...detail the responsibilities of the different levels of government in the UK How government is structured The Prime Minister is the head of the UK government. He is ultimately responsible for all policy and decisions. He oversees the operation of the Civil Service and government agencies, appoints members of the government, is the most notable figure in the House of Commons. Currently the, Prime Minister is David Cameron that won recent election in May 2015. The Cabinet - The Cabinet is made up of the senior members of government. Every week during Parliament, members of the Cabinet (Secretaries of State from all departments and some other ministers) meet to discuss the most important issues for the government. There are 21 members of the Cabinet. Ministers - Ministers are chosen by the Prime Minister from the members of the House of Commons and House of Lords. They are responsible for the actions, successes and failures of their departments. Altogether there is 96 Ministers that are responsible for day to day running of their departments. There is 117 ministers, plus one prime minister, so altogether there is 118 people running day to day operations of the country. Central Government - The government also has the power to make laws for the entire country, in contrast with local governments. However, the Prime Minister (David Cameron) is head of the UK government so he’s responsible for all of the policy and decisions he makes. The central government has the responsibility...
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... | |Programme: L3 Public Services | |Assignment Title: Roles and Levels of Government | |Unit Number(s) & Title(s): Unit 1: Government, Policies and Public Services | |Hand out: 10/10/14 |Submission: 5/12/14 | |Criteria reference |To achieve the criteria the evidence must show that the learner is able to: | |Task no. | |UNIT: 1 | | | |P1 |Outline the responsibilities of the different levels of government in the UK. | |1 | |P2 |Describe the role of government departments in relation to public services including their | |1...
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...Professor: Daniel Goldsmith, DBA Email: Daniel.Goldsmith@strayer.edu Phone: 202-744-3467 COURSE DESCRIPTION This course provides an introduction and overview of government contracting and its unique nature, demonstrating the differences between commercial and government contracting, with a concentration on the federal system. Based on online resources, students cover the organization of the Federal Acquisition Regulation and how to interpret relevant subject coverage. Current reforms in the acquisition field will be incorporated into the course and emerging controversies will be highlighted to provide students with an up-to-date view of the profession. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS Required Resources Compton, P. B. (2010). Federal acquisition: Key issues and guidance. Vienna, VA: Management Concepts, Inc. Feldman, S. W., & Keyes, W. N. (2011). Government contracts in a nutshell (5th ed.). St. Paul, MN: Thomson Reuters. Supplemental Resources Brown, T. L., Potoski, M., & Van Slyke, D. M. (2009). The challenge of contracting for large complex projects: A case study of the coast guard’s Deepwater program. IBM Center for the Business of Government. Retrieved from http://www.businessofgovernment.org/sites/default/files/deepwater_magazine_0.pdf Rendon, R. G. Critical success factors in government contract management. Retrieved from http://www.ippa.org/IPPC4/Proceedings/19Others/Paper19-2.pdf Schwartz, M. (2009). Defense Acquisitions: How DOD Acquires Weapon...
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...Unit 1 Government Policies and the Public Services [pic] Assessment Book (Credits 10) | |Eddie Maylor | |Student Name | | |Start of Unit Date |24 September 2012 | |Completion of Unit Date | | | |Unit Tutor: James McQueen | |Group / Course |Diploma in public services | Learning Outcomes • Know the different levels of government I the UK • Understand the democratic election process for each level of government in the UK • Understand the impact of UK government policies on the public services • Be able to demonstrate how government policies are developed Unit Criteria Passed |Pass |1 |2 |3 | | | | ...
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...objective different stakeholders pg.5 1.3 Explain the responsibilities of organisation and strategies employed to meet them pg.6,7 2.1 Explain how economic systems attempt to allocate resources effectively pg.7, 8 2.2 Assess the impact of fiscal and monetary policy on business organisations and their activities pg.8, 9 2.3 Evaluate the impact of competition policy and other regulatory mechanisms on the activities of a selected organisation pg.10 3.1 Explain how market structures determine the pricing and output decisions of businesses pg.11 3.2 Illustrate the way in which market forces shape organisational responses using a range of examples pg.12 3.3 Judge how the business and cultural environments shape the behaviour of a selected organisation pg.13 4.1 Discuss the significance of international trade to UK business organisations pg.14 4.2 Analyse the impact of global factors on UK business organisations pg.15 4.3 Evaluate the impact of policies of the European Union on UK business organisations pg.15, 16 INTRODUCTION IN THIS ASSIGNEMENT I WILL INDENTIFY AND DISCUSS THE TYPES OF ORGANISATION, I WILL EXPLAIN THE RESPONSABILITIES OF ORGANISATION THE ECONOMIC SYSTE. I WILL SHOW THE KEY OBJECTIVES COMPETITION POLICY AND HOW THE MARKET STRUCTURES DETERMINE THE PRICING OF THE DECISIONS OF BUSINESS. I WILL ANALYSE THE IMPACT OF GLOBAL FACTORS ON UK BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS AND I WILL EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF THE POLICIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION ON UK ORGANISATION...
