...NCVER Cross-cultural training and workplace performance Robert Bean Robert Bean Consulting The views and opinions expressed in this document are those of the author/project team and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian Government, state and territory governments or NCVER Publisher’s note Additional information relating to this research is available in Cross-cultural training and workplace performance: Support document. It can be accessed from NCVER’s website . To find other material of interest, search VOCED (the UNESCO/NCVER international database ) using the following keywords: cross cultural training; cultural awareness; workplace learning; capacity building; training provider; employee attitude; employer attitude. © Australian Government, 2008 This work has been produced by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) under the National Vocational Education and Training Research and Evaluation (NVETRE) Program, which is coordinated and managed by NCVER on behalf of the Australian Government and state and territory governments. Funding is provided through the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part of this publication may be reproduced by any process without written permission. Requests should be made to NCVER. The NVETRE program is based upon priorities approved by ministers with responsibility for vocational education and training (VET)...
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...FORTY-SECOND REGULAR SESSION OEA/Ser.P June 3 to 5, 2012 AG/doc.5242/12 rev. 2 Cochabamba, Bolivia 20 September 2012 Original: Spanish/English SOCIAL CHARTER OF THE AMERICAS (Adopted at the second plenary session, held on June 4, 2012, and reviewed by the Style Committee) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, CONSIDERING that the Charter of the Organization of American States (OAS) provides that integral development encompasses the economic, social, educational, cultural, scientific, and technological fields through which the goals that each country sets for accomplishing it should be achieved; TAKING INTO ACCOUNT that the Inter-American Democratic Charter recognizes that democracy and social and economic development are interdependent and mutually reinforcing, and that promotion and observance of economic, social, and cultural rights are inherently linked to integral development, equitable economic growth, and the consolidation of democracy and the rule of law in the states of the Hemisphere; RECOGNIZING that social justice and equity are essential for democracy; CONSIDERING that the Charter of the OAS establishes among its essential purposes to eradicate extreme poverty; CONSIDERING AS WELL that extreme poverty constitutes an obstacle to development and, in particular, to the full democratic development of the peoples of the Hemisphere; and that its elimination is essential and constitutes a common and shared responsibility...
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...Topic 1 – Explaining class differences On popular explanation of class differences in achievement is that better-off parents can afford to send their children to private schools, which many believe provide a higher standard of education. For example, average class sizes are less than half those in state schools. External Factors Cultural deprivation – Theorists argue that most of us acquire the basic values, attitudes and skills that are needed to educational success through the primary socialisation of the family. The basic ‘cultural equipment’ includes things such as language, self-discipline and reasoning skills. They believe many working-class families fail to socialise their children adequately. There are three main aspects of cultural deprivation: Intellectual development, Language, Attitudes & values Intellectual development –This refers to the development of thinking and reasoning skills such as the ability to solve problems and use ideas and concepts. Cultural deprivation theorists argue that many working-class homes lack the books, educational toys and activities that would stimulate a child’s intellectual development. Douglas (1964) found that working-class pupils scored lower on tests of ability than middle-class pupils. Bernstein (1967) found out that middle-class mothers are more likely to choose toys that encourage thinking and reasoning skills and prepare children for school. Language – Bernstein (1975) identifies differences between working-class and...
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...link to future economic success (Bowles & Gintis, 1976). In the American education system, the IQ test and other measures of cognitive development provide only partial explanations to future economic success, in that class or racial and ethnic differences have little relevance to finding opportunities for acquiring a desired social position (Bowles & Gintis, 1976). The relatively poor performance of racial and ethnic minority children in the United States on standardized tests in mathematics is a case in point (Entwisle & Alexander, 1992). Skills in mathematics are presumably inherent in highly stratified societies. If students do not already have skills in mathematics, they do not have the opportunity to acquire and assimilate into the cultural dominant framework (United States on standardized tests in mathematics is a case in point (Entwisle & Alexander, 1992; Wright, 1994). Rather than test scores, market and property institutions are greater determinants of inequality as they depend on income from property as well as in the relations between societies and...
