...Obama’s plan for the stimulus was energy saving. To save more energy meant to save more money. In chapter two, on page 38, it says that “oil imports had more than doubled since 1973.” The U.S. was shipping around one billion dollars overseas to buy oil. The price of oil went high and because of this it hurt tourism and caused other things such as plastics and manufacturers to increase costs. The U.S. at one time was using approximately twenty five percent of the world’s oil. Now that is a lot of oil and money. Oil was used for transportation and coal was used for electricity. The United Sates was the worst at consuming energy and used a huge amount of it. U.S. homes were a cause of burning a huge amount of electricity and burning a huge amount of gas for driving. Barack Obama proposed to set up a trading system to reduce carbon emissions by eighty percent by 2050. This would reduce emissions and the huge amount of energy being used. Obama also proposed to invest around one hundred and fifty billion dollars in clean energy for over ten years to save energy. Obama had a came up with a renewable energy resource to be used. It was very clean, convenient, and it was said to be “infinitely abundant.” It didn’t need to be imported and wouldn’t have to rely on other countries also. What it was is called “energy efficiency.” Energy efficiency would waste much less energy and save money. It would be generated by products and appliances such as energy saving refrigerators, air conditioners, light...
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...processes lead to good decisions? This McKinsey survey highlights several process steps that are strongly associated with good financial and operational outcomes. In the survey, we asked executives from around the world about a specific capital or human-resources decision their companies made in the course of normal business. We learned who was involved, what drove the decisions, how deep the analysis was, how unfettered the discussions, and how and where politics were involved. Respondents also described the financial and operational outcomes of the decisions.1 The results highlight the hard business benefits—such as increased profits and rapid implementation—of several decision-making disciplines. These disciplines include ensuring that people with the right skills and experience are included in decision making, making decisions based on transparent criteria and a robust fact base, and ensuring that the person who will be responsible for implementing a decision is involved in making that decision. Finally, although corporate politics sometimes seems to undermine strong decision making, some types of consensus-building and alliances apparently can help create good outcomes. 1 The survey was in the field in November 2008 and received responses from 2,327 executives from the full range of industries, regions, and functions. Jean-François Martin Dec 2008 McKinsey Quarterly survey on corporate decisions 2 McKinsey Global Survey Results How companies make good decisions ...
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...suffrage is one of the major historical turning points in the Progressive Era. During this time there were two groups that pushed and furthered the cause of women’s suffrage. The National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), founded in 1890, and the National Women’s Party (NWP), founded in 1913 and led by Alice Paul (Schultz,2012,pg.341-42). The second major historical turning point in this era I will discuss is the Stock Market Crash of October 1929. The Stock Market Crash of 1929 devastated the economy and was a key factor in beginning the Great Depression. Analyze the impact of the two (2) or more major historical turning points selected on America’s current society, economy, politics, and culture. The Women’s Suffrage movement had a major impact on society, economy, politics, and culture. In 1920 the Nineteenth Amendment was passed and women won the right to vote (Schultz, 2012, pg.342). The enfranchisement of women was the largest expansion of the voting population in American history, significantly increasing the American electorate. This movement opened many doors for women; they now knew that they had a voice and the right to speak on political issues within the government and allowed them property rights. The stock market crash of 1929 caused fear and panic throughout the country and resulted in the beginning of the Great Depression. All aspects of the economy were affected by this downward spiral in the stock market; it caused many banks and businesses...
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...provision of technical assistance banked liquidity support to banks, supervision of rural credit institutions and other economic development initiatives. INTRODUCTION Microfinance is defined as, “a type of banking service that is provided to unemployed or low-income individuals or groups who would otherwise have no other means of gaining financial services”(refer to bibliography). In other words it is provision of financial services such as savings, credit and insurance to individuals that fall below the poverty line. Microfinance therefore is also stated as creation of social value for these individuals by elevating their circumstances and helping them to envision the livelihood opportunities. Through the provision of capital for micro enterprise, savings for risk mitigation and insurance the purpose or the goal for the sustainability of rural developers is achieved. The microfinance programme through SHG (Self Help...
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...Commentary: Values and Health Policy: The Case of Singapore Christopher Ham From: Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law Volume 26, Number 4, August 2001 pp. 739-745 | In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 26.4 (2001) 739-745 Commentary Health care systems do not develop in isolation. They are products of the societies in which they are embedded and of the values held to be important in those societies. There could be no better illustration of this truth than the comparison between Sweden and the United States. The commitment in Sweden to equity and to the belief in that country in the benefits of action by the state has resulted in the development of a universal, tax-funded health service in which the emphasis is on ensuring access to health care for all. In contrast, the commitment in the United States to individual freedom and the aversion to government intervention has led to the development of a market-based health care system in which choice is highly valued and inequities in access tolerated. The case of Singapore described by Michael Barr is a further illustration of the influence of social embeddedness and values in health care. A former British colony that gained independence in 1965, Singapore has attracted attention mainly because of the success of its economy. Rapid economic growth since independence has created a city-state of 3 million people in which per capita incomes are among...
