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  2. General Schedule (US civil service pay scale) - Wikipedia

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    The General Schedule ( GS) is the predominant pay scale within the United States civil service. The GS includes the majority of white collar personnel (professional, technical, administrative, and clerical) positions. As of September 2004, 71 percent of federal civilian employees were paid under the GS.

  3. Tournament theory - Wikipedia

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    Tournament theory is an efficient way of labour compensation when quantifying output is difficult or expensive, but ranking workers is easy. It is also effective as it provides goals for workers and incentivises hard work so that they may one day attain one of the coveted positions at the top.

  4. List of I. M. Pei projects - Wikipedia

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    List of I. M. Pei projects. Some 50-70 were originally planned for the contract, though only 16 were ultimately built. Wallingford, Connecticut. A white triangular tower rises beside a black glass building, with circular structures on either side. Pei considers the John F. Kennedy Library "the most important commission" in his life.

  5. Organizational architecture - Wikipedia

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    Organizational architecture, also known as organizational design, is a field concerned with the creation of roles, processes, and formal reporting relationships in an organization. It refers to architecture metaphorically, as a structure which fleshes out the organizations. The various features of a business's organizational architecture has to ...

  6. Architecture - Wikipedia

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    Architecture can mean: A general term to describe buildings and other physical structures. [8] The art and science of designing buildings and (some) nonbuilding structures. [8] The style of design and method of construction of buildings and other physical structures. [8] A unifying or coherent form or structure.

  7. I. M. Pei - Wikipedia

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    Ieoh Ming Pei FAIA RIBA (/ ˌ j oʊ m ɪ ŋ ˈ p eɪ / YOH ming PAY; Chinese: 貝聿銘; pinyin: Bèi Yùmíng; April 26, 1917 – May 16, 2019) was a Chinese-American architect.Born in Guangzhou into a Chinese family, Pei drew inspiration at an early age from the garden villas at Suzhou, the traditional retreat of the scholar-gentry to which his family belonged.

  8. United States Air Force enlisted rank insignia - Wikipedia

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    This rank structure provided for seven enlisted ranks: private, private first class, corporal/technician fifth grade, sergeant/technician fourth grade, staff sergeant/technician third grade, technical sergeant, and master sergeant/first sergeant. Additionally, Air Force personnel were still referred to as "soldiers". [3]

  9. Structural engineer - Wikipedia

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    Structural engineer. Structural engineers analyze, design, plan, and research structural components and structural systems to achieve design goals and ensure the safety and comfort of users or occupants. Their work takes account mainly of safety, technical, economic, and environmental concerns, but they may also consider aesthetic and social ...