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...University of Phoenix BUS/415 Steven Lee August 08, 2010 Restaurant/Bar Scenario Business Entity, Control, Taxation and Liability As per the scenario, Lou and Jose plan to open a sports bar and restaurant, the best business entity choice for this restaurant and sports bar is the partnership firm because Lou, Jose and Miriam are the three persons who want to start the business in return for a percentage of ownership. Lou and Jose will take care of business operations and Miriam will invest money. Miriam will allow to Lou and Jose to keep control on business activities by sharing profit with them, so it would be considered as the partnership firm (The General Partnership, 2010). In a partnership firm the all the business decisions are taken by the conformance of all the partners. In this scenario, Lou and Jose are the main controllers and their partnership is general partnership but Miriam would not have any control because he is giving money in to earn profits only (Liability for partnership debts, 2010). According to the taxation policy of USA, in a partnership firm the tax will not incur on profit before distributing to the partners. In partnership business entity, the tax would be paid by the individual partners after distributing the profit among them (The General Partnership, 2010). According to the common law, in this partnership business entity, the liability of Lou and Jose is unlimited for the business...
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...------------------------------------------------- 1) ------------------------------------------------- G & NP organizations exist because a community or society decides to provide certain goods or services to its group as a whole. Explain the general and major characteristics that differentiate G&NP organizations from profit-seeking entities? ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Suggested Solution ------------------------------------------------- Generally governments provide goods and services to the public regardless of whether the costs incurred will be recovered through charges for the goods and services or whether those paying for the goods and services will benefit from them. Also, some services cannot be provided by public entities, like infrastructure projects. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- The similarities of government and nonprofit (or not-for-profit) organizations and profit-seeking (or for-profit) organizations: a. ------------------------------------------------- Both types of entities operate in the same economy and use the same financial, human and capital resources to accomplish their goals. b. ------------------------------------------------- Both must get and convert scarce resources to produce goods and services. c. ------------------------------------------------- Both use information systems...
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...of the organisation. Four major benefits of effective budgeting are: 1. Budgeting provides an opportunity for managers to re-evaluate existing activities and evaluate possible new activities. 2. Budgeting compels managers to think ahead by formalizing their responsibilities for planning. 3. Budgeting aids managers in communicating objectives and coordinating actions across the organisation. 4. Budgeting provides benchmark to evaluate subsequent performance. The advantages of budgeting described previously are limited, in some cases severely, by problems associated with budgets. In this section, three problems that complicate the implantation of budgets: 1. Low levels of participation in the budget process and lack of acceptance of responsibility for the final budget. 2. Incentives to lie and cheat in the budget process. 3. Difficulties in obtaining accurate sales forecasts. What external factors need to be considered? External influences that are not in your control may have an impact on the success of your efforts. Having alternate plans or rethinking your strategies should be a part of your planning. Some external influences that can affect your financial planning include (examples in parenthesis): Government or national policies and legislations (the Poverty Reduction Strategy that may affect the way governments address poverty) Natural disasters or epidemics (drought that affects the people you are working with) Political conditions...
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...Mirko Hamparzumyan Business Environment Assignment Part 1 08 August 2013 Table of Contents Introduction 2 P1.1. Different types of business organizations and their purposes. 3 P1.2. Describe the extent to which an organization meets the objectives of different Stakeholders. 4 P1.3. Explain the responsibilities of an organization and strategies employed to meet them. 4 P2.1. Explain how economic systems attempt to allocate resources effectively. 5 P2.2. Assess the impact of fiscal and monetary policy on business organizations and their activities. 6 P2.3. Evaluate the impact of competition policy and other regulatory mechanisms on the activities of a selected organization. 8 Conclusion 9 References 10 Introduction In this assignment I will describe the types, content and objectives of business organizations and the surrounding business environment which is the sum of all external forces, actions and conditions that affect it and the opportunities to meet its contractual obligations, improve relationships with customers, as well as the opportunities for future development. The external factors are the elements of the ambient environment. I will define the components of the business environment which is composition of micro and macro environment. I will try to provide suggestions for better competition policy in the UK business...
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...manager in a plant that produces bungee cords. Your responsibility is to oversee the production of the synthetic material in the cord. Specifically, your responsibility is to ensure that bungee cords have the correct elastic qualities to avoid personal injury lawsuits. Your efforts are compounded in that you use two procedures for testing bungee cord elasticity, procedure A and procedure B. Procedure A is generally subject to error, but few are very large. On the other hand, procedure B is very accurate but subject to large one-time errors. Specifically, forecast errors in evaluating the dynamic cord elasticity per pound of load are presented below for a random sample of four cords. |Procedure A Forecast Errors |Procedure B Forecast Errors | |.01 |.008 | |-.01 |-.009 | |-.02 |-.008 | |.02 |.03 | Using mean-absolute deviation (MAE) and mean-squared error (RMSE), evaluate the relative accuracy of each procedure. Which procedure...