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...American politics in different media An essay written by Emil Holte. As the headline articulates this essay would be about American politics in different medias. This essay will discuss the representation of American politics in three different medias. The media consists of books, TV-series and Cartoons. To be more specific it is, America – A Citizen’s Guide to Democracy Inaction (chapter 6), House of Cards and a cartoon with Obama and Romney. These three medias do all somehow have a common representation of American politics or American politicians. What do they have in common and where do they differentiate from each other? The common thing all three different medias are representing is the overall opinion of the American politician and American politics in general. The book, America – A Citizen’s Guide to Democracy Inaction (chapter 6), is deeper in the “theoretical” aspect than the other two. But you should not be fooled by the word theoretical. The book does describe the American politics and the politicians, but it is in a very informal and sarcastic approach. The sixth chapter describes campaigns and elections and therefore also how the American politician acts. It tells basic facts about American politics but with a twist of a subjective and sarcastically opinion. As an example “Initially, the process of conducting campaigns and holding elections was conceived as a means to an end – the peaceful transfer of power.”. Later on in the same passage “Today, running for...
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...been required by the Tax Office to divulge the details of customers with offshore structures. ''We recently complied with an order to provide the ATO with the details of all customers with a connection to Australia in various offshore jurisdictions,'' said Stephen Ries, a spokesman. Ashurst (formerly Blake Dawson) says it is its clients' responsibility to ensure they're meeting their tax obligations. ''Our firm actively advises our clients to comply with all applicable taxation laws and regulations,'' said spokesman Glenn Taylor. ''Some clients will establish international structures for a wide variety of legitimate business reasons and, on occasion, they seek our help to assist with this,'' he said. But confidential documents reveal that the secrecy of offshore accounts was paramount. File notes for the late John Anderson, a senior partner with accountancy firm KPMG, reveal his obsession with secrecy. Because of his position, ''he did not want at any stage for there to be a connection between himself and the trust,'' a Portcullis TrustNet file note reveals. ''We can assure him that his records or his confidentiality would never leave these offices.'' Mr Williams blamed accountants and lawyers for making such arrangements possible to begin with. '''I am going to focus in on those people who have got them into it in the first place and enabled this. ''I am going to target the facilitators.'' Leaks help untangle web of offshore havens and those using them Richard Dukes...
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...The organization itself can’t participate in politic actions; yet, its advocacy partner, EDF Action, can. Politicians need to have citizens by their side in order to be reelected; indeed, EDF Action’s main influence over politics is their “army of concerned citizens” that include political strategists and communication professionals. One of their strategies is to publish every attack received in congress and by whom, but also the opposite occurs when they support EDF. For instance, in 2014, the EDF spent one million dollars to elect the Republican Chris Gibson. During that time, Republicans were “passed innumerable bills in order to strip the EPA [Environmental Protection Agency] of its authority and funding” (Adler, 2014). However, Gibson voted in favor of key pieces of environmental legislations which made him EDF favorite Republican. Even though his lifetime rating for LCV...
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...Elections of all types are held throughout the world every year, some big, some small. During middle school and high school annual elections are held for class president and his or her cabinet. School elections contain no real politics but school boy politics. Where often the race comes down to a popularity contest. Hopeful candidates pay for gimmicks such as stickers, baked goods, magnets, and signs to sway votes in his or her direction. Behind the scenes nasty rumors are spread regarding fellow candidates and scandals often arise. All of this for a figure head position of no power. The race for the presidency of the United States possess startling similarities to that of a popularity contest in middle school. This is evident in one presidential candidate Donald Trump. Donald Trump was born in 1946, in Queens Island New York, the child of Frederick and Mary Trump. He attended New York Military Academy and later attended Fordham...
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...Fiscal Policy in the Developing World * A Brief Overview of Political Economy * Approaches to Fiscal Politics * Characteristics of Fiscal Policy in Bangladesh * Political Culture in Bangladesh and Effect on the Economy * References Aim of the Paper * To analyze how political variables affect the fiscal policy decision making process and study the political process and culture and the institutional constraints in context of Bangladesh to see the effect they have on the fiscal decision making * The research will be conducted through literature review and interview and based on the data between 1972 to 2012. Fiscal Policy: Definition and its Role on the Economy * Fiscal policy – essentially a budget policy encompassing all measures pertaining to the level and structure of government’s financial operations - public revenue, public borrowing and public expenditure . * It seeks to influence the aggregate demand curve through conscious setting of spending and taxation by government policymakers. Politics invariably affects the decision making process. * Basic goals of fiscal policy: * Attain full employment level of equilibrium * Maintain full employment once it is attained * Maintain economic stabilization Effect on the aggregate demand curve of goods and services in the short run and on saving, investment and growth in the long run. Fiscal Policy in the Developing World * Short term goal:...
