Scottish Parliament

tried to enter Parliament, with one wearing a Ku Klux Klan mask, one wearing a motorcycle helmet and the other wearing a burqa. Before entering Parliament, the men wearing the motorcycle helmet and Ku Klux Klan mask were asked to remove it, but the person in the burqa was allowed to keep it on. Furthermore, when the man wearing the Ku Klux Klan mask took of his mask, he revealed a burqa underneath and stated, “So I guess this is the time to say that I'm now allowed into Parliament House?”…

with the principles of parliamentary government. These principles consist of a set of institutions and behaviour patterns that give an important task to political parties. A parliamentary election is an election to select the members of a national parliament . Elections are essential for representative governments in Europe. The two European countries that I have selected for my project are Spain and Denmark. Denmark along with four other countries; Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland is part…

When assessing as to whether there are sufficient measures of accountability for the executive, it first must be taken into consideration what a good standard of accountability is. According to Gregory and Hicks, the method of accountability should be mechanistic and not one followed simply by rules and procedures. O’Loughlin on the other hand interjects that there is a need of responsiveness by the government to local needs and demands and the members of the public are customers that enforce…

Scotland V.S. Canada Every year, my family and I go to Scotland for 2 weeks, and every year I have an amazing Scottish soda named Irn Bru. The soda tastes amazing, and I always feel happy after having some. Irn Bru was made in Scotland in 1901 by a company named Barr. Barr makes many great tasting sodas, they make many types. Ex: crème soda, lemonade, limeade. Etc. whenever I go to Scotland that is the first thing I would want to have. When I’m in Scotland, I would also want to get chocolate…

Augustine a law that is not just is no law at all. As a result of this, these laws do not stay in your conscience, except at times when you need to avoid conflict because is still the law and it needs to be followed. Matthew stated, “If a man…Take away your coat, give him your cloak also; and whoever forces you to go one mile, go the second within” (Matthew 2). This quote seems to explain that if someone takes something away from you, you should give him more than what he asks for and make it…

Major proponents of interest group activity within the European Union claim that interest groups have a great potential of helping to diminish the (real or perceived) democratic deficit amongst the Union and its citizens (Eising 2008). The capacity of the interest groups to represent the will of the citizens is a positive quality of interest group activity that cannot be understated. As most citizens have a primary priority for tending to the details of their everyday lives, activities and…

of transparency and accountability, decision making that does not involve everyone and the usual issue of blocking citizens from participation in the policy making. In relation to the European Union , David Marquand (1979) argue that the European Parliament had the issue of democratic deficit as the citizens of Europe did not directly elect it, further more in relation to the European Union this deficit is seen as the lack of presentation to the ordinary citizen and lack of accountability…

A manager has a duty to ensure their team is working well together. Many tools can be available to the staff, but if employees are not held accountable, they will not exert the effort required to make it successful; “we take in and process information differently, we have different behavioral preferences, and we orient ourselves from different starting points which influence how we see the world” (Perich-Anderson, J., 2013). People see the world differently, even if you grow up next door to each…

Teamwork is very important for the success of a company. The company and staff become more familiar with each other and learn how to work together. A successful teamwork allows them to complete tasks efficiently and quickly. I am the new member in this team, my position title is ‘Team Leader of Distribution and Warehousing’. It is a front line management position. There are 12 team members, from different backgrounds and with differing levels of expertise. Some of them have worked for a couple…

Our team 4 included 4 members and our team could be regarded as a virtual team due to geographical differences. As a virtual team, thus, communication was a challenge. However, as the members had communicated and worked with each other throughout the unit and we all knew each other goal, all members believed that working together on a project would be a wise decision. There were two significant advantages in teamwork, including synergy and information sharing. Synergy helped to develop different…