Mr. Bush's directive shifted American military strategy toward pre-emptive action against hostile states and terrorist groups developing weapons of mass destruction.
In the pipeline is a directive partly shifting the burden of proof in sex-discrimination cases to employers; an extension of the EU requirement to set up works councils to smaller firms; and, post-Vilvoorde, measures on consulting workers over plant closures.Actually, there is less to all this than meets the eye.
Though the desire for group decision making might be different in Japan in comparison to Western countries, a former study suggests that Japanese patients' preference for disclosure, willingness to forgo care, and views regarding advance directives are shifting toward those found in the West [ 35].
We, at the University Hospital of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery in Heidelberg and as a very competitive center, have produced a New Working Time Model in response to the European Working Time Directive that avoids shift work and provides as much as possible, continuous patient care and sufficient surgical education.
Step 2 (M1 directive policies transformation).
Together with the calls the administration makes in the report on energy policy it issued today to "streamline," "expedite" or even remove obstacles to energy production, the new directive represents an important shift of emphasis.
The new directive is aimed at shifting that mindset.
Military officials have scrambled to translate Mr. Trump's shifting directives and comments into actual orders for commanders in Syria and Iraq to carry out.
(Like most of the dozens of people we interviewed, he requested anonymity to speak freely, citing fear of retribution). Xinhua was set up in 1931, well before the Communists took power in China, and as the party mouthpiece, its jargon-laden articles are used to propagate new directives and explain shifts in party policy.
Any answer to this kind of question is going to be highly subjective, but most people would say "yes". That is true of any large government agency that has to deal with Congressional mandates, political pressure, constantly shifting directives, multiple contractors, etc.