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...Examples of cultural capital advantaging students include having caregivers who frequently read to them and encourage reading, being taken to museums, being encouraged to do art and music, and being sent to extracurricular sports or lessons. Children who grow up with their curiosity and creativity being nurtured by parents have a head start by the time they begin kindergarten, moving ahead of peers that did not have (including being financially unable to have) the same culturally supported upbringing. According to Sorie Gassama, “when a family is embedded in poverty, the child’s education becomes the least on their scale of preference. For the family without resources, survival takes the front seat. It can be wrong, however, for anyone to embrace the belief that parents from poor families overlook their children’s education. The reality is that for them, keeping the children alive is of the utmost importance,” (2012). In contrast to this, non-poor peers are more likely to have their education and aspirations prioritized by parents, as attending and doing well at school does not compete against the family’s ability to eat enough and keep lights on. The two-month summer break each school year is another...
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...Education and differences in educational achievement- past questions and mark schemes (CLASS, GENDER and ETHNICITY) January 2006 (a) Explain what is meant by cultural capital. (Item 1A, line 8). (2 marks) Two marks for an appropriate explanation or definition, such as the values, knowledge, attitudes, skills, tastes etc. possessed by the upper/middle class, or the values, knowledge etc. that give one class an educational advantage. (c) Identify three features of the restricted speech code (Item 1A, lines 10-11). (6 marks) Two marks for each of three appropriate features identified, such as: • used by the working class; • short/incomplete sentences; • often reduced to gestures; • context-bound/particularistic meanings/speaker assumes audience shares same frame of reference; • not used in education; • a product of repetitive, unskilled work; • a product of positional/rigid family structures. (e) Examine the reasons why females now tend to achieve more than males in the education system. (20 marks) Candidates will consider a range of reasons, such as the impact of feminism, equal opportunities policies, role models, changes in the family and work, changes in the curriculum and assessment, changes in girls aspirations, teacher attention and classroom interaction, selection, league tables etc. Concepts and issues such as meritocracy, patriarchy, pupil subcultures, labelling, de-industrialisation, marketisation, the hidden curriculum...
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...metropolitanization To succeed cities must adjust (and need to be): open, integrated, diverse, connected, skilful, innovative, investable, attractive, sustainable, stable and safe This requires investments, strong coordination of programs and policies, effective tools for intervention: cities need partnerships with global corporations and small businesses to achieve this in order to create opportunities for business growth Greta Nasi Bocconi University p. 4 What are international cities? A close look An international city is a city deemed to be an important node point in the global economic system. They are also known as global cities, world cities or alpha cities It is routed in the principle of globalization according to a hierarchy of importance to the operation of the global system of finance and trade The most complex of these entities is the "global city", whereby the linkages binding a city have a direct and tangible effect on global affairs through socio-economic means Greta Nasi Bocconi University p. 5 Characteristics of...
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...Human Resource in Health Care Field The activities pertaining to human resource management were observed early in 2000 B.C. Regardless of the type of industry, human resource management can be applied to all types of operational activities of an organization. Human resource management (HRM) has gained increased attention worldwide especially in health care systems. Specifically stated, like physical capital and consumables, human resources are also a principle input to health care systems. In relation with the health care, people working as non-clinical and clinical staff performing individual and public health intervention activities can be referred to as human resources (World Health Report, 2000). The knowledge, motivation and skills of such human resource ultimately reflect the benefits and performance of the health care delivery systems. In order to ensure system’s success, it is also required that an appropriate mix is maintained between various caregivers and health promoters since human capital shall be managed and handled differently from physical capital. Cost of healthcare is increasing with a drastic increase in health care consumables’ cost and number viz. drugs, disposable equipment and prostheses. This increasing expense can seriously affect the ability of publicly-funded system to hire and sustain effective practitioners. Key Roles of HRM in Health Care Field Human resource management represents the core building block of the field of health care. Human resources...
