...What are the most significant factors the influence a president when choosing the cabinet? (15 marks) The cabinet is an advice-giving group selected by the president to help him in decision making and co-ordinating the work of federal government, membership of which is determined both by tradition and presidential discretion. The cabinet is not mentioned in the Constitution, yet each candidate the president recruits must be confirmed by the Senate. A vital factor that the president must take into account when choosing the cabinet is to have a broad and balanced cabinet. When choosing a balanced cabinet it is crucial to remember three categories,(EGG) ethnicity,gender and geographical variety. This was well done by Obama's cabinet in 2009 as the president had a vast cabinet with different geographical backgrounds, simply meaning that Obama appointed members from as much different states as he could to give those states representation and equality. This balance in-terms of region was visual in Obama's cabinet, it consisted of ( Shaun Donovan (HUD) New York, Ken Salazar (Interior) Colorado, Arne Duncan (Education) Illinois and Janet Napolitano (Homeland Security) Arizona. A further balance of the Cabinet was shown in 2013 under the presidency of Barak Obama. In 2013 this proved to be a good year in-terms of representation of gender within the cabinet as the female role in the cabinet is increasing with 2 appointed and 1 nominee (Sylvia Mathews Burwell (Management and Budget)...
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...Hannah Meaney X00103230 Students are required to write a 3,000 word essay which examines macro environmental factors from the perspective of an individual country of the student’s choosing. Introduction: The country that I have chosen to discuss for the purpose of this assignment is Germany. I have been to Germany before, their lifestyle and the way in which they operate their businesses on a day to day basis is highly intriguing to me. By choosing this country to research for this essay I will hopefully gain a deeper knowledge and insight into the differences between Germany and Ireland and the factors which make Germany so unique. In this essay I will look at and explain in detail the Macro Environmental factors and by using the P.E.S.T Analysis I will look at the Political, Economic, Socio Cultural and Technological factors of Germany. I will discuss what the change drivers are within the environment and what implications they have had on the country in terms of opportunities and threats that they may present to Businesses. Background: Germany is located in central Europe. Its’ largest city which also is the capital is named Berlin. It is home to over 80 million people, which makes it the most inhabited country in the European Union today. Germany is a major leader and extremely influential in terms of economics and politics within Europe. It is one of the most powerful leaders in many different ways and has lots to offer. Germany has a powerful history which of course...
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...preferred firm for organisations seeking to understand, compete and grow in Sub-Saharan Africa, with particular focus on Nigeria. O & G maximizes its exclusive relationship with well-placed, high profile political, diplomatic, business and economic contacts to deliver intelligent, informed and reliable facts, faster and better using our robust sources in major corporate establishments and government ministries, agencies, commissions and parestatals in Nigeria. www.oldstoneandgreen.com Geopolitical Risk Analysis Due Diligence Influence and Relationship Mapping Market Entry and Intelligence We are subcontractors to major London and US based risk consultancies and our clients include, global financial institutions, law firms, oil, gas and extractive companies, manufacturers, power and energy providers, retail and professional service firms and high-net-worth individuals. AFRICA FOCUSED 4 LocalKnowledge www.oldstoneandgreen.com WHAT WE DO 5 Our Solution Geopolitical Risk Analysis • Scenario Mapping • Security Analysis and Threat Assessment • Political Due Diligence and Risk Assessment • Country Risk Analysis and Watch • Bespoke Country Risk Report and Forecast • Briefing and Advisory Due Diligence • Compliance Due Diligence – FCPA, UK Bribery Act, OFAC •...
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...and business practices. Understanding the different cultures and how to interact to convey the message is crucial. In order to be successful there must be policies and a strategic framework for mobilizing and coordinating resources for the prevention of HIV/AIDS transmission and provision of care and support to the infected and affected people in Kenya. AIDS is an epidemic throughout Africa and Kenya is not excluded. Currently, most people are not educated on the dangers of this disease due to ethnic, cultural, and religious beliefs. The country’s diverse culture, customs and gestures, political imbalance, economic state, and how they conduct business with foreign influences are some issues that will be addressed and solved before entering this venture. Conducting Business in Kenya Kenya or the Republic of Kenya is a newly independent country that gained its independence in 1963 from British colonial rule. Kenya is located in East Africa and is bordered by Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan. Ethiopia and Somalia. The Republic of Kenya is one of the most culturally rich countries in all of Africa with a beautiful blend of several different cultures and ethnic groups. There are at least 40 different ethnic groups living in Kenya. The country is bustling with a total population of 45 million people with the population growth rate around 2.3% (Africa and the World, 2012). Kenya has a wide...
