Essays on Public Works

Introduction

A comparison of engineering licensure and regulation in the United States and Canada reveal critical differences between the two countries. Nonetheless, the licensure and regulation between the two countries converge at the point where government intervention in the profession offer some level of autonomy for engineers in their duty to promote public welfare and consumer protection. It has to be noted that privileges given to engineers in Canada present tremendous responsibility to the players. Besides, state regulation and licensure in the United States gives the state the watchdog powers to oversee the operations of individual engineers and corporate entities ...

Significant Areas Addressed by Management

Cedar addresses the compliance of the guidelines of Government Accounting Standards Board in the city accounting reports. Compliance to (GASB) regulations through the provision of an overview of its financial performance for the fiscal year Accounting Policies Utilized by the City The policies include Analysis of financial statements The policies of liabilities, assets, deposits and investments (Rodenbeck, 2013) Statistical Section The statistical section will cover the computational outcomes of the management decisions. For example Depreciation of capital assets over the respective annual ranges The effects of deposits and investments Determining the values of the net assets, and its liabilities ...

The Map of Haiti and others countries in the Caribbean

Haiti Acknowledgement This Cholera Proposal would not be having been possible without the support of “the Hinckley Institute at the University of Utah who gives me opportunity to serve the world and to see the good in the world. I am grateful to those who provided guidance and support during my internship at Medical Care Development International from ministry of health in Haiti (MSPP) I’m thankful my best Dr. Benavente Louis for his valuable contributions to this proposal. I’m thankful to Dr. Pablo Paolo and for Dr Jeff Wendell their leadership support of my research for this ...

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A Personal Opinion In the United States, local government plays a vital role in the development of counties, municipalities, and districts. These governments work below the state level and usually serve as the “middleman” between the state government and the local residents. Besides the all- purpose local governments, there may be unique purpose local governments which serve a number of purposes; such as maintaining the sewerage system across a municipality or township, overseeing public transportation, establishing districts for fire protection and engaging in other public works. In Texas District 9, the local government manages district ...

Prior to the Great Depression policy makers in the United States generally tended to accept that business cycles happened and in accord with Adam Smith's "invisible hand," tended to be self-correcting. The stock market crash of 1929, and the more general problem of massive unemployment forced a reconsideration. Smiley (2008) and Bernstein (2016) both point out that the human face of the Depression left no choice but for some government intervention. Jahan and Papageorgiou (2014), discussing Keynesian Economics put it plainly: “The central tenet of this school of thought is that government intervention can stabilize the economy.” The centerpiece ...

Introduction

In economics, a market is an institution or a mechanism that brings together buyers (bearers of demand) and sellers (suppliers) of certain goods and services. At the same time, markets may take various forms, including the form of the labor market. The labor market not only covers employees in all sectors of the economy of various skilled workers, but also working-age people who are not involved in the social production at the moment (for example, temporarily unemployed people). In the most general form, the labor market is the economic relationship between the demand and the supply of labor. The ...

INTRODUCTION

Franklin D. Roosevelt won presidential campaign in 1932 because H. Hoover was unable to lead the country out of the economic crisis of 1929-33. The policy of President Roosevelt in 1933-1941, became known under the name “New Deal”. It was an attempt to overcome the crisis and alleviate social tension in society, through deep reforms. In the presidential race, Roosevelt emphasized the need of the help to the millions of disadvantaged citizens; he promised that the American people would get the “New Deal”! Roosevelt did everything to maintain and develop the existing socioeconomic system in the country and strengthen ...

In any organization, as time goes by, the need arises for strategic changes to be undertaken. The changes can vary from the internal structure of the body, such as adjustment of management of the external environment which can include changes in the location. Changes and variations in any enterprise are inevitable for growth and development of the incorporation. Currently, the City’s Police Headquarters is in the process of shifting its whole department to downtown Winnipeg. While locating the place to situate the offices, several considerations, such as the steps to be followed to acquire the new site and ...

Introduction

For quite some time, the Western world had treated China as a minion. The relations between the West and China were frosty and that was attributable to the fact that western nations imposed reforms that they thought would work in China. However, the situation changed when Mr. Anson Burlingame was appointed head of Chinese delegation to the West. He made a passionate speech to the president, and his efforts were rewarded when he signed the first equal treaty between the West and China. In Mr. Burlingame’s speech, he said that no Empire had developed than that of China. ...

Representing the helm of a global enterprise proves no easy feat, particularly in the highly competitive and dauntingly complex world of the airline industry. Yet Richard Branson has managed to become viewed as a cool guy, who is down-to-earth, sensible and unpretentious as well as effectively leading the company Virgin into a hopeful future. A cogent understanding of the intensity and difficulty required to run an airline is noteworthy at the outset of this essay. In an article appearing in the Harvard Business Review, Anderson (2014) describes the treacherous terrain of management ...

