Organisational Change Through Metapohors

In a democratic government power is shared widely among the citizens of that government. The general public chooses representatives who should be well informed on public matters and policies. These representatives are to make knowledgeable decisions on the issues and policies specified. We as citizens put our trust in the representatives elected to do what is correct. The selected legislative body can be held responsible for their decisions made by the people.

Democracy to me is a government that gives its citizens the opportunity to state their opinions, and then the government thoroughly considers those opinions within the three branches of government. The authority of the government is based around the rule by the people; if the people do not believe the government is legitimate, it will not govern well.

The United States has a limited government, in which to create and maintain society. The three branches form a system of checks and balances on one another. This prevents one branch from becoming too powerful. It also stops the government from taking liberties from the people. In the United States the citizens are able to vote in elections. Americans vote for all political issues; referendums, initiatives, they vote for state and local government, members of congress and also vote indirectly for the President (Fiorina 25).

Decisions are made by a process of legislation; how a bill becomes a law. When a bill is proposed it has to be passed through both the House of Representatives and the Senate in identical form. In the House and the Senate, the bill is passed to a sub committee, in which they study, hold hearings, and debate on it. If the bill is approved, it moves to the full committee. Then if the full committee approves it, it goes to a rules committee in the house and to the full Senate committee in the Senate. The rules committee issues a rule to oversee discussion on the floor. Now it moves to the Full House. The Full House and Full Senate question the bill and can amend it. If the bill passes in both houses it moves to a conference committee in which the senators and representatives settle differences between the bills. When an agreement is met, the negotiated bill is sent back to the full house and full senate. They vote on the conference bill and if it passes in both houses, the bill finally goes to the president who either signs or vetoes the bill (Hula 205). If the president signs the bill it becomes a law and a decision was made. If the president vetoes, or rejects, the bill, it can be overridden by a two-thirds vote in congress. The United States government is very similar to the current Polish government. Poland has been through several different types of government and leaders.

The name Poland, Polska, comes from an ancient Slavic tribe called Polanie in the eleventh century. The Polanie were field and plain dwellers. In the fifteenth century, Poland