Budget Setting Process within Local Governments in the UK Introduction Finance is one of the key resources available to local authorities for use in providing their services and for meeting their statutory obligations to their residents. Other resources include staff‚ systems‚ property/buildings and information. Finance is the resource that allows all the other resources to be secured and as such managing it becomes a very important activity to ensure an efficient use of all resources. Finance
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that “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely”. Give an example to argue your answer. (more or less 500 words) 2. How does media coverage of communal conflict in Indonesia recently influence your views on power and how power may be used to attain political objectives? Give example for your answer. (more or less 1000 words) Answer : 1. “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely” is a famous statement of Lord Acton. Power can be
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Youth justice system In the last hundred years‚ juvenile justice is concentrating on punishment and welfare both. England earlier had the unfortunate system of juvenile justice of imprisonment‚ transportation and even death penalty‚ regardless of the age of the offender. Now children and adults are treated differently and juveniles have their own courts to try their offences. A large number of them are considered to be suffering from behavioural disorders and in such cases‚ they are sent for psychiatric
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Structure as patterns of relations. Structures are applicable to people in how a society is as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships. Power as influence over those relations. The structure of any organization‚ seen in this way‚ will partly be the outcome of the efforts of managers and other organizational designers to structure tasks‚ activities and establish a controlling hierarchy of command (Watson‚ 2008). A sharp distinction should be made between the formal structure
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How effective are the elections in the UK? As with every type of elections across the world there are some negative and positive elements. Amongst these is theUK as well. Elections are the principle way in which governments in the UK are formed. They therefore serve to transfer power from one government to the next. The positive democratic elements of the UK elections are as follows. Everyone is free to participate in the elections. There are very few restrictions on who can vote or stand
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(1)‘it is as false to claim that the United Kingdom does not have a constitution’ as (2)‘it is to claim that the constitution that the United Kingdom does possess is uncodified’”. In other words to consider whether the UK have a constitution; if yes‚ what kind of a constitution the UK possesses. To answer these two statements one should define the meaning of a constitution and its purposes; what are the differences between written and unwritten constitutions; whether the British constitution is uncodified
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The UK labour’s market have seen a significant increase in income inequality. The labour market is “a market in which wages‚ salaries and conditions of employment are determined in the context of the supply and demand for labour.” (Bannock‚ G Et.al 2003) This disparity in income can be seen from the Gini coefficient‚ which is a widely used measure of inequality‚ at an all-time high in recent years‚ with a significant increase since 1980. This trend is unlikely to reverse especially as income inequality
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Assess the strengths of the UK constitution (25marks) The constitution of the United Kingdom is the sum of laws and principles that make up the body politic of the United Kingdom. It concerns both the relationship between the individual and the state‚ and the functioning of the legislature‚ the executive and judiciary. One strength that is highlighted in the source which is a strength of the UK constitution is that it is flexible. This is a strength as it therefore means the government and people
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In Malaysia & UK Introduction Malaysia and UK cultural differences towards international business can be seen through the country Economic Strength‚ Supportive Government Policies‚ An Educated Workforce‚ Developed Infrastructure‚ Vibrant Business Environment and Quality of Life. According to Geert Holfstede Cultural Dimension Research‚ Malaysia scores 104 the highers Power Distance Index. There is a high correlation between the Muslim religion and the Hofstede Dimensions of Power Distance (PDI)
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21510 Global Context of Management Online Travel Agency – UK Table of Contents Introduction 3 Global View 4 PESTEL Analysis 5 Porters Five Forces 6 Appendix 1: PESTEL Analysis 7 Political & Legal 7 Economic 8 Social/Cultural 9 Technological 10 Environmental 11 Appendix 2: Tables & Graphs 12 Appendix A 12 Appendix B 12 Appendix C 13 Appendix D 13 Appendix E 14 Appendix F 14 Appendix G 15 Appendix H 15 Appendix I 16 References
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