...To a certain extent, the coalition government’s proposals will bring about an effective reform of parliament. However, some people have questioned the effectiveness of the reform of parliament under this coalition, for example suggesting that The referendum on AV may have lead to an even more hung parliament. On the one hand, Primeministers, known as the incumbent, can no longer call elections to suit their own interests. This was due to the establishment of fixed term elections introduced by Cameron in 2011. The reform reduces media speculation, which makes parliament more stable and fairer for parties not in government. This is also a fairer system as Primeministers would usually call an election when their party was significantly higher in the opinion polls than all other political parties, making the chances of them re-gaining power much stronger than they may have been 5 years down the line at a set date. On the other hand, some people have suggested that 5 years is too long, noteabely Nick Clegg who wanted 4 years between elections. There have also been concerns about whether campaigns will become dragged out and leborious like America’s 18 month season. Also the fixed term elections don’t necessarily make for a better government and shown by the USA, for example. The flexibility of non-fixed term election system allows for a dissolution and new election if the Government has an inadequate majority. The value of this has been shown in 1951, 1964 and the second election...
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...To what extent have the parties involved in the conservative-liberal democrat coalition remained faithful since 2010 to their traditional principles and ideas. ( 25) (2012) In 2010, Britain has its first hung parliament since Feb 1974. The Conservatives won the most seats (306) but this was well short of the 326 needed for an overall majority and the Liberal Democrats ended up with 57 seats, enough to provide the majority that parliament requires. Cameron immediately announced Nick Clegg as Deputy Prime Minister and invited several Lib-dems in his government. They published a coalition agreement which set out the new government’s agenda for the next five years. Moreover, because it was an amalgamation of the Liberal democrat and Conservative manifestos, it required a number of comprimises on both sides. This means that original policies presented in the parties original manifestos, had to be changed or abandoned suggesting they hve ventured away from their traditional principles. However, some would argue due to the similarities of the parties ideology’s, the most important policies have been implemented with a consensus and peacefully. Firstly, The Conservative party have committed to reducing taxation levels, Corporation Tax has been cut and Personal Taxation thresholds increased. The Conservative party have helped working people by increasing the amount they can earn before paying any income tax - 24 million taxpayers have seen their income tax cut and 2 million of the...
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...To what extent have the parties involved in the conservative-liberal democrat coalition remained faithful since 2010 to their traditional principles and ideas. ( 25) (2012) In 2010, Britain has its first hung parliament since Feb 1974. The Conservatives won the most seats (306) but this was well short of the 326 needed for an overall majority and the Liberal Democrats ended up with 57 seats, enough to provide the majority that parliament requires. Cameron immediately announced Nick Clegg as Deputy Prime Minister and invited several Lib-dems in his government. They published a coalition agreement which set out the new government’s agenda for the next five years. Moreover, because it was an amalgamation of the Liberal democrat and Conservative manifestos, it required a number of comprimises on both sides. This means that original policies presented in the parties original manifestos, had to be changed or abandoned suggesting they hve ventured away from their traditional principles. However, some would argue due to the similarities of the parties ideology’s, the most important policies have been implemented with a consensus and peacefully. Firstly, The Conservative party have committed to reducing taxation levels, Corporation Tax has been cut and Personal Taxation thresholds increased. The Conservative party have helped working people by increasing the amount they can earn before paying any income tax - 24 million taxpayers have seen their income tax cut and 2 million of the...
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...PRE-AMBLE Role played: Federal Licensing Authority QUESTION 1 To non-Harborco: 1. Describe your assessment of Harborco’s leadership in the negotiation meeting? Harborco’s leadership in the negotiation meeting was good. They had total control of the direction of the meeting. They managed to get the meeting into the direction they wanted. Finally they manage to get the support from all parties involved in the negotiation. 2. What was the climate of the meeting; was it friendly or a lot arguments? The meeting was done in friendly, calm and sincere manner. Since the parties involved in the negotiation were expected to continue their relationship even after the conclusion negotiation therefore it was in the best interest of each party involved in the negotiation to be friendly to other parties during the negotiation. 3. How was your performance in the final deal? My performance in the final deal was good. I was able to maintain my position and got support from other parties during the negotiation. Finally I managed to get my BATNA. 4. What was your strategy to maximize your points? The strategies used to maximize my points were trade-off and log rolling. These strategies were used to gain support from other parties involved in the negotiation. 5. If you are now given the chance to play the role of Harborco, how would you have led the meeting? I would ensure that I would have total control of the direction negotiation in...