Is FDR's expansion of the power of being President a good thing, or a bad thing? Cite specific examples of the changing role of the Chief Executive during the New Deal to justify your answer.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) had the longest tenure as the president of the United States from March 1933 to April 1945. His twelve-year stint as the most powerful man in the United States remarkably change the American Society and one of the most challenging country-wide problem was battling the Great Depression. FDR believed that his power came from the people and by virtue of ...

Thesis: Consisting of more than 70% of the surface of the earth, water is without a doubt the most valuable natural resource, which subsists on earth. Without this precious resource, life on the planet would essentially be non-existent, since it is crucial for everything on the earth to grow as well as prospering. Although as humans we recognize this reality, we ignore it through polluting our lakes, oceans, and rivers. The pollution of water causes numerous problems such as killing of fishes and diseases. Water pollution is harmful to animals as well as human beings. Nevertheless, there are numerous solutions ...

Theoretical Explanations of Two Prominent Pre-Industrial Civilizations: The Mayan Civilization and the Roman Empire from the Lens of Joseph Tainter and Arnold Toynbee

Introduction

Civilizations have characterized much of human history and have laid the groundwork for several innovations on human organization. As humans have learned to congregate in societies, they have developed their respective ways of living based on their understanding on the natural and social environment enveloping them within a given geographical area. Human organization inevitably comes into play, in which positions of authority are recognized and tasked to maintain and improve the political, economic and religious affairs of ...

Intentions (Thinking) Over Impacts (Results): A Critical Analysis of New Deal Liberalism through the Themes of Crisis Control, Community Construction and Creating Confidence Often when we pause to reflect on history, in remembering what occurred, we tend to focus primarily on the impact and results of initiatives which were implemented. At the same, however, we forget or are unaware of the original thinking or purpose behind those same initiatives, policies, programs, and movements, etc.

New Deal Liberalism - Roosevelt administration – represents just such a space in time.

New Deal is credited for facilitating the development of several programs. For example, social security; agriculture; industrialization; and, growth in union membership. Banking ...

Overview

I have been appointed in the position of the city manager of Gill Ville, a city with a population of about 200000 people. There are several issues to be addressed within the city departments. The citizens are aware of unethical behaviors in the management of the city, and they have lost their trust and support for the Mayor and the local government. My job is to get the city back on its track and satisfy the expectation of the citizens. There are several issues to be addressed within the departments to improve on service delivery to the citizens. The main ...

Overview

I have been appointed in the position of the city manager of Gill Ville, a city with a population of about 200000 people. There are several issues to be addressed within the city departments. The citizens are aware of unethical behaviors in the management of the city and they have lost their trust and support for the Mayor and the local government. My job is to get the city back on its tack and satisfy the expectation of the citizens. There are several issues to be addressed within the departments to improve on service delivery to the citizens. The main ...

- Competency Development The organizational field project was quite expedient in developing my professional and personal competencies to manage organizational culture, drive organizational management, and leadership management. I worked in The Columbia Public Works an organization that deals with color separation using nonhazardous methods. I had to use my skills in chromatography to guarantee that no color separation processes infringe the culture of the organization. Moreover, my technical experience and overall understanding of organizational culture improved through constant exchanges with the preceptor and employees. This competency helped me endure the field project. An essential competency developed ...

Abstract

This paper will reflect over the New Deal. It will reflect over the New Deal about the events that led to the New Deal. Last it will reflect why this is important throughout the paper.

Main Body

America was facing the Great Depression. This was in reference to the market crash in 1929. There were also other factors that led to the Great Depression. These factors were banks were crumbling; the drought from the Mississippi River in 1930 was part of this cause, America policy relations with Europe led to this factor and people not buying products for them no longer ...

The inside preoptic place (mPOA) of the hypothalamus gland is involved in the control of two essential and normally fulfilling behaviors: sex-related and expectant mothers’ actions. Medication of abuse apply their results by taking advantage of organic neurobiological compensate systems, especially the mesolimbic dopamine (DA) program. However, the mesolimbic program does not function in solitude, and feedback from other reward-relevant components is factors in cocaine's fulfilling results. Appropriate behaviors reactions to organic compensate are necessary for success and reproduction success. To this end, neurobiological compensate systems have progressed to strengthen actions such as sex-related communications and parent care. However, ...

FIDIC stands for Federation International des Ingenieurs Conseils (International Federation of Consulting Engineers). It was founded in the year 1913 in Europe, and now has 60 countries as members. The Secretariat is situated in Switzerland. The FIDIC form of contract has evolved over a period. The contract conditions are equally suitable for use on domestic contract. In September 1999, FIDIC published four new editions of the forms of contract. They are complete replacement of old forms.

Conditions of Contract for construction: (Red logo).

Conditions of Contract for Plant and Design-Build: (Yellow logo). Conditions of Contract for EPC/Turnkey projects:(grey logo). Short Form of Contract: (Green ...

