
Everything else can suffer from some downtime if necessary, but keeping the revenue coming in is a core competency. The non core competencies are the ones that can be disrupted without entirely disrupting the business. This does not mean that the operation can continue indefinitely without these competencies, just that they can be interrupted without completely interrupting the operation. A classic example is…… The foundation of the current private security systems may be credited to Alan Pinkerton. Born in Glasgow in 1819 Pinkerton worked for a sort time as the Cook County Deputy Sherriff before in 1849 being the first detective appointed in the
Chicago Police department Dempsey, 2010. Pinkerton also went on to investigate mail thefts as a special U. S. mail agent in 1850 Dempsey, 2010. t was in the early 1850's that in
partnership with Edward Rucker he started up his on private detective agency, located in the North West of the country Dempsey, 2010. After only a year his partner left, at which time the firm was renamed the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, with the tag line 'the eye that never sleeps' Dempsey, 2010. t was this slogan which led to the term 'private eye' to refer to private investigators Dempsey, 2010; Burstein, 1999.