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...Successes of the Coalition Despite a majority of the British population not agreeing with the coalition that occurred in the 2010 general election between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats their have been some successes. David Cameron in the manifesto said that they would increase the personal allowance for income tax to help lower and middle income earners. A series of increases from 2014 to 2015 in the tax-free personal allowance to £10,000 means that ver 26 million people , the vast majority of working people will have benefited from the personal allowance increases over the past 4 years. This year’s rise means that the typical taxpayer is now paying £705 less income tax than they were in 2010. On the same topic of taxation the coalition have actually frozen council tax prices for the second year running, this has achieved a total funding package of £5 billion. Freezes since 2010 mean a saving of up to £1,075 for an average household over the course of this Parliament. In terms of medical issues the coalition granted better access to cancer drugs. They introduced a £200 million per year Cancer Drugs Fund which has already given over 5,000 patients access to the life-extending cancer drugs they need, this issue is controversial as Labour’s First Minister in Wales has called the fund ‘political’ and ruled out any introduction in Wales this leaves some Welsh cancer patients and their families suffering. One way the coalition have dealt with unemployment is that...
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...1 Running head: BUILDING A COALITION DeVry University Keller Graduate School of Management Pomona, California (CASE STUDY) BUILDING A COALITION By PRIYANKA VOHRA HRM – 591 Leadership and organizational behavior Professor: Ifeanyi Ugboaja (Submission date: 05/28/2016) BUIDLING A COALITION 2 Introduction: Case Study Analysis on Building a Coalition In order for a project to be successful in an organization it should form a diverse team to head it. Incorporating diversity within the team will encourage creativity and innovation into the formation of the processes and solutions that result in the outcome of the project. Each team member will be able to change and grow by drawing from the different experiences, backgrounds and skills from each individual. The team needs to have a process in place to communicate and collaborate openly and listen to all member’s views, ideas and goals. Diverse work teams will almost always have a level of conflict within them. Respecting each other’s different views and experiences and recognizing that they have been brought together because of a common goal can result in a more effective resolution process.” Regardless of the composition of the group, differences can be leveraged to achieve superior performance.” (Robbins & Judge, 2012 p.58). 3 BUIDLING A COALITION Part 1: Group Development The Woodson Foundation and Washington D.C. public schools are teaming together to form a new after school program...
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...1) Coalition government is one in which two or more parties take part in running a country. On paper it looks simple, but it is a whole lot more complicated. For example one issue that can arise is disagreement between the partners on their policies and proposals. In the case of the UK, Conservatives and Liberals sometimes disagree. An example is, the proposal of AV to be used in a general election, but the Conservatives disagreed. However in the end the two coalition partners agreed that they will hold a referendum. 2) One problem that might arise if the cabinet contained both Conservatives and Lib.Dems is that the government is not stable. It is very possible that the two partners may disagree on their policies and proposals. For example the Liberals opposed the further use of nuclear energy, but it was agreed between the leaderships of the two coalition partners that more nuclear power plants can be build. This can build conflicts between the two parties and result in government failure. Furthermore in the UK coalitions are formed in a time of crisis and the country may be seen by other international countries as weak and this can damage their international competitiveness and foreign investment, which are very important in order to keep the economy running. Furthermore coalition government is actually less democratic as the balance of power is inevitably held by the small parties who can barter their support for concessions from the main groups within the coalition...
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...How far has the coalition government forced the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats to revise their traditional ideological stances? The UK's government is currently a coalition, this means that there were two or more 'winning' parties at the 2010 general election. The Conservatives are head of the government and the Liberal Democrats are deputy. By having a coalition government the two parties have to change their ideologies and come up with ideas that fit them both. Evidence shows that the coalition government hasn't forced the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats to revise their traditional ideological stances, this means that they haven't changed their traditional values so they can run government together. An ideology is an 'ism', a more or less coherent set of ideas, values and theories that help to explain the world and guide political action. The conservatism is the set of ideologies that the Conservatives believe in. Conservatism is an ideology that is defined by a 'desire to conserve'. It has traditionally been suspicious of abstract principles or developed theories, preferring instead to place its faith in tradition, experience and history. The defining values of Conservatism are; tradition, this means that they respect ideas, practices and institutions that have been passed down from one generation to the next. They also believe in human imperfection, the belief that people are security-seeking creatures and also morally flawed. Finally they believe in hierarchy...
