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Automobiles Financial Analysis

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Automobiles Financial Analysis

Financial swot analysis of Chrysler and General Motors

Swot analysis is a tool used by companies to check on their status internally and externally and also check if their products and the business is able to progress successfully with its intended actions towards becoming more profitable. Strengths and weaknesses are internal factors while threats and opportunities are external factors. The two companies are car companies.

Chrysler

The company is involved in the production of luxury cars for urban upper middle class and its parent company is fiat.

Strengths

Since its formation in 1925, the company has a strong brand legacy

Manufactured and recorded more than 2 million cars per year

Investment in ecofriendly and hybrid cars

Wide variety of cars like sedans, vans, automotive parts, SUVs and commercial vehicles

A leading brand based out of the United States

Weaknesses

Strong dependence on American market unlike other brands spread throughout the world

Very stiff competition thus a thin market

Opportunities

Partnerships and acquisition of companies can benefit Chrysler to a great extent

Increasing demand for electric vehicles (EVS) can be good for Chrysler

Selling in new markets and geographical locations can be good for Chrysler

Threats

Chrysler has strong and almost sole reliance on north American market

Loss of business margins due to strong competition

Fluctuation and economic recession affect the global operations of the company

General Motors

General Motors was founded in 1908 and currently it serves more than 140 countries. Its headquarters are in Detroit Michigan and by 2016 the company had 215,000 employees.

Strengths

Strong position in automotive industry in terms of market

The company has strict and good environmental and sustainability measures and policies

The cars are safe and they are eco-friendly

The company has joint ventures with chinese automotive companies

Weaknesses

Over-dependence on the US alone for revenue

Major reliance on pick-up trucks and SUVs for growth

Brand awareness is also a problem

Opportunities

Due to low fuel the demand for pickup trucks is increasing

Very high demand for autonomous vehicles which General Motors are working on

Perfect frequency and timing of the new models.

Threats

Very stiff competition in the market

Increased government regulations increase the cost of production

There are predictions that united states locomotive industry is slowing down and collapsing.

Ford Motors Financial Report

Taken from FInancial Summary – Ford Motor Company (weebly.com)Chrysler automobiles

Taken from Stellantis_2020_12_31_Annual_Report.pdfGeneral Motors

Taken from https://sec.report/Document/0000804269-19-000052/References

Balcet, G., Commisso, G., & Calabrese, G. (2013). Structuring and restructuring Fiat-Chrysler: can two weak carmakers jointly survive in the new automotive arena?. International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, 13(2), 183-197.

Rehnberg, P. (2021). Bootleggers and Baptists in American Fuel Economy Regulation–A qualitative content analysis of American automakers’ attitudes towards CAFE-standards.

Shire, K. (2019). 5. Bargaining Regimes and the Social Reorganization of Production: The Case of General Motors in Austria and Germany. In Workplace Industrial Relations and the Global Challenge (pp. 137-156). Cornell University Press.

Warburton, A. J. (2009). Understanding the bankruptcies of Chrysler and General Motors: a primer. Syracuse L. Rev., 60, 531.

Leslie Chang, the author of the book Factory Girls

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“Factory”

According to Leslie Chang, the author of the book Factory Girls, the so called “Floating population” are the workers from the villages who have no skills in any work and have come to the city where they are discriminated upon by their employers. The reason for such mass movement by many young people from the rural areas to the urban town is the search for jobs because the villages around Dongguan do not offer any meaningful employment for the young men. Another reason for the migration is poverty, thus many tend to move in to Dongguan in order to get some money and improve both their lives and the lives of their close relatives. Some characters in the book move to Dongguan, the urban center, to try their luck after hearing about the success stories of people in towns.

According to the book, Don Guan’s mainly depicts that the city is polluted, chaotic, and above all corrupt. It is a place where people arriving from the village can double or even triple their income by simply learning English and taking some computer lessons. The city is also a major black spot for fake documents such as Identification cards and driving license.

The factory girls described in the book endure a myriad challenges. The girls are compelled to stretch themselves by doing anything within their power in a bid to survive in the city, even if it means lying. On a lighter note, these girls, just like many other migrants who move to towns, enjoy some time out partying in clubs thus in some aspect it can be said that their life is fun. They also live in fear because many people are not sure of the jobs they do and they risk being fired from their current positions, yet jobs are not easy to find.

The life of the factory girls is not any different from the lives of any migration workers anywhere in the world. The only difference between the older generation migrants and the new generation is that the former group moves to towns mostly after being invited by another person to fill a job vacancy, whereas latter group moves to towns without even knowing where to stay or start. This is the reason why many young people suffer in the process of trying to adopt in the big cities.