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...Some ‘nonmarket’ production is included in GDP, such as defense spending by the federal government and non-profit spending on emergency housing and health care. Moreover, the volume of goods and services consume by the average person clearly contributes to social welfare in the wider sense, while it is not only component of welfare. Similarly, GDP per capita is highly correlated with other factors that are important for welfare. Oulton argue that it is positively correlated with life expectancy and negatively correlated with infant mortality and inequality. Since parents naturally feel grief for children they have lost, so infant mortality might be used as an indicator of happiness. (Oulton, 2012) However, many important economic activities are entirely excluded from GDP measurement, such as volunteer work, social capital formation within healthy family units, the costs of crime and an increasing prison population, and the depletion of natural resources. Since its creation, economist and statisticians who have experienced in GDP highlighted that it was only a measure of economic activity, not a social well-being. One of those is Simon Kuznets, the chief architect of the United States national accounting system and GDP. He...
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...BUS 710 WIL-MOR TECHNOLOGIES BIBIN BASTIAN 11/04/2014 Introduction The Wil-More Technologies case presents the advantages and complexities of international collaborations in business where a lot of synergies like cultural differences, profit expectations play a crucial role. WIL-MOR JV was formed in the year 1992 by a 50/50 partnership between Detroit base Wilson industries and Japan based Morota Manufacturing company to cater the transformations happening in North American automobile manufacturing segment. Four years after the inception of the JV, company is not performing financially well as expected and this creates tension between both the partners and they plan to re evaluate the strategy. In depth-Problem Analysis. The major issues that lead to the re-evaluation of the relationship between the two companies can be summarized as * Failure to achieve forecasted returns When the JV was signed both companies aimed to leverage the maximum efficiency and gain a market leader position. They expected the company to break even within three years of operation. But even in the fifth year company is losing about $100,000 a month. With company running at close to full capacity, having client mix of transplants and Big 3 and still not able to make money made Wilson managers sceptical about the capability of JV. * Different Perspective about profit. Wilson focussed on making quick money out of the deal and they are profit centric, whereas Morota had a quality...
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...The Attitude of Youth Populations toward Globalization What exactly are the youth views on globalization? First let’s start by defining globalization. Globalization refers to increasing global connectivity, integration and interdependence in the economic, social, technological, cultural, political, and ecological spheres. Globalization is an umbrella term and is perhaps best understood as a unitary process inclusive of many subprocesses that are increasingly binding people and the biosphere more tightly into one global system (Wikipedia, 2007). Next let’s verify the term youth. Youth is "The time of life when one is young; especially: a: the period between childhood and maturity b: the early period of existence, growth, or development" (Wikipedia, 2007). “Globalizing issues have effects on four major areas of international relations theory and practice. First, the interconnectedness of the plethora of subissues within health, environmental, and human rights issues affect international bargaining” (Mingst, 2004). These issues are talked about daily in the news. Often times when health issues are brought up it is related to youth whether it is HIV, STD’s, or just simple obesity. Often times these issues when viewed at by youth are things that do not affect them in actuality it affect them more so than adults. “Second, these globalizing issues themselves may be the source of conflict” (Mingst). With this being said it is evident why the world goes through epidemics...
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...Project Management MGT411 Abu Dhabi Vision 2030 Table of Content: Table of Content: 2 Executive Summary 2 The history of the company over time 4 A general overview of the whole company and selected project 5 Apply the Project Management characteristics 8 Project Definition 16 Project Time and Costs Estimation 20 Project Plan Development 21 Risk Management 22 Resources Scheduling 23 Project Audit and Closure 24 Conclusion 27 References 28 Executive Summary Abu Dhabi Council established the vision of 2030 for the development of the capital. They have formulated complete strategies to ensure the establishment of a whole new structure that will meet the UAE nationals and the expatriate’s expectations. Their vision is to optimize the whole government strategies and utilize advanced technologies to smooth the operation, and by developing a stronger government, they’ll continue with the infrastructure, economic, social growth, and the environmental sustainability. To build a strong economic growth, Abu Dhabi should build based on the strong legacy of past in order to grow a stronger economy in the future. Therefore, the government observers the social development of Abu Dhabi to make sure that most of the individuals from both gender are entering schools and universities to participate in the economy and to be part of the social progress, it is one of the ways to have a competitive advantage by using economical opportunities’ part and...