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...Building a Coalition It is evident after reading this scenario that the Washington D.C school district is facing problems with student performance, crimes and a high turnover rate of teachers, just like many schools today. Teachers are often faced with harsh realities when they start fresh at a school, because of the dysfunctional system in place and then they burn out, and quit. Our textbook talk about the five stages: Forming-Stage, Storming Stage, Norming Stage, performing stage and adjourning Stage. It seems the group is stuck in the forming and storming stage. The group has no sense of direction, structure or leadership and everyone has their own opinions of how the groups should be run. There are already strong opinions on how the problems should be solved regarding truancy, low performance, crimes rate and creating an effective after school program. Referring back to the stages and understanding of the stages would have assisted the Woodson Foundation tremendously. First the forming stage was not completed, the groups should have met and established roles, structure and the purpose and it’s clear that was not established. You have the principal and the superintendent thinking the school should have more power, and not involving the parents, and other members with their opinions as well, which is a clear example that a purpose was not established. Second, the members did not hash out who was going to be doing what, and this stage was not completed because there was...
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...HBM CASE STUDY Building Coalition GROUP MEMBERS: Tçâá{ f|Çz{ ;DFU`ICCIH< f{|á{|Ü ftåxÇt ;DFU`ICCGH< ZtztÇ WxxÑ ftztÜ ;DFU`ICCIC< fÉâÜtä U|~tá{ etÇt ;DFU`ICCLD< Building a Coalition “After-school program to improve performance of students” Introduction: Woodson Foundation, a large non-profit social service agency, is teaming up with the public school system in Washington, D.C., to improve student outcome by starting an after-school program. To achieve the set target, Woodson Foundation and the school system have to work in collaboration by integrating their organizations effectively. Problems faced by the school: • • Truancy, low student performance and crime Burn out of staff and high turnover among new teachers Solution suggested by Woodson Foundation: • • Conducting an after-school program Integrate organizations effectively How Groups and teams typically operate: A team is a group of people holding themselves collectively accountable for using complementary skills to achieve a common purpose. Thus teamwork occurs when team members live up to their collective accountability for goal accomplishment. For defining the teams in an organization and their functions the first thing is to recognize that they do many things and make many types of performance contributions. Thus teams can be described as that • Recommend things: Teams that study specific problems and recommend solutions for them. These teams have a deadline for target completion and often disband...
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...Tiffany Bush MGMT 591 Leadership and Organizational Behavior Professor Barbara Vallera August 1, 2015 Case Study In this case study, The Woodson Foundation is a large nonprofit social service agency that is looking to work with the public schools in Washington D.C. to try and improve the outcome of their students. The schools have problems such as: truancy, low student performance, and crime. The staff that start out new to their school become burn out in a short time frame due to the harsh working conditions. The two parties are attempting to develop a group with will be able to create an after school program for the students. There are many factors that the parties will have to take into account in order for them to be successful. The group members will have to have to become informed about one another and understand what it takes for a group to operate. Each member will have to be motivated and get along with one another. This group has completed the forming stage. There are five stages of group development which are; forming, storming, norming, performing and adjourning. With this group and from my understanding of where they are from reading the case, I would conclude that they are in the storming stage. The reason I came to the conclusion is because from the textbook’s definition of forming which is when “great deal of uncertainty about the group’s purpose, structure, and leadership” and from the case study it shows that all the parties do understand...
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...WACHSTUM. BILDUNG. ZUSAMMENHALT. Koalitionsvertrag zwischen CDU, CSU und FDP 17. Legislaturperiode – Entwurf – PRÄAMBEL I. WOHLSTAND FÜR ALLE Durch nachhaltiges Wirtschaften 1. 1.1 1.2 1.3 2. 3. 3.1 3.2 3.3 4. 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Wachstum und Aufschwung Motivation und Entlastung Der Weg aus der Krise Investitionsbremsen lösen Generationengerechte Finanzen Arbeitschancen für alle Arbeitsmarkt Verantwortung für das Unternehmen, Partnerschaft im Betrieb Ältere Arbeitnehmer Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften und Klimaschutz Mittelstand Klimaschutz, Energie und Umwelt Neue Technologien, Industrieland Deutschland Moderne Infrastruktur 4.4.1 Mobilität 4.4.2 Bauen und Wohnen 4.5 4.6 4.7 5. 6. Ernährung und Verbraucherschutz Landwirtschaft und ländlicher Raum Dienstleistungen Faire Regeln für die Weltwirtschaft Deutsche Einheit II. BILDUNGSREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND Durch gute Bildung und starke Forschung 1. 1.1. 1.2. Bildung Bildungsbündnisse vor Ort Sprache als Schlüssel für den Bildungsaufstieg 1.3. 1.4. 1.5. 1.6. 1.7. 1.8. 1.9. 2. Bildungsfinanzierung Qualität für Bildung und Erziehung Qualität für Studium und Hochschule Modernes Berufsbildungssystem Duales System Ausbildung für alle Lebensbegleitendes Lernen Wissenschaft und Forschung III. SOZIALER FORTSCHRITT Durch Zusammenhalt und Solidarität 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 8. 9. 9.1 9.2. 10. Ehe, Familie und Kinder Jugendliche Senioren Gleichstellung Integration und Zuwanderung Ehrenamt Soziale Hilfe und Sozialversicherungen...