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...Edexcel AS Politics Edexcel AS Politics ExamBuster 2009 Introduction to Unit 1- People and Politics Understanding the Examination and Exam Technique Choosing your questions In this unit you are presented with four questions. They are of equal value and each question covers one of the four sections of the specification. These are: Democracy and political participation Party policies and ideas Elections Pressure groups There is no significance to the order in which questions appear. Each question is divided into three sections (a), (b) and (c). When choosing which questions to do, the following principles are recommended: It is almost certain that you will be better off choosing your strongest question to do first. You should choose questions on the basis of how well you can answer the section (c) part. The (c) part carries 25 of the 40 marks available for the whole answer. Do not choose a question simply because you can do part (a) especially well. The (a) question is only worth 5 marks. It would be illogical to choose your strongest (a) part if you cannot do well on section (c). If you cannot decide between several (c) parts, i.e. you can do more than one equally well, make your choice on the basis of part (b) which carries 10 marks. But remember, it is the (c) parts that will determine most what your overall mark will be. So, when you first look at the exam paper, look at the (c) sections first. Assessment Objectives Each question is divided into three sections,...
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...Northern Consortium United Kingdom – Politics Past paper questions for June exam < Module 1 > Section A 1a What are the differences between Public Bills Committees and Select Committees? [5] Public Bills Committee is part of legislative process, whereas Select Committee is part of scrutiny process. In the former committee, the bill is examined by line by line to ensure that its wording and language is clear to allow any amendments on the bill. In the latter committee, there are two departments – governmental and non-governmental. They examine government departments’ expeditures , policies and policies. There are between 16 to 50 members in the PBC who are selected by Committee of Selection whose 7 out 9 members are ships. On the other hand, there are 11 members in the SCs and to eliminate “the conflict of interest, all the members are backbench members who are elected using the Alternative vote system. 2a What are the main functions of Parliament and how well does it perform them? [5] < This question is a 20-mark question > 3a What are the differences between direct and representative democracy? [5] In direct democracy, people are directly involved in decision-making processes, whereas in representative democracy, people elect MPs who will represent and form a government in Parliament. For instance, some qualified members of Athenian society were involved in decision-making and a referendum is a limited form of direct democracy. Also general elections...
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...http://wjss.sciedupress.com World Journal of Social Science Vol. 1, No. 1; 2014 Theories of US Foreign Policy: An Overview Hang Thi Thuy Nguyen1 1 The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia Correspondence: Hang Thi Thuy Nguyen, School of Global, Urban and Social Science, The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia. E-mail: thuyhang032003@gmail.com Received: July 27, 2013 doi:10.5430/wjss.v1n1p20 Accepted: August 12, 2013 Online Published: August 13, 2013 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjss.v1n1p20 Abstract This article reviews major theoretical perspectives to US foreign policy as well as on how these theoretical perspectives explain foreign policy decision making and conducting of the US. First, the paper will discuss the process of making foreign policy to sustain US core values and interests which are determined by five major categories of sources (i) the external environment, (ii) the societal environment of the nation, (iii) the governmental setting, (iv) the roles of foreign policymakers, and (v) the individual personalities of foreign policy-making elites (Wittkopf et al 2008, p. 15). Then, the paper will examine the defensive and offensive realism, liberalism, marxism, neoclassical realism, constructivism which can be based on to understand US foreign policy behaviour. It will be concluded that no single theory has the capacity to describe, explain and predict US foreign policy behaviour. A mixture of such...