The Yue Yuen factory makes shoes for the Adidas and Nike shoe companies. It has over 70,000 workers, but does not provide favorable working conditions for the employees: they work for long hours, discrimination is rife, and the management team ignores the workers’ interests. Being a factory that produces shoes for some of the leading shoemakers in the world, whatever goes in the factory is outright exploitation. This desperate situation is evident owing to the overwhelming pressure from politicians for the factory to produce more with the least expenses in order to generate money for them.

China has an education system established and run by the government but some differences abound in the way the commercial schools conduct their teaching. The schools incorporate other extra subjects such as computer studies in order to prepare their students for the future. Their approach is also different as they put more emphasis on religious education as a way of molding the students.

Margaret Thatcher

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Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher is one of the most influential female political figures of all time. She earned the nickname ‘Iron Lady,’ a reflection of her strong leadership and uncompromising stance on many political issues. She was the first woman to become British Prime Minister in addition to holding the position for the longest time in the twentieth century. She began her political career in 1959 as a Member of Parliament and quickly rose through the ranks to become the Opposition leader in 1975. She was also the first woman to lead a major political party in the United Kingdom, the Conservative Party (Aitken 17). In 1979, she was elected Prime Minister and sought to implement policies to improve the country’s social, economic and political welfare.

Thatcher is remembered for her economic policies of flexible labor markets, reducing trade unions’ powers, deregulation of the financial market, and privatization of companies owned by the state. These were aimed at reducing the rate of unemployment in the country and improving the economy. Despite her best efforts, the economy slumped during Thatcher’s first few years in office. However, things improved in 1982 when the UK won the Falklands War, and Thatcher regained favor and won the election again in 1983. Thatcher faced a lot of opposition as PM, even surviving an assassination attempt in 1984. A critical area of contention was Thatcher’s Eurosceptic views (Daddow 218). Many of her cabinet members shared opposing opinions on the European Union, which made Thatcher unpopular with them. The community poll tax was another thorny issue which increased the Prime Minister’s unpopularity. The majority of the population opposed the tax supported by Thatcher. She resigned from her position as PM as well as party leader in the year 1990. Margaret Thatcher passed away at the age of 87 in the year 2013. She is remembered as a powerful woman and an influential political figure all over the world.

Works Cited

Aitken, Jonathan. Margaret Thatcher: power and personality. A&C Black, 2013.

Daddow, Oliver. “Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair and the Eurosceptic Tradition in Britain.” The British Journal of Politics and International Relations 15.2 (2013): 210-227.

Marginalized individuals in the community are most of the time stigmatized due to their condition.

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Introduction

Marginalized individuals in the community are most of the time stigmatized due to their condition. For this assignment, I chose to interview a homeless man who also happens to be an African American, due to this the man to whose name shall not be closed as he opted his name to be anonymous, he suffers double marginalization. During this interview, I chose four topics which were the main challenges faced by the homeless individuals, and these include; food and shelter insecurity, income insecurity, healthcare problems, and basic needs insecurity. There are multiple challenges faced by the homeless, but for this paper, it was better allocating some priorities as there are other problems faced by other ordinary people in society.

Exploration

Food and shelter are a crucial factor in a person’s life, and it is hard to live without them. Some time we don’t take our thoughts back and think of the less fortunate people, how do they get their daily food? How do they sleep at night? Do they feel secure? Before this interview, I completely had no idea of how these people live, where they get their food as well as how protected they are, due to this, I never had a reason to classify them as marginalized persons. But after listening to John, not his real name, I realized that there are lots of privileges that we people are accorded to and we fail to acknowledge them. In matters regarding food, it is unfortunate that there is no guarantee for any meal for homeless people. One day you might be lucky and get yourself a proper lunch donated by a well-wisher, but this does not continue for the rest of the days. According to John, “Most are the days that I have gone hungry, no breakfast, no lunch, and even dinner, it has been a hell of a situation. Sometimes I get lucky; someone may offer me some few dollars which I will use sparingly enough to take me for a week”.

Being an African American, John has not only higher chances of being denied food but also has a higher probability of being discriminated because he is black. John says that people around are not so much friendly and often ignore him, especially for the whites. He says that although they don’t show the hatred directly, the actions and facial expressions are an indication that he is not wanted. He says, “Some of my fellow homeless people are whites, but they receive better treatment from their fellow whites despite facing the same problem as me.” People experiencing homelessness do not have a place where they can call home and therefore spend their nights in homeless shelters, abandoned buildings, streets, or even accommodated by a friend to sleep in a couch. John is not lucky as he does not have a friend who can accommodate him and thus has a special place in the street where he calls home. There, John has a small mattress and a blanket that helps him fight against the cold nights waiting for the next day. The lack of shelter along with food insecurity that involves not knowing where the next meal will come from only makes it more difficult for the homeless people to get back to their feet and this is the case with John.