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...the internal factors, external factors around the company. British Petroleum is one of the biggest oil companies in the world, it is also affected by the economic crisis. Hence, Bp should understand about the current situation of company to give more strategy which help develop the firm in the future. This report was carried out through the BP website, books and newspapers what relate to the BP’s information. Moreover, the report also provides more information of BP such as vision, mission, goal, value, objectives, BP's environmental and economic situation in the UK. Besides that, this information what was given in this report: * Evaluate the extent BP what it has achieved the objectives of stakeholders * Responsibility of Bp with the factors around the company * Analyst policies in UK what influence to run business * Evaluate economy system allocation of resources and way to use. Introduction British Petroleum- England’ petroleum multinational company ( BPPLC). British’s office in London, England. The company started doing business since 1954, base on the foundation of Anglo – Iranian Oil Company with 85.900 employees. British company came to Vietnam in 1989 with a lot of ideas and turned all ideas become reality. The main purpose of company is focus on these departments: protect environment poverty...
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...UNIT 34: HERITAGE AND CULTURAL TOURISM MANAGEMENT Get assignment help for this unit at assignmenthelpuk@yahoo.com LO1 Understand the growth and development of the heritage and cultural industry within travel and tourism Heritage: definitions of heritage; analysis of its importance and interest Attractions: different types of attractions; sites and venues; accessibility and sustainability of transport; up-skilling and re-training staff; changing staff profiles Natural: aspects of heritage including landscape, coastlines, national parks, forests, woodlands, wildlife, other habitats; impact of the travel and tourism sector on the conservation and sustainability of such sites Constructed: built heritage environment eg museums, historic buildings, artefacts, archaeological sites, transport, industrial heritage, sport-related heritage sites, themed sites, public art, sculpture and monuments Cultural heritage: role of heritage industry in shaping and sustaining cultural identity; regional and national costume eg song, dance, myth, legend, folklore, language and food; impact of issues Conflicts of interest: access versus conservation eg erosion, impact of visitors on sites and their immediate environments, presentation of heritage and culture to visitors, planning and land use, brown field sites versus green field sites, conservation threats imposed by further growth; potential role and impact of new technologies eg virtual reality and interactive software; access to the new technologies...
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...Mark Scheme (Results) Summer 2013 GCE Government and Politics 6GP02 Governing the UK Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications Edexcel and BTEC qualifications come from Pearson, the world’s leading learning company. We provide a wide range of qualifications including academic, vocational, occupational and specific programmes for employers. For further information visit our qualifications websites at www.edexcel.com or www.btec.co.uk for our BTEC qualifications. Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the details on our contact us page at www.edexcel.com/contactus. If you have any subject specific questions about this specification that require the help of a subject specialist, you can speak directly to the subject team at Pearson. Their contact details can be found on this link: www.edexcel.com/teachingservices. You can also use our online Ask the Expert service at www.edexcel.com/ask. You will need an Edexcel username and password to access this service. Pearson: helping people progress, everywhere Our aim is to help everyone progress in their lives through education. We believe in every kind of learning, for all kinds of people, wherever they are in the world. We’ve been involved in education for over 150 years, and by working across 70 countries, in 100 languages, we have built an international reputation for our commitment to high standards and raising achievement through innovation in education. Find out more about how we can help you and your...
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...a strategic decision it is important to evaluate the impact of the ethical consequences toward the company and the stakeholders. Often a company will make a strategic plan based on profit; however, social responsibility looks outside of profits and determines the effects on all stakeholders including customers, environment, and society. In addition, the strategic decision should also be based on the code of ethics set forth by the organization. Furthermore, when determining the development of a strategic plan, the organization may either use the views of Milton Friedman or Archie Carroll (Wheelen, 2010). Two Views of Social Responsibility Milton Friedman and Archie Carroll have two opposing opinions of social responsibility. Both opinions evaluate the effect a company invests in the environment or society to the effect of the shareholders dividends and investments. Milton Freidman suggests that the main view of the organization is to make money for the organization’s shareholders. Freidman views by investing in trivial projects that helps the environment and society, the company is taking away money owed to its shareholders. In addition, Freidman argues by not investing in society responsibility, the company can keep the prices on its products and services to a minimum which will result in more business transactions. Archie Carroll’s view is the opposite. Carroll suggests when an organization invests in society responsibility it will build a positive reputation within...
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...Compensation Management HR 434 “Conducting Job Evaluations” by Carmen Campbell for Professor David Gebhardt My position pays what? How does my job rank among other jobs in the area? Responsibilities which encompass a job determines compensation, from which, a company will pay an employee’s for their time, skills or services used to complete assigned work. Job evaluation consists of factors which describe the responsibilities required of a particular job and the value the company has assigned to factors the employee accomplishes. As an employer and an employee understanding the factors associated with job evaluation are important to determine if the responsibilities and pay are associated with services provided are fair. For simplicity we will use the following factors to compare two evaluation methods: skill, effort, responsibility and working condition. (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 2010). The way a company choses their pay scales vary; however we will compare the Hay Method and the Factor Evaluation System. Job evaluation encompasses numerous areas of a job and the skills factor is a starting point for a company to determine importance of skills possessed by the employee. Skills refer to required abilities to accomplish assigned tasks. Skills are “measured by factors such as the experience, ability, education, and training required to perform a job.” (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 2010). Skills required can vary...
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