Essays on Political Groups

Chapter 1: Introduction to Emergency Management

Emergency management is defined as discipline or profession that applies technology, planning, and management in dealing with extreme issues, and events affecting and even killing a large number of people. These extreme catastrophic events lead to excessive and extensive property damage hence disrupting community life leading to negative social impacts. There are fundamental theories of disasters that help in explaining the origin catastrophic events. They include acts of fate, acts of nature, effects of nature and society and social constructions. An integrated system that is well-defined and clearly differentiated in structure helps in coordinating the emergency management in the ...

Company Overview

Enbridge is primarily an energy delivering company, supplying energy across Canada and the U.S. It boasts of the biggest crude oil and liquids supply system worldwide. Other industry-related businesses of Enbridge include natural gas stocking, transmitting and midstream. It is also into generation of renewable and alternative energy, including solar, wind and geothermal energy (Enbridge, 2016). When stating its mission, Enbridge uses clear words, describing its core values of integrity, safety and respect. It lays stress on environment, health and safety, based on safety principles and life-saving norms by underlining these values. Informing about its 65 years old record ...

Introduction

The understanding of the historical evolution of the country is the key for the interpretation of the culture of the particular nation. At the same time, the history of the country contains the explanation of the causes and consequences of the particular events. These stages and events should serve the role of the example for the future conduct of population and leadership of the state. In this regard, the evolution path of Zimbabwe as the past colony of the British Empire represents the interesting development story. In 2015 the country celebrated twenty-five years of the independence. This South-African country ...

Introduction

For several years the United States maintains the operation of the first past approach in the election process. With that, the government of the country is seemed to be locked within the two major political parties due to the fact that any external party is deprived from the opportunity to enter the political arena and rule the agenda of the country. Meanwhile, the existing two political groups in the United States are regarded to have dramatically different agenda so that the voters are frustrated with the government. Accordingly, the majority of the people in the United States express the ...

“The Dynamics of Social Change and Mexico’s EZLN”

The purpose of this essay, as stated by the author, is to provide a better understanding of Latin American social movements and to elucidate the apparent confusion and theoretical deadlock surrounding the study of Latin American social movements in the Mexican context. The author analyzes and identifies various forms of struggle and social movements, as they relate to the quest for social justice and political power sought by the peasant and indigenous communities of Chiapas and elsewhere in Mexico. The author attempts to explain the developments that led to and followed the January 1994 uprising of the Ejercito Zapatista de ...

Using Contemporary Policy Examples, Explain What the 'Three Faces of Power' Teach Us about Agenda Setting

Introduction Public policies reflect, on the surface, governmental decision making processes. At a closer look, however, contemporary policies are the result of direct and indirect pressures upon the public or upon political decision-making factors. Steven Luke’s “three faces of power” model includes the decision-making power, the agenda setting and the preference shaping power, explaining three strategies of modeling public opinion by exerting specific aspects of power (Sundstram, 2011). Agenda setting, also named the non-decision-making power of the three faces of power model is a sinuous strategy that various groups can use for placing their problems or their issue as ...

Chapter 1:1. Define the State. 2. Define Power Power - is a capability to impose one`s will, to affect the activities and behavior of other people, even in contradiction to their resistance. Political power – is an ability of one individual or a group of individuals to control behavior of citizens and of society on the basis of state aims. 3. Distinguish Authority from Legitimacy Legitimacy – is consent of the people with power, when they voluntarily recognize its right to make binding decisions. Authority – is limited responsibilities and rights, formally granted to anyone in order to let ...

Impact of Effective Staffing on Organizational Performance

in Corniche Hospital, Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi University

Summer-B- 2012-2013

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study With the passage of time, UAE has become the most peaceful and economically stabled region across the world. For an organization located in UAE, the achievement of goals and objectives relies highly on the ability of the company to recruit and select the most appropriate applicant from the talent pool available. But staffing has become a prominent challenge in today’s market in UAE (Heyer, 2007). Corniche is one of the leading hospitals in UAE providing its patients with maternity and neonatal facilities (Corniche ...