Unlike most people who are always assured to have a regular income, the case is different for the homeless. Many people experiencing homelessness do not have some income. However, there are some cases that they may be lucky to have some, but their income might come infrequently. For John, the situation is similar; he has an infrequent income. According to him, “I don’t have a stable income to boost my life, I mostly work as a garbage collector and the little I get help me secure some food. The problem with this job is that garbage collection in this area does not happen on daily basis and thus my income is not stable”. John cannot buy a home or rent because of the infrequent income as saving the money to find an apartment or rent is challenging as most of it is spent on food.

John says that most of the homeless people, especially those who he refers to as his community, are faced with major illnesses, but getting medical attention is the main problem they have been facing. John says that it has been difficult to pay for his insurance health coverage since he does not have enough, for him, food is a priority, and the same case happens for the rest of the homeless. Due to lack of access to healthcare, most of the homeless people die in the street and sometimes left disabled in case of recovery. When asked issues regarding the basic needs, John says that they suffer on chronic basis as most of them are deeply stricken by poverty. Accessing dry clothes, water, food, and warmth is a challenge as it is never guaranteed.

Research

Homelessness is caused by many factors and takes different forms. In this research, I found out that most of the people are homeless because they cannot afford rent (Pasquale, 2016). Most of the homeless people do not have a reliable income and in the event that they are unable to save enough money to cater for the basic needs and at the same time pay rent. The lack of affordable housing is one of the primary causes of homelessness. The government has cut its budget by over 50 percent in recent decades, and this has resulted in the loss of over 10,000 units of subsidized low-income housing every year. From this, the main fact about homelessness that emerges is that most people are homeless because they are unable to raise money for rent.

Domestic violence is another factor that can be attributed to the rising levels of homelessness in the United States (Rollinson & Pardeck, 2018). According to the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, more than 90% of homeless women are victims of severe physical and sexual abuse. Most of these women become homeless because they escaped abuse making it a contributing factor to homelessness. From this concept, the fact deduced is that domestic violence, whether physical or sexual is a contributing factor to homelessness, especially among women.

The government does not help much in reducing the number of homeless individuals (Lee, McGuire & Kim, 2018). There is enough public rental assistance to help about one out of every four households from extremely low-income. Most of the people who do not receive the help tend to be kept waiting for long in the lists. One of such examples is, Charlotte opened up their applications for public housing assistance for the first time in 14 years and to surprise, more than 10,000 people applied for aid in housing. The fact arising in this case, therefore, is that the government is capable of helping the homeless by providing grant and subsidies, but the fact remains that the government does not work to expectations.

Conclusion

The issue of homelessness has been controversial for decades with people claiming that those who are homeless are in that state in their will, but this is not the case. Various factors are responsible for homelessness that include domestic violence, irregular income, and lack of government support through policies. According to John, I learned that being homeless is like being in hell as they suffer from chronic lack of basic needs such as food, water, and clothing, not forgetting healthcare. I would recommend the government to change policies and at least provide the homeless with subsidies and jobs so that the number of homeless people can reduce from the street. Unfortunately, the number of veterans in the street is high, which as a shame to the government considering that these people dedicate their lives in protecting the nation.

References

Lee, D., McGuire, M., & Kim, J. H. (2018). Collaboration, strategic plans, and government performance: the case of efforts to reduce homelessness. Public Management Review, 20(3), 360-376.

Pasquale, F. (2016). The Disownership Society. Commonweal, 143(9), 24.

Rollinson, P. A., & Pardeck, J. A. (2018). Homelessness in rural America: Policy and practice. Routledge.

Lesson 8 Assignment

Answer question 5 in “Problems and Applications” from the end of chapter 7 (p. 156). You will want to answer questions 3 and 4 first, but you are not being asked here to submit detailed answers to those questions.

Question 5. Consider a market in which Bert from problem 3 is the buyer and Ernie from problem 4 is the seller.

a.Use Ernie’s supply schedule and Bert’s demand schedule to find the quantity supplied and quantity demanded at prices of $2, $4, and $6. Which of these prices brings supply and demand into equilibrium?

b.What are consumer surplus, producer surplus, and total surplus in this equilibrium?

c.If Ernie produced and Bert consumed one less bottle of water, what would happen to total surplus?

d. If Ernie produced and Bert consumed one additional bottle of water, what would happen to total surplus?

For part (a), please fill in the chart below with appropriate numbers.

Price Quantity

Demanded Quantity

Supplied

$2 $4 $6 For parts (b)–(d), please show your calculations.

