., a Federal corporation (NASDAQ Global Market:HOME) ("Home Federal Bancorp"), announced the completion today of its offering in connection with the conversion of Home...
- Research articles 2007-12-19
- Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Announces Change in Organization and Focus of the 11th District Research Function.
- DALLAS, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Richard W. Fisher, today announced a change in the organization and focus of the bank's Research Department in order to better analyze the effects of globalization DALLAS, May...
- Research articles 2005-05-05
- The new Federal Election Commission.(Brief Article)
- The new Federal Election Commission definition of member took effect November 2. The regulations redefine what a membership organization is and who is a member of such an ... The new Federal Election Commission definition of member took effect November 2. The regulations redefine what a...
- Research articles 1999-12-01
- First Virginia Community Bank Federal Reserve Bank Membership Approved
- FAIRFAX, Va. -- David W. Pijor, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of First Virginia Community Bank, in organization, announced the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond has approved the organization's application for membership in the Federal Reserve System. "Membership in the Federal Reserve System provides our new bank with extensive products...
- Research articles 2007-10-09
- FEDERAL CAMPAIGN
- The local Federal Coordinating Committee for the Capital Area Combined Federal Campaign is accepting applications through Feb. 1 from organizations that want to serve as Principal Combined Fund Organization for the 2000 Capital Area Combined Federal Campaign. Every year, the LFCC selects one voluntary organization in the CFC to manage...
- Research articles 2000-01-13
- Financial Regulation and Supervision after the Crisis: The Role of the Federal Reserve
- At the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 54th Economic Conference, Chatham, MassachusettsOctober 23, 2009 The theme of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's Economic Conference this year–reevaluating regulatory, supervisory, and central banking policies in the wake of the crisis–is certainly timely. Not much more than a year ago, we and...
- News items 2009-10-23
- US CITIZEN, AN OFFICIAL OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATION DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS, KENNETH GLUCK, WAS RELEASED AFTER A SPECIAL OPERATION CARRIED
- A&G Information Services 02-12-2001 US CITIZEN, AN OFFICIAL OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATION DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS, KENNETH GLUCK, WAS RELEASED AFTER A SPECIAL OPERATION CARRIED OUT BY FEDERAL FORCES IN CHECHNYA. ST.PETERSBU A&G Information Services 02-12-2001 ...
- Research articles 2001-02-12
- The Palm Beach County Metropolitan Planning Organization. (In the News).(apply for grant money to start water taxi service)(Brief Article)
- The Palm Beach County Metropolitan Planning Organization and the state Department of Transportation have applied for $1 million in federal grant money to start a public ... The Palm Beach County Metropolitan Planning Organization and the state Department of Transportation have applied for $1 million in...
- Research articles 2002-03-01
- WTO/Seattle Host Organization Announces a public Forum ''World Trade Organization and the Environment,'' Featuring EPA Administrator Browner and other Federal Officials
- SEATTLE--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 15, 1999-- --Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Browner, Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs Loy, and Center for Environmental Quality Acting Chair Frampton to Speak at a Public Forum on October 20: "World Trade Organization and the Environment"-- Three top-level federal officials, holding key...
- Research articles 1999-10-15
- Federal Court Says Justice Department Not Doing Its Job; Minority Firefighters in Buffalo Allowed to Intervene in 25-Year-Old Case
- BUFFALO, N.Y., March 18 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A federal district court ruled late last week that Members of Color Helping All Society, Inc. ("M.O.C.H.A."), an organization of minority firefighters in Buffalo, NY, could intervene in a decades old laBUFFALO, N.Y., March 18 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A federal district court ruled...
- Research articles 2003-03-18
- Congress not high on federal insurance rules.
- WASHINGTON--Members of Congress oppose federal oversight of insurance solvency and expanded bank insurance powers by substantial margins, according to a poll by the Gallup Organization. In a survey of House and Senate members elected to the 103rd WASHINGTON--Members of Congress oppose federal...
- Research articles 1992-12-21
- NAACP Will Challenge the IRS Threat In Federal Court
- BALTIMORE, March 30 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The NAACP announced today that it is taking steps to challenge the IRS's examination of the organization in federal court later this year. BALTIMORE, March 30 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The NAACP announced today that it is taking steps to challenge the IRS's examination of...
- Research articles 2006-03-30
- St. John Health System awarded millions for metro Detroit's uninsured and underinsured: SJHS parent organization, Ascension Health matches nearly $3 million in federal grants awarded for uninsured
- Michigan Chronicle 10-31-2000 St. John Health System awarded millions for metro Detroit's uninsured and underinsured: SJHS parent organization, Ascension Health matches nearly $3 million in federal grants awarded for uninsured Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Donna E. Shalala announced...
- Research articles 2000-10-31
- Senate champion of federal employees to retire in 2010
- Federal employees will lose one of their chief advocates on Capitol Hill next year, as Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, announced on Monday that he would not seek reelection in 2010.Since taking office in 1999, Voinovich has been the architect of many significant federal reform bills and has served as a...
- News items 2009-08-07
- PacAdvantage: Integration Solution Helps Organization Meet Federal Insurance Requirements
- PacAdvantage is a nonprofit organization that pools health insurance plans from various carriers and offers them to small businesses. To help streamline the data-transmission process, reduce data errors, and come into voluntary compliance with federal health insurance regulations, PacAdvantage worked with Cap Gemini to architect, design, and deploy an integration...
- Case studies
- Federal Trade Commission rescinds consent decree against CMA, gives green light to its managed care organization
- SAN FRANCISCO--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 3, 1995--In a ruling that paves the way for CMA's new physician-owned managed care organization MCO to enter the marketplace, the Federal Trade Commission FTC this week rescinded a 16-year-old order that barred CMA and its subsidiaries from developing or publishing physician reimbursement schedules or other relative...
- Research articles 1995-11-03
- IMSA's director hopes for major role if federal reform takes hold: it's all very speculative and a lot of work still needs to be done, says Atchinson.(Regulation)
- THE INSURANCE MARKETPLACE Standards Association hopes to play a major role in helping federal lawmakers put together insurance regulatory reform legislation, possibly even becoming a self-regulatory organization on market conduct. It's all very speculative and a lot of work still needs to be ...
- Research articles 2004-06-14
- ACLJ Secures Victory for Christian Coalition Against I.R.S.; Federal Judge Orders I.R.S. to Issue Tax Refund for Coalition After I.R.S. Concedes that Coalition was a Tax-Exempt Organization
- Business Editors NORFOLK, Va.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 25, 2000 U.S. District Court Judge Henry Morgan, Jr. today ordered the Internal Revenue Service to refund the taxes paid by the Christian Coalition for the tax year 1990 after the IRS conceded in court that the Coalition was operating as a tax-exempt...
- Research articles 2000-07-25
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