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...natural and cultural in the world. It’s condition as the linkage between two continental spheres, also with the variety of terrestrial and edaphic (physical, chemical and biological characteristics of the land) forms, the amplitude altitudinal, pluvial and thermal, between some other factors, are responsible of the existence of a great variety of ecosystems and of species. Also, Guatemala is one of the countries around the world with a big ethnic diversity. This natural and ethnic diversity have generated many ways of interaction and use of the wild species, as to an intense domestic adaptation that has become an important support for the diet of Guatemalans and of many habitants of many other countries. Guatemala has being denominated Mesoamerican Center, is one of eight important world centers of cultivated plants. It is also part of the Mesoamerican Eco-region, which is one of twenty-five terrestrial eco-regions most important in the world, not only for its large biodiversity but also because of the high threats of itself (Galvez, 2000). This essay will present some of the elements of most importance of the biological biodiversity in the development of the human kind, as its relevance of the natural capital. Guatemala it’s a place of big amplitude of different live organisms that interact as to form complex connections of interdependence. The biodiversity is an important aspect of the Guatemalan’s lives that, despite of its importance in the economic and social-cultural spheres...
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...WHY IS THE HUMAN CAPITAL SO IMPORTANT FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF MAURITIUS? Introduction This assignment aims to look at the special importance of human capital to the economy of Mauritius. First, we go about defining the concept of human capital. Afterwards, there will be a section which talks a bit about the history of the economy of Mauritius. Then we will move on to another section which tries to explore the different factors as to why and how human capital is important to Mauritius. We will then have a concluding remark. We will end by some possible recommendations. What is human capital? Adam Smith defined human capital as follows: “Fourthly, of Justin Slay’s types of capital which is of the acquired and useful abilities of all the inhabitants or members of the education, study, or apprenticeship, always costs a real expense, which is a capital fixed and realized, as it were, in his person. Those talents, as they make a part of his fortune, so do they likewise that of the society to which he belongs. The improved dexterity of a workman may be considered in the same light as a machine or instrument of trade which facilitates and abridges labour, and which, though it costs a certain expense which certainly repays afterwards. The use of the term in the modern neoclassical economic literature dates back to Jacob Mincer's article "Investment in Human Capital and Personal Income Distribution" in the Journal of Political Economy in 1958. Theorists also...
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...This paper will explain how the past health care has change and the dynamics behind the changes in the health care industry today. Also in this paper the importance of financing and technology in the health care. The discussion of the complexities that is associated with changing demographics and emergent diseases, and the fluctuating and daunting challenges that management mortality trends that the Baby Boomers generation predicate. Summarize the key milestones involved in the past and present shaping and transitional dynamics behind changes in the present healthcare industry. 1850-1900 was a time were the environment condition such as water sewage disposal, contaminated food, inadequate housing were the cause of illness of infectious disease in the United States. People had to rely on home remedies, or woman who took care of the ill and no medical care was available. Doctors had little training in the scientific technology field and hospital was dirty run down which bought about a threat to life because of the diseases. Public health problems came about with such epidemics of acute infectious diseases. Before World War II military families and officers could get free of charge medical care. The federal government was not involved, they left it up to the states and the states had little to do with it. They left it up to private and programs that were voluntary. By 1930s hospitals were giving services to individuals on a pre-paid basis which, allowed for members to...
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