3. It is a hot day, and Bert is very thirsty. Here is the value

he places on a bottle of water:

Value of first bottle $7

Value of second bottle 5

Value of third bottle 3

Value of fourth bottle 1

a. From this information, derive Bert’s demand

schedule. Graph his demand curve for bottled

water.

b. If the price of a bottle of water is $4, how many

bottles does Bert buy? How much consumer

surplus does Bert get from his purchases? Show

Bert’s consumer surplus in your graph.

c. If the price falls to $2, how does quantity demanded

change? How does Bert’s consumer surplus

change? Show these changes in your graph.

Answer:

b) At the price of $4, Bert buys two bottles of water. The value of first bottle is $7 but pays only $4 for it, therefore consumer surplus = $7 – $4 = $3. Area A in the graph is consumer surplus. The value of second bottle is $5 but pays only $4 for it with a consumer surplus = $5 – $4 = $1. Hence, Bert’s total consumer surplus = $3 + $1 = $4, which is the area of A in the figure.

c) When the price of bottle falls from $4 to $2, Bert buys three bottles. The consumer surplus includes both area A and area B. Hence, the consumer surplus rises by $7 – $2 = $5.

4. Ernie owns a water pump. Because pumping large

amounts of water is harder than pumping small

amounts, the cost of producing a bottle of water rises as

he pumps more. Here is the cost he incurs to produce

each bottle of water:

Cost of first bottle $1

Cost of second bottle 3

Cost of third bottle 5

Cost of fourth bottle 7

a. From this information, derive Ernie’s supply

schedule. Graph his supply curve for bottled water.

b. If the price of a bottle of water is $4, how many

bottles does Ernie produce and sell? How much

producer surplus does Ernie get from these sales?

Show Ernie’s producer surplus in your graph.

c. If the price rises to $6, how does quantity supplied

change? How does Ernie’s producer surplus

change? Show these changes in your graph.

Answer:

When the price of bottle is $4, Ernie sells two bottles of water. The producer surplus is area A in the figure. He received $4 for the first bottle but the cost is only $1. Hence Ernie has producer surplus of $4 – $1 = $3. He receives $4 for the second bottle which costs $3 and hence the producer surplus = $4 – $3 = $2. Therefore, the total producer surplus = $3 + $1 = $4.

When the price of bottle increases from $4 to $6, Ernie sells three bottles of water. The producer surplus consists of area A and area B.

Producer surplus from 1st bottle = $6 – $1 = $5

Producer surplus from 2nd bottle = $6 – $3 = $3

Producer surplus from 3rd bottle = $6 – $5 = $1

Total producer surplus = $5 + $3 + $1 = $9

Hence, the producer surplus increases by $5.

5. Consider a market in which Bert from Problem 3 is the

buyer and Ernie from Problem 4 is the seller.

a. Use Ernie’s supply schedule and Bert’s demand

schedule to find the quantity supplied and quantity

demanded at prices of $2, $4, and $6. Which of

these prices brings supply and demand into

equilibrium?

b. What are consumer surplus, producer surplus, and

total surplus in this equilibrium?

c. If Ernie produced and Bert consumed one less

bottle of water, what would happen to total

surplus?

d. If Ernie produced and Bert consumed one

additional bottle of water, what would happen to

total surplus?

Answer:

Price Quantity supplied Quantity demanded

$2 1 3

$4 2 2

$6 3 1

b) At price $4, consumer surplus = $4 and producer surplus = $4. Hence, total surplus = $4 + $4 = $8.

c) If Ernie produces one less bottle, the producer surplus would fall to $3 (from problem 4). If Bert produces one less bottle, the consumer surplus would fall to $ (from problem 3). Hence total surplus would fall to $3 + $3 = $6.

d) If Ernie produces one additional bottle, the producer surplus would fall by $5 – $4 = $1. If Bert produces one additional bottle, the consumer surplus would fall to $4 – $3 = $1. Hence, total surplus would fall to $1 + $1 = $2.

A Comparative Study of the ministry of Interior General Directorate of Residency and Foreign Affairs-Dubai with UK Government

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1.0 Introduction

In the study, a comparison of both the UK government and the ministry of foreign affairs in Dubai is going to get elucidated. The two get selected so as to bring an insight of the real issues reigning in both countries. The paper will look at the chronicle of aspects, governance and politics, economy, environment and organization, performance and strategy. In two instances, the issues arising from the investigation is going to get highlighted. Discussion of the findings is going to follow and in the end a way forward, and conclusion done.

