...Sarmiento Domigo Sarmiento’s social stance on education can be traced back to the struggles he went through while growing up which hampered his education. He faced myriad challenges including lack of sufficient tuition fees from his ailing parents, and the deteriorating and disastrous situation that prevailed in Argentina. His The prevailing situation in Argentina was then disastrous as a consequence of cultural and economic deprivation. His personal reading and travel to study exposed him to a different perspective of seeing things and further reinforced the views he had. It made him become more aware of the significance and importance of education towards achieving a prosperous society. Education continued to be Sarmiento’s passion, and he focused on school building projects and teacher-training programs[1]. Corndorcet is one of the authors who inspired Sarmiento. He argued that it is the duty of the state to provide education for all its citizens and ensure there is political, social and spiritual equality through institutionalization secularism and mass education that is provided without charge. Guizot, another scholar, influenced Sarmiento through his humanitarian views that made a significant contribution to the development of educational theories and practice[2]. However, it is noted that the he observed during his study tours had the most significant influence on his educational philosophy. Sarmiento noted that Argentina was plagued by several social ills which include...
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...Argentina’s community and economy has plenty of potential for any firms looking to do business here. As a United States firm looking to expand business, conducting research on this country is a must. It’s location on the South American continent is second best behind Brazil, but it will make our business here succeed. As a U.S. firm looking to expand our business in Argentina, businesses must know the cultural aspects of the country being pursued. Argentina has its very own customs in the households and in public, but businesswise, most of the customs and norms are the same as the United States. The main language spoken here in this country is Spanish, and English is being learned as a second language. As an U.S. firm traveling to this country, learning Spanish as a second language to maintain a successful business in Argentina is a must. Learning Spanish will show Argentina businesses and their leaders that time was taken out to learn their language to communicate. Business leaders in Argentina depend on establishing and maintaining a great, personal relationship in order for businesses to compete and flourish in the economy. Just like a U.S. business, firms need good relationships with other business leaders or other firms to keep their own business flowing and producing goods or services. Argentine customs with holding business conversations are right in tune with U.S. business meetings or conversations. The greetings, handshakes, eye contact, punctuality, and the ability...
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...countries; it will distinguish between four classifications based on income levels. These include low-income country, lower-middle income country, upper-middle income country and high income country. It will provide an analysis and explanation for observed differences and trends. Each category will provide a practical example by comparing the levels of development indicators of the four countries as well as the trends over time. The development indicators include: Health – This is a state of the whole physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease. A person can be in good health and poor health. Health is not just a feature of the daily life; it also appears frequently on the political landscape (Bury, 2005). Education – this is the act of teaching or getting general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself for developed life. Poverty and inequality- it refers to a social phenomenon under which the standard of living of individuals and households in a community or country is persistently below a certain level required physically for sustaining human life according to some accepted social norms (Bhalla & Qui, 2006). Inequality is the gap between the rich and the poor. GDP per capita- this is a core indicator of economic performance and commonly used as a broad measure of average living standards or economic well-being despite some recognised shortcoming (OECD, 2011). Low income economy (Mozambique)...
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...Countries like Austria and Argentina have many similarities and differences and are countries that are talked about but what about the other features that people never go into depth about. Argentina is a country located in South America and it is a least developed country. Argentina is located in Southern South America bordering Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Brazil. It is covered by mountains which includes the Andes Mountains. Argentina is also covered with rivers and consists of lakes and hills. The climate of Argentina is usually temperate. Because the climate is different in Argentina depending on the time year it can also affect how humans interact with the environment. For example, when it is really dry then farming is really...
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...have changed over the few centuries. Initially, Americans teenagers exiting high school were expected to join the workforce, get married and have children, and all before their mid twenties. Now there is a new grace period, called “emerging adulthood”. This period of time, between the ages of eighteen and twenty-nine, has become a time where young men and women are expected to search for their own identities, continue their education, find a suitable career, then settle down into a married life and have children of their own if they so choose. There is still a wide variety in difference in expectations in America, especially when considering the social, ethnical and financial background that these young individuals come from. Children from more affluent families are likely to go to a college or university right after high school, where as children from less financially stable backgrounds are likely to join the military in order to afford schooling, or head straight into manual labor type jobs, in hopes of going to college later on. Argentina, much like America, is a western industrialized culture that shares a lot of commonalities with its expectations of emerging adults, though there are several cultural differences. Americans tend to place more importance on their peers and social status than their families, whereas Argentineans are the complete opposite. As with most Hispanic and Latin cultures,...