The Great Depression, HIS 204

Iconic Image of Great Depression Poverty and Despair: Migrant Mother, by Dorothea Lange The Great Depression as Era of Radical Activism and Political: The Successful Conclusion of the 1937 Sit-Down Strike at General Motors ABSTRACT Thus essay will describe the causes and consequences of the Great Depression of 1929-41, which was the worst economic upheaval in U.S. history. It will discuss the various theories about the causes of the Depression, such as Keynesian under-consumption or the monetarist view that the Federal Reserve Board failed in its duties. Then it will continue to describe the results of ...

The Great Depression started in 1929 and ended in early 1940s. It was an economic tragedy marked by massive imbalances in supply and demand, the crash of the stock market, closure of many businesses among other economic effects. These events caused millions of Americans to lose their jobs and their investments in the stock market. As a response to this tragedy, the US government instituted several measures to ensure a turn in the economic fortunes of the country. One of these was the passing of the New Deal Legislations between 1933 and 1936. This essay provides personal impressions on the importance ...

- It has been suggested that agriculture has been one of mankind’s most important inventions, second only to our learning to use fire. Do you agree or disagree? What other human inventions are of this magnitude? What would have happened to our species if we had not invented agriculture? Was the invention of agriculture inevitable? The agricultural revolution in the Neolithic Period was one of the most important changes in human history, except perhaps for the Industrial Revolution that began in the 18th Century. In the present-day world, the computer, information, genetic and cybernetic revolutions should also ...

County of San Diego CAFR and Budget for the Year Ended June 30, 2012

Introduction The County of San Diego is ranked second as the county having the largest number of people residing in the state of California. San Diego is identified as being part of the Southern border economic region. The region of the southern border is described to be the highly diversified in terms of economic development in the entire state of California. The county is a tourism destination for surfing and the mild and attractive climatic condition. The county of San Diego is regarded as being the in second position in the Cruise ship industry. This industry earns the county ...

In the past 50 years, civil engineering has been used to significantly change the lives of citizens living in America. This was after engineers sought to solve many issues related to dam construction, structural failures and poor sanitation and drainage in urban areas. This was at a time when urbanization was a key issue in America. The urban areas were being improved with a goal of having strong structures that could withstand threats of natural disasters and terrorist attacks. Furthermore, urban areas sought to become major cities within impeccable planning and maximum use of space. A major area of concern was traffic congestion ...

The Progressive Era and the New Deal would lead to a changed, expanded role of Government in the United States. During the Progressive Era, support for worker’s rights movements and unions would lead to limiting child labor and the number of hours a worker was allowed to have to work, for example. Upton Sinclair’s landmark work “The Jungle” would lead to stricter food regulations. In the wake of disasters such as the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire, stronger fire regulations were introduced. The gradual progress of the Progressive era eventually gave way to the need for wide-sweeping and swift changes ...

The Gross Domestic Product is not always accurate in the sense that it does not include any sort of trickledown effect. The President would be wise to take GDP figures with a pinch of salt and in fact concentrate more on what the aggregate demand currently is and how this can be expanded as only this will eventually provide full employment. Thus it is important that the President creates job and public works programmes on a large scale as these will ensure that the unemployed will have an opportunity to return to the labour force. This will in turn affect unemployment ...

Introduction

The Era of New Deals during the United States president Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s term was characterized by the enactment and ratification of numerous acts, laws, and establishments focused what government officials call during that time as the 3R—Relief, recovery, and Reform. Majority of the programs ratified during this era were economic programs. Fortunately, the then President, and other bodies of the government involved in the approval of programs embraced the idea that encouraging a pro-spending attitude within the government would be one of the best ways to raise the United States from Ashes after being greatly devastated economically ...

41. Alcoholism is the impairment of physical and mental health, which results from the consumption of large amounts of alcoholic beverages. This excessive consumption hinders effective fulfillment of social, family and occupational responsibilities. 42. A typical alcohol dependent person has physical and psychological dependence on the consumption of alcoholic drinks. Such a person shows alcohol withdrawal symptoms, which range from tremors to other serious manifestations of physical dependence. There are also alcohol associated illnesses among these individuals. Individuals will present with an addiction to alcohol where these individuals will use all the money to obtain alcohol. 43. Amphetamines ...

Plunkitt always considered himself to be a man who was a "Practical Politician"

How did he practice this theory of politics? Give at least 3-4 examples of how he did this.

George Washington Plunkitt was for many years the leader of the Tammany Hall political machine in New York City, which became synonymous with corruption throughout the 19th Century and well into the 20th. He was not at all an ideological man but admitted that his main purpose in politics was purely self-interested, and he assumed that everyone else was similarly motivated by attaining wealth and power. Plunkitt had contempt for reformers, philanthropists and do-gooders, and regarded politics as just another ...

Comparing and contrasting how Hammurabi and Augustus' governing lead to a cohesive and unified society

Introduction:

Hammurabi who was King of Babylon in the early 7th Century BC was an enlightened despot who came up with several law codes and is intrinsically credited as one of the most important lawmakers ever to have lived. His laws created an atmosphere for just government when several nations were still in throes of war and non civilization and the Egyptian Empire was breaking up, Hammurabi came up several ideas which are actually still in use to this day albeit in different hues and shapes. ...