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...individuals perceive Barack Obama. In light of recent trends, this study tested whether individuals who identify themselves as Republicans are substantially more likely to maintain negative racial attitudes. The study also investigated whether white Americans are more likely than other racial groups to harbor racial prejudices and disapprove of Barack Obama. Results from this study indicated that racial resentment plays a significant role in contemporary politics. Data from between-subjects ANOVA and correlational analysis suggested that the Democratic Party and Republican Party are polarized in regards to racial issues. Moreover, conservative whites are the most likely racial group to hold racial prejudices against African-Americans. Finally, disapproval of President Obama is highly associated with high levels of negative racial stereotypes. Keywords: race, antipathy, conservatism, prejudices, Obama Is Racial Antipathy Increasing? The Polarizing Effect of Obama’s Presidency In 2008, Barack Obama became the first African-American to become President of the United States. His election marked a pivotal turning point in American politics. To millions, Obama’s election signaled the start of a post-racial America. The country was infused with euphoria as citizens from diverse backgrounds celebrated his historical victory. For a brief period, grievous injuries and acts of unkindness committed throughout America’s history were forgiven. Citizens who had constructed emotional...
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...Introduction “Ekin” is a transnational corporation. Ekin is our brand to produce the sport item in this world. Our logo is set by our brand name. Company Logo Our company is set at Vietnam and factory too. Our companies have produces so many sport item example basketball, football, badminton and so on. The more of the item we produce is sporting shoe. Except shoe, we also produce clothes, pants, stockings, basketball, racket and so on. Sporting Cloths of Men Basketball Shoe Gym Beg Vietnam is our home country, the main I choosing Vietnam is because of the material to produce our product is more cheaper than other country, second is the money exchange rate of Vietnam is more lower than other country, example Malaysia, US, UK, Singapore and so on. Today, we wanted to introduce a new product. The first country of we aim to sale this product is Malaysia. Because we getting know about have so many Malaysian like sport but their home economy is no allow of them to buy a shoe for sport. So that we create an ideal on produce a beautiful, performance and lower price to design a sporting running shoe. Even are rice family or poor family, they also can enjoy about the delight of sport in mood relax and happy. So that our design team group try hand for research the suit material for doing this ideal. New Product Introduction of EKIN The new product is...
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...However, this long-term campaign involved widespread support in educated circles to replace the term “tribe” or “tribal” with the more universally applicable concept of ethnicity. What if we insert element of this feminist theory into the history of our people by claiming we are from the same ancestral cord despite our linguistic differences. The Nupes regard Yoruba as brother from the same mother, that is why we hardly hear of clash between the two ethnic group. Nevertheless, older beliefs died slowly, and ethnic identities were still a vital part of national life since 1990. An untamed emphasis on ethnicity like this gives birth to...
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...Better Regulation for Growth Regulatory Quality and Competition Policy Investment Climate Advisory Services of the World Bank Group With funding from FIAS, the multi-donor investment climate advisory service in partnership with BETTER REGULATION FOR GROWTH GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORKS AND TOOLS FOR EFFECTIVE REGULATORY REFORM REGULATORY QUALITY AND COMPETITION POLICY INVESTMENT CLIMATE ADVISORY SERVICES WORLD BANK GROUP ©2010 The World Bank Group 1818 H Street NW Washington DC 20433 Telephone: 202-473-1000 Internet: www.worldbank.org All rights reserved Rights and Permissions The material in this publication is copyrighted. Copying and/or transmitting portions or all of this work without permission may be a violation of applicable law. The World Bank encourages dissemination of its work and will normally grant permission to reproduce portions of the work promptly. For permission to photocopy or reprint any part of this work, please send a request with complete information to the Copyright Clearance Center Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, USA; telephone: 978-750-8400; fax: 978-750-4470; Internet: www.copyright.com. All other queries on rights and licenses, including subsidiary rights, should be addressed to the Office of the Publisher, The World Bank Group, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20433, USA; fax: 202-522-2422; e-mail: pubrights@worldbank.org. About the Investment Climate Advisory Services of the World Bank Group The Investment Climate...
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...Profiting the Crown Chapter 1 – Poor by Nature * Natural rubber: discovered by Europeans in the “New World” * Goodyear’s discovery of mixing rubber with sulphur and applying heat (made it resistant to temperature) * Became widely used in a variety of industries in Western world; at home and in factories (6-7) * Natural rubber trees only grew in warm, wet climates – not ideal for Canada, had to import from many foreign regions (7-8) * Usage of rubber grew within Canada exponentially (8-9) * Rubber manufacturing began after First World War, mainly footwear + clothing (9) * Experienced rapid growth within the industry in first two decades (10) * Consolidated Rubber Company (1906) founded by Max Aitken, combining six leading rubber plants amalgamation (10) * American rubber companies moved into Canada – accounted for 2/3 (11) * Tariffs played vital role in market – limited imports and were aimed to increase national levels or production + promote self sufficiency (11) * Americans built subsidiaries in Canada to avoid tariff (11) * Rubber industry increasingly centralized, foreign-owned + controlled (11) * Canadian rubber industry expanded significantly prior to second world war (12) * Prewar period (WWII) + consumption of cars made rubber industry a necessity (12) * Dunlop invented air + rubber tire (1849) – very successful (13) * Rubber still imported from overseas – created very high expenses (13) * Massive scientific...
