3. “The UK electoral system produces unrepresentative results and should switch to a form of proportional representation. Discuss.” At the moment‚ the UK electoral system uses FPTP‚ or First Past the Post. This electoral system has been in place since 1882‚ but it is true that it provides unrepresentative results. For example‚ in the 2010 General Election‚ the Liberal Democrats got 23% of the vote‚ with over 6‚000‚000 votes‚ yet they only got 57 seats‚ which is only 9% of a say of what goes on
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Perception of Destination Branding Measures: A Case Study of Alexandria Destination Marketing Organizations suzan bakri hassan mohamed soliman abdel hamid Fayoum University‚ Egypt h o s n y a l b o h a i ry Authority Office‚ Alexandria‚ Egypt s u p p l i e r s a n d o r g a n i z e r s in the tourism sector seek to attract tourists by differentiating and marketing their products and services. While developing their marketing and sale methods they are now more and more using branding as one of their
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Control Measures for Efficiency and Effectiveness MGT/521 December 3‚ 2013 Control Measures for Efficiency and Effectiveness The customer call center for timeshare vacations is responsible for sales and customer service. In order to have a nation-wide or global market‚ the timeshare company must have a strong call center. The customer service and sales representatives must be able to answer questions and convince potential buyer to invest in a timeshare. The following will discuss the authors’
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Impacts of Global Warming in the UK Current data for climate change suggest that global warming is taking place due to the enhanced greenhouse effect. If global temperatures continue to rise it will present a number of challenges in the future. Different countries will experience global warming differently depending on their location and level of development‚ but even within a country‚ there will be ‘winners and losers’. For example‚ in the UK Global Warming is good news for coastal resorts‚ especially
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OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS TO A UK BUSINESS TO CHINA’S CONTINUED GROWTH China has grown rapidly in recent times with huge increases in GDP‚ a growth rate of 10.4%. This compared to the UK’s 1.4% shows the enormous difference between the two countries and the size of their growth. Businesses based in this country are now competing with other multinationals to be world leaders in many sectors. A multinational company is an enterprise operating in several countries but still only managed from one country
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This paper is aimed for providing the case study on Age UK based on the aspects of leadership and management. The discussion is then compared with the international not for profit organisation such as Red Cross. The paper has provided the significant evidences for the grounds of discussion are the innovation of services and products because of increase in competition. The influence of the external factors using appropriate tools of management like PEST model is provided for considering the understanding
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Business and finance The range of management‚ business and finance courses in the United Kingdom (UK) is huge. There are courses in business administration‚ finance‚ business management‚ business law‚ European and international business‚ and economics. You can focus on areas such as decision-making‚ marketing‚ managing change or customer services‚ and your course can be specialist or broad-based. For more information on specific subjects please refer to the subject sheets in this series on Accountancy
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“The UK is experiencing a participation crisis.” Discuss. (25 marks) Due the nation’s interest in materialism and individualism‚ we have gained a certain lack of interest in political matters and affairs – people find politics dull and many people think that it doesn’t affect them‚ this results to certain inhabitants obtaining a ’laissez-faire’ attitude toward the government. Nowadays citizens around the UK aren’t aware of political dealings; this supports the idea that today’s society has become
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Bulletin of Education & Research December 2007‚ Vol. 29‚ No. 2‚ pp. 43-57 Education System of Pakistan and the UK: Comparisons in Context to Inter-provincial and Inter-countries Reflections Muhammad Saeed* Abstract This paper addresses the comparisons of the education system of Pakistan and the UK from six dimensions i.e. education and training authority‚ educational structure‚ curriculum formulation‚ assessment and evaluation‚ supervision and management‚ and teacher education and training
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Is the UK political system democratic? “A government of the people‚ by the people‚ for the people.” The word democracy comes from the Greek words "demos" which means the people and "kratos" which means authority‚ or power. A democratic political system is one in which the ultimate political authority is vested in the people this means that all eligible citizens are able to participate equally either directly or through elected representatives in the proposal‚ development‚ and creation of laws
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