Autonomy Autonomy is the degree to which a job provides an employee with the discretion and independence to schedule their work and determine how it is to be done. Higher levels of autonomy on the job have been shown to increase job satisfaction, and...

One of the aims of education in a democratic society is said to be the development of a pupil’s ability to make rational decisions for him or herself ‘autonomously’ rather than to simply carry out instructions. ‘Moral...

The philosophical idea that the individual’s will and actions are governed only by their own principles and laws rather than by external constraints. This is a philosophical position espoused by humanistic adult educators. See...

Autonomy (from the Greek autos for self and nomos for rule, governance, or law) is defined as self-determination or self-rule. Its original use in ancient Greece referred to the sovereignty of states, but Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) and others in...

Autonomy (Greek: Auto-Nomos - nomos meaning "law": one who gives oneself his/her own law) is the right to self-government. Autonomy is a concept found in moral, political, and bioethical philosophy. Within these contexts, it refers to the capacity of a...

WHEN a market that feeds on hype lauds the showman on the way up, it can be especially cruel on the way down. One man who this weekend is realising how nasty the City can be is Mike Lynch. Last year, it...

580p - Software & computer services - Two weeks ago, before Autonomy announced its 2006 results, its shares fell 4 per cent after a US research organisation, the Center for Financial Research and Analysis (CFRA), released a report that questioned the group's accounting...

Morocco will present an autonomy plan for Western Sahara to the United Nations next month in hopes of ending a three-decade conflict that has stranded 160,000 refugees in the Sahara, a top Moroccan official said Friday.The plan would give the disputed region a parliament, a...

Serbia is prepared to offer its secessionist province of Kosovo the "largest autonomy in the world" in upcoming talks on the future of the independence-seeking region, the nation's president said Thursday.Serbian President Boris Tadic described as "unhelpful" statements by President Bush and other members of...

Corporate culture control often tends to inflexibly shaping employees into a particular value of the organization, it is considered as a disadvantage to limit the potentials of employees. Overall, we can never separate the various management strategies fads with their perpetual aim- controlling employees to achieve the best result.