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...CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION & THEORETICAL BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 1 1.1 Introduction in to the topic and justification for choosing the topic A market potential forecast is a core component of a market analysis. It projects the future numbers, characteristics, and trends in your target market. A standard analysis shows the projected number of potential customers divided into segments. The facts are sobering: the majority of small businesses fail within five years of starting up. While there are many reasons that businesses fail, including some that have nothing to do with an owner's skills, it’s also possible that many of those same businesses collapsed simply because they couldn’t get enough customers to buy their product or service. In other words, the owners founded their business on a strategy of “build it and they will come” where, unfortunately, the customers never came. In fact, a recent study undertaken by the Blackbox seed accelerator found that many tech start-ups failed because they focused more on their product than on their potential customers. 1.2 Ask the right questions As a first step to determining the potential market for your new product or service, you want to focus on asking a couple of questions of yourself first, says Victor Kwegyir, a business consultant, business motivational speaker, and author of The Business You Can Start: Spotting the Greatest Opportunities in the Economic Downturn. Some of the questions you may want to begin with,...
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...Introduction To Public Administration–MGT111 VU LESSON 01 INTRODUCTION 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. The course on Public Administration/Management has following objectives: Understand the concept of public administration/ management/organization Understand the evolution of the concept of public administration and its importance Understand the role of government Understand the role and core functions of public manager Understand the structure of government /organizations Create understanding about the skills required by the public manager in imparting duties Understand the changing role of government and role of public managers. Importance of Course: The course on public administration/management is important as every citizen must understand the functioning of government. Besides, whether one works in private or public organization, or one is doing ones own business or whatever the profession, this course is useful as it helps understand organizations and their functioning. It also helps us understand the environment in which we are working. Introduction: definitions, concepts & setting At the end of lecture the students should be able to understanding: • The meaning of PA • The practice of public administration (PA) • Public administration as a subject of study • Definition of Public administration • Public administration, democracy and rights of citizens The Meaning The word ‘administration’ has been derived from Latin words ‘ad’ = to and ‘ministiare’ = serve and ‘Public’ =people...
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...! • • • • • • • Principles of the Australian Parliamentary System Government)–!The!government!is!the!party!or!coalition!of!parties!that!wins!the!most!seats!in!the!House!of!Representatives! Parliament)–!Consists!of!a!group!of!elected!representatives!and!a!person!who!represents!the!Queens.!In!the!federal!parliament!that!person!is!the! Governor>General.!Parliaments!make!the!laws!for!a!country/state! Crown)–!The!monarch!is!represented!by!a!governor/governor>general.!Refers!to!the!position,!power,!or!dominion!of!a!monarch.!The!monarch!as! Head!of!State! Separation)of)Powers)–!The!three!branches!of!power!(executive,!legislative!and!judicial)! Federal)System)–!The!power!to!govern!is!divided!by!the!Commonwealth!and!states.! Bicameral)–!A!bicameral!parliament!consists!of!two!chambers!or!houses! Minister)–!A!minister!is!both!a!member!of!parliament!and!a!member!of!the!executive.!This!means!a!minister!is!usually!in!charge!of!a!government! department!that!is!responsible!for!enacting!the!law! ! Australian Parliamentary System Under!the!Australian!federal!system!of!government,!the!country!is!divided!into!states!and!territories!each!with!its!own!parliament!–!making!a!total!of!9! parliaments.! • Commonwealth,)6)States,)2)Territories! They! are! elected! by! the! people! and! represent! the! needs! of! the! people.! Members! are! also! responsible! to! the! parliament! and! the! people! for! their! actions.!The)APS)is)based)on)the)Westminster)system)that)was)adopted)by)the)Commonwealth)constitution)in)1900...
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