Level 3 Public Services Government‚ Politics and the Public Services Unit 1 European parliament What is the European Parliament? The European Parliament‚ also abbreviated as Europarl or the EP‚ is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU). Together with the Council of the European Union and the European Commission‚ it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world The European Directly
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1. On the Basics: a. We have asserted that marketing is really the strategic idea of ‘connectedness’ with customers. From the perspective of your final project company‚ identify and discuss how your company connects with its customers – select from either the marketing concept or the selling concept. Be sure to define each concept and be detailed in your response. A: Marketing concept holds that achieving organizational goals depends on knowing the needs and wants of target markets and delivering
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TAKE HOME EXAM – TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT The popularity of Southwestern University’s football program under its new coach‚ Bo Pitterno‚ surged in each of the 5 years since his arrival at the Stephenville‚ Texas‚ college With a football stadium close to maxing out at 54‚000 seats and a vocal coach pushing for a new stadium‚ SWU president Joel Wisner faced some difficult decisions. After a phenomenal upset victory over its archrival‚ the University of Texas‚ at the homecoming game in the fall
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Table of Contents Literature review 2 Local government; Functions and Importance 2 Local government in nation building/development 2 Reference 4 Project research plan 5 Introduction 5 Aims 5 Objectives 5 Methodology and Materials 6 Expected results and output 6 Research plan timetable 7 Literature review Local government; Functions and Importance The political/appointed administration constituted by national law within a small geographic region that could cover cities towns and states
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How IT can add value to a company directly and indirectly. Information technology can add value to a company either directly or indirectly. Reducing the cost associated with a given products/services. Cost reduction could happen anywhere within acquisition of raw materials to delivery of final product/services. Cost reduction occurs in different forms‚ it usually occurs when IT allows the same activity or set of activities to be performed more efficiently (Diann‚ n.d.). IT may either reduce
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The federal government of the United States is composed of three distinct branches: legislative‚ executive and judicial. The powers of these branches are vested by the U.S. constitution in the Congress‚ the president and the federal courts. The legislative branch of the U.S. government is the United States Congress. It is a bicameral system‚ meaning it has both an upper and a lower house: The Senate and the House of Representatives respectively. Both senators and representatives are chosen through
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International Applied Economics and Management Letters 1(1): 9-12 (2008) Are Malaysian Government-Linked Companies (GLCs) Creating Value? Y. W. Lau1 and C. Q. Tong2 Faculty of Economics and Management‚ Universiti Putra Malaysia 2 School of Business and Law‚ Sunway University College 1 Abstract: Government-linked companies (GLCs) play an important role in the development of the Malaysian economy. However‚ overall public perception of GLCs in Malaysia has been tainted by the poor performance
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Bill Shaw‚ a philosopher‚ wrote the paper “Affirmative Action: An Ethical Evaluation”. In this paper he presents four objections people have to why affirmative action is wrong and then gives reasons as to why these objections are not valid. In this paper‚ I will first discuss what affirmative action is‚ then Shaw’s point argument against “the objection of unfair burden on present generation of white workers” (Shaw 766). Following this‚ I will articulate an objection to Shaw’s argument‚ regarding
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Report: “Why Companies Can No Longer Afford to Ignore Their Social Responsibilities” Theme of the Article Over the years‚ the perspective of corporate social responsibility has evolved in Corporate America. Today‚ many businesses have made promises to contribute to current social problems‚ such as the environment and labor standards. Companies are now looking at corporate social responsibility as a sustainability tactic that can benefit their overall market value. Companies that do not pay
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P1 What are the responsibility of the government in the uk The central government is charged with a number of responsibilities including policy making on matters of education‚ crime and justice‚ employment and foreign relations. The central government is also charged with delegation of duties to the local government as well as coordination of these local governments. Usual responsibilities of this level of government which are not granted to lower levels are maintaining national security and exercising
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