2.0 History

It is a city with a large population in UAE and follows Abu Dhabi in second place in terms of size. Situated in south-East of Persian-Gulf, it places the city in a hub for international investors. It is a cosmopolitan and is now an international city. Dubai’s oil profits assist speed up the initial growth of the town. However, its investments are inadequate. The generation intensities are minute: nowadays, less than five percent of the emirates’ proceeds originate from oil. Tourism, real estate, financial services, and aviation are not the emirate’s model trade driving the economy. The city of Dubai gives international investors an urge to come and invest. It has the world tallest high-rise buildings and skyscrapers. Besides the construction, the city has man-made islands as well as hotels coupled with big shopping malls. Even though, there are archaeological sites, the real inhabitants of UAE cannot get established. The town that was in the region was centers for trade between the western and eastern side. There are pre- Islamic arts such as the Umayyad arts depicting that people worshiped Bajar. The proximity to Iran makes it a suitable location for doing business and acted as a focal point for international tradesmen and was well known for its pearl trade (Davidson, 2008). Hence the ministry of Interior General Directorate of Residency and Foreign Affairs-Dubai get to look provisions of services on behave of government of Dubai. UK in history is known to set the pace for a number of countries during the period of colonization that spanned to various parts of the planet including Africa. They competed with France, Germany, and Portugal in territorial colonization (Rutherford, 2014). The UK government has a website for assisting clients on any issues both residents and foreigners.

3.0 Structures

3.1 Governance

The nation of Dubai was ruled by Al Maktoum from 1833 and has been a monarchy where no election gets done apart from citizens taking part in the federal college election for federal national council of UAE. The municipality gets established for provision of services, and planning and has established e-government as one way of empowering the clients in service delivery. In the judicial system, the law enforcement consists of a civil court, criminal court, and has sharia court. All these are to act in different capacities for the sake of dispute resolutions in Dubai (Acuto, 2014). Owing to territorial and long period of governance, UK has a well-structured system of governance that gets emulated by many nations of the world especially those it colonized. Every country in UK has a separate system of governance grounded on devolved systems (Payne, & Phillips, 2014).

3.2 Economy and Business

The economy of Dubai gets erected on the basis of oil exploration. As at 2011, the GDP was approximated to be $83.4 billion. Currently, the revenues from oil and gas have gone down. It is approximated to be 7% with real estate taking the center stage with 22.6%; financial system is 11%, and trade is 16%. The decision of the government to invest in tourism in place of oil related task is valuable and thus people from diaspora get to come to Dubai in large numbers. The ministry provides guidance plan of how to start business, start with 51% ownership being the governments and the remaining is for the owner. In expansion of business, one needs to get establishment labor card, and immigration card and to employ large percent of local residents. The employees must get better pay and medical allowance to allow them get government card (Ahrens, 2014).

In comparison with Dubai, UK’s economy is very stable and is ranked as the sixth in the globe. It is a place in the planet with a soaring cost of living where only the able ones can survive. It has in recent time encountered migration of people especially from EU states who are members. The policy of EU member states permits people of these states to live and work freely by any member nation with no hindrances. The provide support on how to get business capital, property regulations, taxes, employees’ benefits, patents, and good/services and data protection (Sanders, 2005).

3.4 Business Environment

The environment in Dubai is conducive in the region of Gulf. It emanated to be so since the diversification shift from oil dependent to other sectors of growing the economy, and it has progressed over the years to the state it is at present. It has attractive sceneries for tourism and thus persons from diverse parts of the planet visit the region. There is safety owing to low crime rates. It is attributed to the proper security mechanisms put in place. The attractive issue in terms of career in the salaries that is motivating. It gets attributed to free income levy to employees’ wages guarded by the law. The lifestyle get advanced and people long to working in Dubai as it gives a fast track on career progression as well as skills acquired to work in multinational companies in the region. The ministry’s conditions in supporting foreign affairs are diverse. In order to support and foster their services, the ministry has set up their websites. It is where clients go when they require immediate assistance. Furthermore, since the ministry is in proximity to the heart of Dubai, it makes it more accessible to the people (Cummings, & Worley, 2014).

UK governance has the most interesting atmosphere of freedom and free atmosphere. The clients and the employees are free to exchange ideas for the sake of the client. The liberty to ask one’s rights is the driving force in the system of governance. Devolution has made every this decentralized down to the people. In every country under UK, they have their governance. The organization is one that is down to up. It is the employee at the bottom who get to have a say. The top management acts as direction pointers based on views of people at the bottom. However, there are cases where the management must determine on what to get accomplished based on the transformations. Technology gets fully embraced with complete system automation (Choo, 2002).

3.5 Residents’ Information

In the residents tap, the ministry is doing great task in ensuring the people from diverse parts of the planet get their documents for residency and travel within Dubai in a very short time. The internet is one of the methods employed to give clients information that get required from time to time so as to avoid being acquainted on the bad hand of the law. It provides options of selecting schools, marriage, parenting, divorce, and job search. In comparison with UK, Dubai’s performance is still low. The crime reporting section gets highlighted. UK as well has an elaborate site with all elements that a client requires ranging from crime and justice, environment, housing, visas and immigration, working and jobs. It optimally presents their undertaking and efficiency is what clients enjoy most (Borman, & Motowidlo, 2014).

