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Title: POLITICAL SYSTEMS


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POLITICAL SYSTEMS
  • DEMOCRACY
  • TOTALITARIANISM

2
DEMOCRACY
  • Presidential Form
  • Parliamentary System
  • Various Combinations

3
Basic Political Ideologies
  • Democracy
  • Democratic systems involve wide participation by
    citizens in the decision-making process
  • In representative democracy, majority rule is
    achieved through periodic elections
  • Factors for evaluating freedom are
  • Political rights
  • Civil liberties
  • Political rights include
  • Fair and competitive elections
  • Power for elected representatives
  • Ability to organize
  • Safeguards on rights of minorities

4
TOTALITARIANISM
  • SECULAR
  • THEOCRATIC

5
Basic Political Ideologies
  • Totalitarianism
  • In a totalitarian system, decision making is
    restricted to a few individuals
  • Theocratic totalitarianism is the form prevalent
    in Muslim countries. With secular
    totalitarianism, control is often enforced
    through military power
  • Communism is a form of secular totalitarianism
    that relates political and economic systems

6
The Impact of the Political System on Management
Decisions
  • There is a dichotomy between governmental control
    and consumer control of the political system and
    the economy
  • Managers need to understand the critical
    functions that a government performs in the
    economy
  • The political process affects international
    business through regulation of cross-border
    transactions

7
Secular Totalitarianism
  • Fascism
  • Authoritarianism
  • Communism

8
POLITICAL RISK
  • Changes in the Political Climate that might
    adversely affect business operations

9
CAUSES of POLITICAL RISK
  • Opinions of Political Leadership
  • Civil Disorder
  • External Relations
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