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...University of Maryland, University College (UMUC) Offshore Outsourcing: Reducing Cost, Sacrificing Quality Nick Blasetti AMBA 600 Ralph Masi May 12, 2015 Executive Summary Offshore outsourcing is a growing trend in today’s business world. Many large, fortune 500 companies are sending a majority of their low skilled jobs overseas to reduce labor costs. This process is leading to many negative impacts on consumers and workers. Consumers are now being put at greater risks and experiencing poorer service, while workers are losing their jobs and struggling to find new ones. Workers are also now forced to interact with many foreign employees. The language barrier between domestic and international employees hinders working relationships, and even decreases productivity. Many companies who initiate outsourcing have received negative reactions from employees and reductions in morale. Even with the very apparent negative impacts of outsourcing, companies are continuing to outsource more and more work. The reason: reductions in labor costs outweigh everything else. Companies may be sacrificing their integrity for increased profits, but with so many companies outsourcing, they really have no other choice. Their workers and consumers may be unhappy, but in order to remain competitive they must follow suit. Consumers and workers will be forced to adapt with the changing times by increasing their skills to avoid losing their jobs...
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...education, and literacy. These countries typically have much poverty and unequal distribution of wealth. This is significant to comparative politics because we study how underdeveloped countries come to be more successful nation-states with prospering markets. We also study examples of countries that have failed at this. Some of the more successful countries would be Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Africa and Afghanistan would be prime examples of countries that still have trouble with underdevelopment. 2. SYNCRETISM- Sil reading. Syncretism is the strategy of Nation building that combines foreign/modern and native/traditional values. Sil believes that in order for a Third World country to move forward, traditions must be reconstructed with newer, more modern ideals. This is significant to Comparative Politics because it is a way of understanding how social mobilization affects modern nation building. 3. ZAIBATSU- Johnson and Fukai reading. Zaibatsu are eastern Asian industrial and financial conglomerates that unleashed entrepreneurship in countries like Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. They focus capital in developmental projects in underdeveloped countries and constitute compromise between inefficiencies of purely state enterprise and indifference to developmental goals of purely private enterprise. This is significant to Comparative Politics because it started entrepreneurship and encouraged investment in Third World counties. It is also a prime player in the Capitalist Developmental...
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...Good morning architects and welcome Over the next 8 minutes I will give you a course in how to network and mingle with people with a different background than our own. So today I will: * Introduction * Mingling * Business tools * Mingling with different cultures * Mingling with the Japanese and English * Final advice 1. My name is Laila , and I work as an advisor in international communication at B.U.I.L.D which stands for: Better Understanding of International Language Developments I have been working with this for 5 years now. I have a degree in international communication and foreign culture from Copenhagen Business School. 2. Today is all about mingling and the difference of culture. Mingling creates new connections and possibilities. Professional networking is about meeting people and letting them meet you. This is what communication is all about. Like anything else, it takes practice. Often it is very hard for people to mingle; in fact some people find it as hard to mingle, as it can be to stand in front of a crowd and give a speech. The art of mingling can be very difficult to understand and execute. To feel more at ease at the event, prepare ahead of time, with full stomach, the right attitude and the right business tools, which I will give you throughout this course. 3. One thing every culture has in common is the initial contact. The first handshake and word is important, no matter which crowd or individual you choose to...
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...Jane Harding, considered a proposal to shift 3,000 well compensated computer programming jobs from the US to existing company locations in China, India, and Brazil. Harding, senior VP for Human Resources in the Global Services Division (GSD) of Global Information Systems, Inc. (GIS). GIS had 2003 revenues of nearly $90 billion. GSD accounted for about half of GIS’s total revenues and an equal fraction of its total profits. It also included more than half of the company’s 315,000 worldwide employees. A significant portion of GSD’s business came from customers outsourcing their business-process needs. GSD signed multiyear contracts with customers. Most of these long-term contracts were won through highly contested competitive proposals. Competition was against Accenture, Ltd., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Computer Sciences Corp., and Perot Systems. These multiyear billings of some contracts totaled in excess of $1 Billion. Pretax profit margins at the division level were close to 10%. GSD presented the most attractive value proposition to potential customers by cutting costs and improving performances by “offshoring certain activities. The combination of huge capacity expansion and similarly large price reductions in telecommunications made it highly efficient to establish customer service/call centers, software developments centers, engineering design centers, and back-office accounting centers in low-cost areas of the world that had been or were now developing...
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...ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS* PATRICIA BRADSHAW-CAMBALL AND VICTOR V. MURRAY York University, 4700 Keele Street, North York, Ontario, Canada Despite recent and growing interest in organizational politics, conceptual thought in this area tends to be dominated by a single theoretical perspective. In this paper we describe and contrast three views of organizational politics (functionalist, interpretive and radical) according to their differing structures, processes and outcomes. Each view, or lens, directs attention to some aspects of politics and away from others, and each has strengths and weaknesses embedded in it. In order to assess whether multiple perspectives on politics can be fruitfully applied simultaneously, we describe and analyze a case of a hospital administration engaged in budgeting games and illusion making. The data for the case were collected using naturalistic inquiry and multiple methods including structured and unstructured interviews, review of documents, observation of meetings and casual interaction facilitated by frequent visits over a ten-month period. The case revolves around the hospital administrators' attempts to deal with what they termed a "disastrous deficit" and the most serious financial situation in the hospital's history. Strategies for dealing with the funding agency and board of directors included the management of meaning and communications about the term "deficit." The three perspectives on organizational politics highlight different...
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