3.6 The strategies Employed

In looking at the strategies, both Dubai ministry of foreign affairs and UK government gets grounded on giving the clients the best within a very short time. Their website get to elaborate on many services that any client can look for thereby easing them of over-crowding. It is with this respect that both have laid down structures begged on culture, management of change, and design. The culture embraced by the two embraces use of togetherness and hospitality-thus making the client feels at home. They perceive client as a priority is service delivery. The strategy of management of change gets to come in line with the adoption of changing modern work-place and technological advancements (Greenwood, & Langley, 2014).

4.0 Issues/problems

4.1 International laws

The international laws are in a number of cases hindrances to the discharge of duties to the clients by the ministry. These laws are stern and rigid giving them difficulties in serving clients as envisaged in the ministry’s mission. For instance, the laws governing trade globally compel them to impose measures that scare away potential investors and thus barring big businesses to the country. UK, on the other hand, encounters the same issues even though they have the upper hand since it is among one of the nations bestowed in drafting these laws. In most instances, they are to their favor (Khani, & Mohammadi, 2014).

4.2 Terrorism and Related vices

It is an act that has been a problem to the international community. People for the Middle East get tagged with association and funding of terrorist groups. These are a great barrier to dealing with people from the diaspora. In UK, it is as well an issue. Gangsters have high skills of raiding people’s residences as well as banks and steal from them. It gets attributed to the engagement in drugs (Canter, Sarangi, & Youngs, 2014).

4.3 Environment and related issues

The environmental laws governing the environment are widespread and cut across the nations of the world. These are instances geared to guarding the planet for future generation. The ministry of foreign affairs gets a lot of challenges owing to people, businesses, and other sectors of government not adhering to these laws. It puts the ministry in a bad picture with the outside worlds. As a result of this sanction is in many occasions imposed to the nation (Thomas, 2014).

4.4 Drug Trafficking

Drugs such as cocaine and heroin are drugs trafficked across borders. These are drugs that cannot be allowed in any nation. The ministry gets a lot of challenge in dealing with the issues. It is because the trafficking is in a number of instances linked with prominent people in the government and are sometimes forced to go against the law. It is a case as well in UK in that trafficking gets done by people with high esteem in the government. Owing t this is very difficult in combating it completely. There are instances where laws have to be made strictly to punish anybody caught in the drug cases. In UK, the governance instills stern measures on anyone found to be part of the trafficking (McSweeney et al., 2014).

4.5 Human Trafficking and Human Rights

People get to Dubai through means that do not concur with the rules prevailing. There are culprits engaging in human trade. They ferry people from various parts of the world especially the developing nations at a fee. It is done contrary to the laws and without passing through the ministry of foreign affairs. It poses a big challenge to ministry (Davidson, 2008).

The Government of Dubai has been in the lime-light of torturing foreigner people. There are cases where expatriates get their passport held up by a company one is working for the reason of making the person lack freedom. Also, house managers get mistreated and tortured by their bosses. These are some of the cases of violating human rights. The ministry of foreign affairs is got in the mix not knowing what to do. People from other nations coming for employment in Dubai come with a positive attitude of getting to reap according to their skills, but they end up being slaves. In UK, the issues are not as augmented as in Dubai. The government of UK has set laws and regulations that guard the rights of an individual. People engaged in trafficking get to face the wrath of the law (Rainey, Wicks, & Ovey, 2014).

5.0 Discussion

In the investigation, it is apparent that both country’s’ governance not the same. In UK, there is complete devolution where every country gets to handle tasks that national government would have done. It makes services faster, and the people at the ground get services at their door steps. The foreign ministry of Dubai is centrally located only in Dubai. It implies that people must come to the city so as to get services. Even though, UK is a mature nation, it gives a challenge to Dubai to entrench full democracy in their systems of governance. The issues raised are in a way comparable. However, the issues are more rampant in Dubai. It gets attributed to laws that are not followed to the later. Dubai legal systems are still not tight thus paving a great challenge to the foreign affairs ministry in implementing these laws.

6.0 The Way Forward

In order Dubai to be the center of attraction globally, it has to embrace full democracy and allow devolutions of state functions to the people. It is through this that the people are going to enjoy the fruits of democracy.

The foreign affairs ministry through the government of Dubai must enhance law enforcement system. It allows culprits defiling the law culpable of stern punishment. In order to speed up efficiency in services delivery, full automation is mandatory.

Conclusion

Dubai is a nation that is growing at a fast pace. When proper laws, structures, and automation get done, it is going to be at bar with developed nations of the world and act as an example to developing nation. Proper laws and enforcement will eradicate all the vices and hence reduce issues at hand.

References

Acuto, M. (2014). Dubai in the ‘Middle’. International Journal of Urban and Regional

Research, 38(5), 1732-1748.

