...(Uniforms) Unit 1 Government, Policies and the Public Service 14 January 2016 The impact of UK Government Policies on the Public Services Human rights Each UK citizen has certain rights, these include the rights to: Life, Prohibition of torture, Prohibition of slavery and forced labour, Liberty and security, A fair trial, No punishment without law, Respect for private and family life, Freedom of thought, conscience and religion, Freedom of expression, Freedom of assembly and association, Marry, Prohibition of discrimination, Protection of property, Education, Free elections, and Abolition of the death penalty. Environmental Air quality plan for reducing nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in Greater London urban area listing (UK0001) The Air quality plan is setting out what the government will be doing about improving the air quality in London as well as reduce nitrogen dioxide emissions. Another is “River Thames: application for registration of a launch” The government are setting out a registration for a powered boat to be in the river thames. The boats that are not included are Kayaks, canoes, and other non powered boats. The reason for this is to attempt reduction in emissions and other toxic wastes. All boats kept, rented, or let for hire must be registered with the Environment Agency (Inland Waterways) Order 2010 annually to calculate the amount of emissions entering the water. Affecting the military services Declaration of war Some policies have an immediate...
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...Assess sociological views of the impact of government policies and laws on family life. There are many different views of how government policies and laws affect family life among different sociological theorists. Some view government policies as positive whereas some see the impact as positive. Feminists argue that many government policies promote the patriarchal family and reinforces the women’s economic dependence on a man. Policies such as tax benefits and maternity leave are seen as negative policies as they promote the ideology of women being the main childcares in a relationship. Women are entitled to 9 months maternity leave whereas men are only able to receive 2 weeks paid paternity. Consequently, this means women are forced to be the parent that stays at home to look after the child as a couple would not be able to have financial stability if the man stayed at home for 9 months without pay. The new right also do not support these policies however for different reasoning. Feminists have a negative view on policies that insinuate that they have to care for their elders, as they believe the role of a caregiver to the sick and elderly should be shared between men and women equally and should be a women’s obligation. Although feminists are against laws that enforce the inequality between men and women they support policies that allow women to be independent from a patriarchal relationship, for example the divorce reform act and working tax credits. The divorce reform...
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...P4 Describe, with examples, the impact of government Policies on different public services. British army The government will take cuts from the amount of power the British army has, this means that the army would have limited amount they can do to win wars and help other countries with their problems. The British Army presence in Germany will end by 2020 this means that The Basing Plan sets out the location changes for the Army and also confirms the drawdown of all units from Germany by 2020. The plan has transitioned into a delivery Programme and this will affect most areas of the Army as more than 100 units will relocate over the next six years. Overall personnel numbers will drop by 7,000 to 95,500 this means people from the army will lose their jobs in the army. The army will have too also cut back on heavy artillery like tanks, the number of Challenger 2 tanks cut by 40% and AS-90 heavy artillery by 35%, this could lead to losing on missions and not able to help other countries. Royal Air Force. With the cut backs on power given to the royal air force this mean they will have to get rid of most of weapons used by the British air force, for example The Harrier will be retired in order to maintain the Tornado as the RAF's main strike aircraft until the Typhoon matures. They will do this to make room for new and improved weapons and planes to use in the future. The latter and the F-35 Lightning II will constitute the RAF's fast jet fleet in the future. Jobs will...
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...Evaluate the impact of Government policies and laws on family life in Britain (20 marks) Social policies are the measures taken by state, or Government, bodies such as schools and welfare agencies. They are usually based on laws introduced by Government. Laws and policies can have both direct and indirect effects on the family. There are many Government policies that can either benefit of have a negative impact on the family. These come from many different movements in Government, such as: New Right, New Labour and Coalition - these can be criticised by different types of sociologists such as Marxists and Feminists, which I will be expressing throughout this essay. The New Right have a Functionalist view on the family. They believe strongly in the advocation of the nuclear family and the other family criteria that they present, such as - as presented by the sociologist George Murdock - A heterosexual couple as part of a nuclear who engage in a socially acceptable sexual relationship, economic cooperation (or being self-sufficient) and provides basic functions such as socialisation, discipline and morality. The “Child Support Agency” was enforced in 1993, and forced natural fathers to provide for their own children financially in the event of a parental split. The Government fund this agency to ensure that the child is financially supplied to ensure good health and quality of life as they grow up. The impact that this had on the family is that the biological fathers are...
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...Assess sociological views of the impact of government policies and laws on family life (24 marks) There have been a number of government policies that have impacted on family life and made it better and worse. These policies include changes in law on divorce which has resulted in family diversity such as the increase in cohabitation, lone parent and reconstituted families. According to Murray, the growth of lone-parent families is due to an over generous welfare state which has resulted in a dependency culture. Changes in the law on the position of women which has affected family life positively. Women can now control their fertility with the use of contraception, which results in smaller families making them more child-centred. Women are also going out to work more therefore delaying having children until they are much older. In the early 19th century divorce used to be difficult to obtain. Women were not allowed to divorce their husbands and because the traditional nuclear family was the only family that was well looked upon, couples rarely got divorced as other family types were looked down upon. However, changes in the law have made divorce easier to access, especially for women. Government policies equalised the grounds for divorce between the sexes and made divorce cheaper. This was then followed by a rise in the number of divorce petitions from women as it was much easier to obtain. Changes in the law on divorce had a huge effect on family life as family diversity emerged...