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...form a government. 2010 Coalition * Conservatives were longest party in HoC but failed to win overall majority * Labour negotiated a coalition with LibDems and later the LibDems negotiated with both main parties for a coalition * Labour and LibDem did not make an overall majority * Gordon Brown later resigned and advised the Queen to ask Cameron to form a government either as a minority or in coalition with LibDems. * Cameron accepted and formed coalition with LibDem ‘The Government’ 25 members are members of the HoL and 90 are MPs. MPs that are from the party that is in government ate not members of government! They are known as backbenchers and the members of government are known as frontbenchers. All members of government are appointed by the PM. The cabinet (22-23 members) meet regularly. Ministerial selection The PM must weigh up the qualities of individuals against the political consequences of appointing them. Qualities that ideal ministers should possess: * Must be politically reliable * Must have potential * Should share their views * Managerial skills needed Under coalition * How many cabinet posts do they have each? * Must discuss whom to elect together Other forms of government * Minority government – party forms a government without a parliamentary majority. Can never rely on getting legislation/financial budgets passed. It must therefore try to build a coalition of...
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...ITALY COUNTRY BRIEFING updated at May 2009 Forecast May 26th 2009 From the Economist Intelligence Unit Source: Country Forecast | | | | Outlook for 2009-10 • Italy's right-of-centre coalition government, led by Silvio Berlusconi, faces a major challenge to limit the impact of the global crisis on Italy's rapidly deteriorating economy and keep its fragile public finances under control. • Government cohesion will be hindered by divisions in the ruling coalition, but the Economist Intelligence Unit expects it to remain in office. Mr Berlusconi has a comfortable parliamentary majority and the centre-left is in disarray. • GDP contracted by 1% in 2008. Our baseline forecast is that it will contract by a further 4.6% in 2009 and by 0.6% in 2010. • The fiscal deficit is forecast to rise from 2.7% of GDP in 2008 to 5-5.5% of GDP in 2009-10. The public debt/GDP ratio is expected to be about 120% by the end of 2010, up from 105.8% in 2008. • Much larger deficits cannot be ruled out as our forecast assumes that the minister of the economy, Giulio Tremonti, will resist pressure for tax cuts to boost the economy and interest rates do not rise sharply. • Inflation (EU harmonised measure) will average 0.6% in 2009 and 0.9% in 2010, well down on 3.5% in 2008, reflecting weak demand and lower commodity prices. Monthly review •...
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...struggle to maintain the old transformismo system of a coalition government. The introduction of male suffrage in 1918 stemmed the emerge of mass parties adding to the increasing problems of the liberals which again was worsened by Nitti's introduction of proportional representation in 1919 it seemed as though the years went on instead of Italy's political instability being stabelised the Liberals problems worsened making a wider division within the Chamber of Deputies. 1919 went from bad to worse for the Liberals as catholic party (Popalari) emerged, Liberals new support would flood in mass amounts however they also new there co-operation also looked unlikely as the Popalari deplored the Liberals policies. Added stress was inflicted apoun the liberals when the 1919 elections were a disaster they led to the Socialists and the Popalari became the biggest parties in the Chamber of Deputies this however was unconventional as neither of these parties cooperated with one other or the Liberals. 1919 seemed to be the year which Italian politics came to a halt, various prime ministers came and went with numerous failed coalitions to try and salvage Italian politics and in one more bid to save the Liberals Gioltti called for another election in May 1921 however this led to his reconisation when both the Popalari and Socialists party's strength was not weakened but increased by the elections. In the following 16 months all 3 different coalition governments lacked a majority and therefore resulting...
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