Ahrens, T. (2014). Tracing the evolution of the Dubai Government Excellence Program. Journal

of Economic and Administrative Sciences, 30(1), 2-15.

Borman, W. C., & Motowidlo, S. J. (Eds.). (2014). Organizational Citizenship Behavior and

Contextual Performance: A Special Issue of Human Performance. Psychology Press.Canter, D., Sarangi, S., & Youngs, D. (2014). Terrorists’ personal constructs and their roles: A

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A Comparison and Contrast Essay: School Uniforms versus No School Uniforms

Some debate has taken place over recent decades concerning whether public

schools should incorporate uniforms into their dress code. Many elementary schools do

this now, especially in poor inner city districts. Sometimes the adoption of a dress code is

seen in middle schools as well. However, the adoption of a dress code at the high school

level is much rarer. Possibly for that reason, little empirical evidence is available on the

benefits of implementing a uniform in schools (Adams, 2006). When considering

whether to adopt a school uniform, several factors need to be taken into consideration.

First, if debating whether to require uniforms in a high school, consider if wearing

uniforms will be a new concept for that student body. If these students have had to wear

uniforms in elementary and middle school, then requiring first year high school students

to continue doing so will not be as controversial as it might if the requirement was

completely novel to the students. From there, students would continue to wear school

uniforms each year until they graduated (Walmsley, 2011). In contrast, if high school

students have not been required to wear uniforms during the earlier years in school, they

may strongly protest. The easiest way to begin a program requiring school uniforms is to

start in elementary school and let the students continue each year from there.

A second point to consider in comparing or contrasting the use of school uniforms

is cost. Often, the thought of dress codes evoke visions of school jackets with

emblazoned insignia, button-down Oxford shirts, ties, slacks, and skirts. Parents become

concerned about cost. However, a school uniform can simply mean uniformity of dress.

For boys, this can mean dark or kaki colored slacks and polo-styled shirts in basic colors

of navy blue and white. For girls, it might also mean polo-styled shirts and slacks or

skirts in designated colors. These items can be found in various department stores at

various prices (Alleyne, LaPoint, Lee, & Mitchell, 2003; Walmsley, 2011). In contrast,

what one thinks of as regular school clothing can be as expensive or as inexpensive as a

uniformed style of clothing; any article of clothing can be bought in different levels of

quality, at different prices, in different stores.

Some who are proponents of having a school uniform or uniformed style of dress

note that school administrators spend considerable energy on discipline each day focused

on student violation of dress code (Walmsley, 2011). Requiring boys to wear properly

fitted slacks, polo-styled shirts, belts, and standard shoes would address the wearing of

inappropriate printed t-shirts and poorly fitted pants, for example. Having girls to wear

slacks or skirts, standard shoes, and polo-styled shirts would address most concerns about

clothing that reveals too much. Length of skirts could continue being an issue, though.

Another point to compare or contrast in utilizing a school uniform has to do with

school safety. Some argue that tress-passers on school property can be more easily

identified if students are wearing clothing that is uniform in style and color (Alleyne et

al., 2003). This may be a valid point. Schools have had intruders to come onto campuses.

This is a complex issue, but utilization of a school uniform might help.

Of course, students and parents are sometimes concerned with issues of

individuality and self-expression. However, most people conform to expected standards

for work, attending court, church, and a number of other activities. Self-expression is not

more limited in school than elsewhere. In all, more research needs to be conducted to

determine if having a school dress code has possible benefits for a school.

References

Adams, A. T. 2006.

Uniforms in public schools: A decade of research and debate.

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Ava DuVernay is the director of the American documentary titled 13th that was produced in the year 2016. The documentary explores the intersection between justice, race and mass incarceration in the United States. The documentary derives its name from the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States that was responsible to ending slavery in the US and therefore prohibited slavery, but with the exception of slavery as a punishment for a crime committed.

According to the documentary, slavery has been perpetuated in practices through such actions such as criminalizing behavior and as well as enabling the police to arrest poor freedmen forcing them to work for the state under convict leasing. Another act through which slavery has been perpetuated is through the suppression of the African Americans through the disfranchisement, lynching and Jim Crow. Furthermore the action of the politicians declaring a war on drugs that weigh more heavily on the minority communities as well as the continued mass incarceration of the black people in the late 20th century are also some of the acts that are clearly depicted in the documentary to have slavery perpetuated over the generations in the United States ever since the end of the American Civil war.

At the beginning of the documentary we encounter the sentiments made by President Barrack Obama that the united states are composed of a total population of 5% of the globe’s population, but 25% of the world’s prisoners are found in the United States. The statistics simply paints a picture of the number of inmates that are in the American prison system. Since the end of slavery, the American prison system can only be termed as a shame as it is a continuation of slavery and the systemic denial of freedom to the African American is tied up in the institutions. According to the documentary, the rate of incarnation in the United States might be worse than slavery as there are more African Americans that are entangled in the criminal justice system in present days than those enslaved during the 1850s.