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...2B: Government policies and laws include tax and benefit policies as well as legislation such as the relating to divorce and marriage. Sociologists have different views on the impact of these policies and laws on families. For example, feminists argue that social policies assume that the ideal family is a patriarchal nuclear family, and that government policies and laws therefore favour this sort of family. On the other hand, the New Right argue that the benefit system undermines traditional nuclear families by actively encouraging lone parents. Using item 2B and elsewhere, access sociological views of the impact of government policies and laws on family life. Social policy is where the government creates plans and actions to either benefit or detrimental the society. It has direct effects and indirect effects on the family. E.g. child benefits would have a direct effect on the family. Social policy, also called social execution when pertaining to executive government policy, primarily refers to guidelines, principles, legislation and activities that affect the living conditions conducive to human welfare. There are extreme policies, which have mostly been abandoned now which were the Chinas one child policy, Nazi Germany policy and abolishing the family act in Russia. Chinas one child policy was where all women in China were only allowed one child per family. This way they would get even more benefits and money. If the women had more than one baby, if the government didn’t...
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...why, and how significant government policies are as a cause. Manufacturing plays a crucial role in the competitiveness of the UK economy. Despite this, for far too long government policy has neglected manufacturing. During this period of neglect British manufacturing firms have repositioned themselves away from price-based competition more towards forms of non-price based competitiveness. The recent re-shoring of manufacturing to the UK is the start of a much needed trend. The University of Birmingham is funding a two year research project entitled ‘Regeneration Economies: Transforming People, Places and Production’. This project is exploring new policy solutions that will support British manufacturing. There is a need to develop a much better understanding of regional and national economies. High value manufacturing firms no longer sell products, but many solutions combine manufactured products with embedded services. Thus, a manufacturing policy must be simultaneously a service policy. There is a need to encourage universities and colleges to provide courses that blend technical training with an understanding of services, this is where the government comes in, by making these changes to education The Regeneration Economies project is also exploring major developments in engineering that have the potential to transform the economics of regional economies. These new technologies have important implications for future skills and training needs. Government needs to support UK manufacturing...
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...Microeconomics and the Laws of Supply and Demand Rose Essor DeSouza ECO/365 September 7, 2015 Lori Geddes Microeconomics and the Laws of Supply and Demand The Khan Academy video explained how demand and/or supply changes are affected when factors in the market change, and how these changes affects market equilibrium, which is the state where the supply in the market is equal to the demand in the market, price and equilibrium quantity. Because demand and supply in the market is interdependent and are constantly changing or shifting, they play a critical role in altering market equilibrium price points and quantity available. Demand shifts of more or less of a product results in a shift of both price and quantity. An increase in demand will shift price up and quantity to the right and a decrease in demand will shift price down and quantity to the left on the demand curve. Supply shifts of more or less of a product affects the equilibrium point by shifting the supply curve to the right, indicating that more availability of a product. This results in a lower price and a higher demand for a product. A shift in the supply curve to the left, indicating there is less availability of a product, which results in a higher price and a decrease in demand of a product. Supply and Demand Curves Microeconomics places emphasis on demand and supply in the marketplace, which normally determines the change of levels in price and factors of individual choices while macroeconomics...
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...GROWTH The government uses policies like student loans and free trade to influence the economy’s growth rate. In 600- 1200 words, identify at least four policies from the textbook that the government has created to impact economic growth and productivity. In your paper, please also evaluate whether each item has enhanced or diminished your quality of life, and make any appropriate recommendations that might improve the policies. ECN 400 WEEK 5 ECONOMIC GROWTH To purchase this visit following link: http://www.activitymode.com/product/ecn-400-week-5-economic-growth/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM ECN 400 WEEK 5 ECONOMIC GROWTH The government uses policies like student loans and free trade to influence the economy’s growth rate. In 600- 1200 words, identify at least four policies from the textbook that the government has created to impact economic growth and productivity. In your paper, please also evaluate whether each item has enhanced or diminished your quality of life, and make any appropriate recommendations that might improve the policies. ECN 400 WEEK 5 ECONOMIC GROWTH To purchase this visit following link: http://www.activitymode.com/product/ecn-400-week-5-economic-growth/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM ECN 400 WEEK 5 ECONOMIC GROWTH The government uses policies like student loans and free trade to influence the economy’s growth rate. In 600- 1200 words, identify at least four policies from the textbook that the government has created...
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...|Student Name : | | |Course Title : |90 Credit Diploma – Public Services | |Assessment Title : |Roles and Levels of Government and the Electoral Processes | | | |Unit Title : |Government, Policies and the Public Services | | | |Does this assignment cover the whole of the unit |Yes |No | | |If No, clearly state the sections of the unit, or the Assessment Criteria, that are being assessed. | | | |Internal Verifier : |Rob Offord | | ...