Slavery would have been abolished in the year 1965 by the establishment of the 13th amendment, but this was not possible due to the presence of a single small clause that or but the grandfathered slavery back in for the sake of crime and punishment. The requirement explains that slavery shall no longer exist in the United States borders ‘except as a punishment for a crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted”. It is due to the presence of that clause that America has not been shying of about the exploitation of the clause to generate maximum profits ever since the enactment of the 13th amendment.

The narrative of the documentary 13th spans for decades starting with Reconstruction when the 13th, 14th, and the 15th amendments were supposed to foster the just transition of the African Americans from slavery to citizenship. Instead of the just and fair transition, the African Americans were hunted and locked up while others were shot for committing petty crimes such as loitering and vagrancy; these were the criminalization of the behaviors if the transient nature of the people of color as they looked for freedom from terror in America’s wilderness.

The period was followed by the era of Jim Crow where any of the African American who was caught trying to enjoy freedom through crossing the lines of segregation were captured and swept into the expanding industries of imprisonment as well as convict leasing. By the 1950s and 1960s the African American Civil rights activists were made or turned into criminals just because of fighting for freedom, and by the 1980s, the United States began the criminalizing en masse black people who turned into drugs namely crack. The war on drugs was strengthened by the presence of politicians such as the Democrat presidential candidate Bill Clinton who joined the war on drugs after losing to them, and this dawned to the people of color that the search and fight for true freedom were futile and that it was difficult to be achieved.

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Ava DuVernay is the director of the American documentary titled 13th that was produced in the year 2016.

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Lesson Pacing for the English Language Learner (ELL) Students

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Institution Wise decision making is crucial for effective teaching. Students in the classroom have unique needs. This requires teachers to closely monitor them in order to become aware of those needs. As such, teachers should seek to develop instructional decisions in order to not only be aware but also meet these needs. Hofmeister & Lubke (1999) assert that it is the hallmark of effective teachers to develop instructional decisions founded on both the performance and needs of their students. Lesson pacing one such instructional decision that teachers could adopt.

Echeverria et al (2002) argue that lesson pacing can be determined by creating an illusion of speed to students. As such, teachers should ensure that lesson delivery appears to be ‘moving at the right speed’ to the students. This generally means that the lesson should appear to be unfolding more swiftly. One technique to create the illusion of speed is to employ various activities to accomplish a given lesson objective. Also, moving systematically, from one objective to another, helps in effecting lesson pacing the classroom.

Davison (2007) defines lesson pacing as the speed at which a learning activity or lesson is conducted. Lesson pacing in a classroom is thus of utmost essence. He argues that there are two reasons why lesson pacing should be considered. First, effective lesson pacing assists teachers hold the attention of the students. Secondly, paying attention helps students to learn. According to Davison (2007) students who do not pay attention cannot be learning.

Lesson pacing in the classroom is normally affected by many factors among them complexity of content and presence of ELL students. It is not uncommon to have a classroom with students from various backgrounds especially in the elementary schools. These students usually possess inadequate English skills. In such cases, lesson pacing is pivotal. The main difference in approaches to lesson pacing between a normal class and a class with ELL students is the speed of delivery of content. For English Language Leaner (ELL) students, the teacher should avoid rushing through the lesson content. Instead, he should break down lesson content and concepts into smaller, manageable chunks of information, and gradually introduce them.

Also, the teacher should seek to employ graphical organisers such as concept maps, flow charts and Venn diagrams to introduce new information. Echevarria et al. (2002) argue that pre-instructional activities and graphical organisers allow ELL students to draw a connection between the lesson content and their prior knowledge and experiences.

Where a class has both ELL and mainstream students, the pace of the delivery of content should be slow. However, the pace should not be slow to an extent that the lesson becomes boring (Davison, 2007). In case of complex information, the teacher should provide for slightly longer pauses in order to give ELL students time for processing the information.

Furthermore, where the content is difficult, the teacher should seek to breakdown the lesson content into small steps in order to increase comprehension for all students in the classroom. Brainstorming and discussion could also be introduced to review the content of the lesson.

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Davison, B. (2007). Lesson Pacing In the Classroom. Retrieved on November 6, 2011, from

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Echevarria, E. J., Vogt, R. & Short L.M. (2002). Making Content Comprehensible for English

Language Learners. Bilingual and Compensatory Education Resource Team,

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Hofmeister, A., & Lubke, M. (1999). Research into practice: Implementing effective teaching

strategies (3rd ed.). Logan, Utah: Utah State University.