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...A report on “Business Environment” Date:___________________ Submit to:________________ Table of Contents TASK 2: Nature of the Operating Business Environment………………………………..…3 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………….3 1.1 Explain how economic systems attempt to allocate resources effectively………………3 1.2 Assess the impact of fiscal and monetary policy on “Lloyds Banking Group, UK”, and their activities………………………………………………………………………..5 1.3 Evaluate the impact of competition policy and other regulatory mechanisms on the activities of a “Lloyds Banking Group, UK”....................................................................................7 References…………………………………………………………………………………….9 TASK 2: Nature of the Operating Business Environment Introduction: The study discusses different types of economic systems and assesses how these economic system attempts to allocate resources efficaciously, explains the UK government policies (namely monetary, fiscal, social, and competitive policies) and assess the effect of all the above-mentioned policies on a “Lloyds Banking Group, UK”, UK based organization. The paper exposits market structure types (namely, perfect competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition, and other market structures. Finally, the paper describes the ways market structures define the output and pricing strategies of the companies. 1.1 Explain how economic systems attempt to allocate resources effectively Economic systems...
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...local government reforms; later reaction * policies of Alexander III (1881-94) and Nicholas II (1895-1917): backwardness and attempts at modernization nature of tsardom growth of opposition movements * significance of the Russo Japanese water: 1906 revolutions; Stolypin and the duma; the impact of the first world war (1914-18) on Russia * 1917 Revolutions: February/ March revolutions; provisional government and Dual power (soviets): October/November Bolshevik Revolution; Lenin and Trotsky * Lenin’s Russia (1917-24): consolidation of new soviet state; civil war; War communism; NEP; terror and coercion; Foreign relations * * Gorbachev and His aims/Policies (glasnost And perestroika) and (1931-1991) consequences of the soviet state * consequences of Gorbachev’s policies for Eastern European; reform movements: Poland- the role of solidarity; Czechoslovakia- the velvet revolution; fall of the Berlin wall * china: Mao (1935-1976) Conditions that produced authoritarian and single party states * emergence of leaders: aims, ideology, support * methods of force and legal used to establish authoritarian * form of government ideology establishment * nature, extent and treatment of opposition establishment * domestic policies and impact (structure...
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...A. Physical Destination Planning- A Supply-led Approach • In 1970s, a range of recreation plans, foreshore studies and a local environmental plan for Lake Macquarie, still influenced by the prescriptive methods and approaches of physical land use master planning was prepared. These plans and policy documents adopted standards for the provision of open space and recreation facilities and identified sites for recreation and tourism development. • In 1977, the Lake Macquarie City council formed a Lake Macquarie tourist facilities development panel, the task of which was to identify and develop the tourism capacity of the local area. • Identify and investigate sites of potential tourism development and to advise on how tourism development might be achieved. B. Building Markets- A Demand-led Approach • By 1980s, tourism had become an important economic activity in many regional areas of Australia. Strong growth in international visitation, particularly from Asian and North American markets, drove a push to build tourism resorts and to increase yield by building integrated products and experiences. • These resort developments were usually characterized by high financial risk and long lead times before financial returns could be made and were targeted at international markets sensitive to international economic conditions. • Economic conditions weakened (most notably, interest rates rose and investor confidence weakened)...
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...them……………….. 4 Task 2…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6 2.1 Explain how economic systems attempt to allocate resources effectively……………………. 6 2.2 Assess the impact of fiscal and monetary policy on business organizations and their activities………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 8 2.3 Evaluate the impact of competition policy and other regulatory mechanisms on the activities of a selected organization…………………………………………………………………………………… 9 Task 3………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 10 3.1 Explain how market structures determine the pricing and output decisions in various organizations………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 10 3.2 Illustrate the way in which market forces shape organizational responses using a range of examples……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 11 3.3 Judge how business and cultural environments shape the behavior of Armani…………. 12 Task 4……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 13 4.1 Discuss the importance of international trade, and globalization to Armani or other organizations………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 13 4.2 Impact of global factors on Armani or other organizations……………………………………. 14 4.3 Evaluate the impact of policies of the...
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... * Evaluating how their business environment is influenced by government economic policy which may be identified through the application of economic theory. * Critically evaluating the local economic business environment measured against the choice of a comparative international economic and business system. (Pictorial techniques may be used which are appropriate to illustrate and justify the evaluation, e.g. Graphs, charts, economic curve diagrams, etc.) (700 – 1,000 words) Question 2 * Critical evaluation of measures used by governments and central banks to manage the economies of their countries. * By critically evaluating, using convincing arguments in support of the measures used to reduce, minimise or alleviate economic difficulties many countries face. (Examples should be used in the submission to illustrate the justified view) (1,100 – 1,500 words) 1. BUSINESS includes all doings linked with production, trade, banking, coverage, finance, energy, advertising, packaging etc. ENVIRONMENT refers to all external forces, which have comportment on the functioning of business. The environment includes factors outside the firm which can lead to opportunities for or threats to the firm. There is close relationship between business and its economic environment. Business obtains all its needed inputs from the economic environment and it absorbs the output of business units. ECONOMIC POLICY is the term used to describe administration actions that are intended...
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