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...becoming the most popular and fastest growing form of alternative energy in today’s market. Compact Energy, Inc. (CE) is a newly formed organization with the goal of providing affordable energy solutions to all areas of the world. Currently, CE operates domestically in Eritrea and internationally in Argentina. In this paper, the team creates a product launch of CE’s compact windmill for both the domestic and international market. The team discusses the product, target market, market needs, market potential and growth, competition, marketing objectives and strategy, pricing, marketing communication, distribution strategy, and marketing research. Additionally, the team has completed a SWOT analysis of both the domestic and international market and a quarterly budget indicating the product launch expenses for a period of three years. Compact Energy, Inc. Compact Energy, Inc. is the innovation and creation of Team B, a diligently formed group of business professionals all preparing to improve the quality and availability of alternative energy throughout the world. Headquartered in Eritrea, a small country in Northeast Africa, CE established its most recent location in Argentina. Contributing to its rapid expansion, CE created a business alliance with Strabag International, an environmentally friendly construction organization with unprecedented experience in alternative energy construction and installation (Strabag, 2012). Product Description The engineers with Compact...
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...very similar ideologies on how Argentina should be molded in to an advanced revolutionized society. Both men share similar interests for Argentina, but they each introduce their own concepts for a new progressive way of life. Regardless of how they want their society to advance, they are both are for progress. Sarmiento compares civilization and barbarism in relation to progress. If a nation is civilized, he believed it will flourish with progress. He argued that civilization is determined by European values, Republican values and city life. On the other hand, he identified barbarism as Colonial and Indigenous customs, Caudillo rule and the lifestyle of Gauchos. He wanted to move forward; by doing so, society needed to move away from the old conservative ways and work together as a whole. By doing away with local political traditions, he planned to westernize Argentina by bringing in...
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...Introduction In this essay, I will be taking a look into the general growth and development experience of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay over the period of 1950 to present day. Using several dimensions of development, I hope to provide a glimpse into the development process that Uruguay has gone through in the above mentioned period. Description Uruguay is a South American country with a relatively small population of 3.3 million people, as of 2008, living in a land area of 176,000km2 (World Bank, 2009). However, they do possess a fairly good Gross National Income (GNI) per capita of US$8260, which is fairly high compared to the Latin America & Carribean average of US$6781 (World Bank, 2009). Throughout the last 60 years of its history, Uruguay has undergone much changes in terms of its social, economic and political scenes. Uruguay suffered many years of turmoil during the period of the 1950s and 1960s. Though at one point of time, the people living in Uruguay had the highest per capita income in the continent, that did not last and economic problems occured. In the 1970s, Uruguay suffered a military coup, in which the generals took power from the elected officials and thus began a period of military rule from 1973 to 1985. During the early years of military rule, the economy did recover from the economic downturn of the previous period. However, the Uruguayan economy began to worsen once again towards the end of this period. Because of this, the military was forced to...
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...Assignment | Argentina and Venezuela | BUS 600 – Dr. James Worsley | Eileen Stafford | 2/17/2014 | | Introduction Hofstede’s five cultural dimensions is a theoretical framework proposed to describe and explain cross cultural communication. It was put forward by Geert Hofstede and majorly describes the impact of a particular society's culture on its member’s values. By means of a structure resulting from factor analysis, the theory also seeks to explain the way in which these values relate to behavior. Hofstede categorizes cultures into four fundamental groupings (Baack 2012). These groups are individualism, uncertainty avoidance, masculinity and power distance. He gives a number on a scale of 1 and 100 for diverse cultures for each group depending on how their culture compares to the description. By examining how a country compares with each section we can better comprehend how a culture goes about their business as well as their daily lives. Differences 1. Power distance Power distance in Hofstede’s framework refers to the degree to which the less powerful constituents of organizations and institutions in any country anticipate and recognize that power is not equally distributed. IN Venezuela’s case, the framework ranks the country at 75. This is a high PDI ranking and it shows that majorities of the people agrees and are resigned to the fact that inequality is a way of life. This acceptance in Venezuela transcends to all parts of society. Argentina on the other...
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...guarantees as collateral that enabled them to run up significant private-sector debts for which the central government was ultimately responsible. (case P6) Corruption scandal leaved the government discredited. * A corruption scandal erupted when it was discovered that bribes had been paid to senators in exchange for support of the government’s initiative to bring flexibility to the labor market. (case P3) * In November 2011, Argentina attempted to execute another debt swap, guaranteed by fiscal revenue, but not well received. Instead, capital flight escalated and country risk climbed to 1,700 basis points (Exhibits 8&9 interest rate and bond spread data). Argentina’s loose fiscal policy Argentina’s debt increase fast and its currency-board-like arrangement decrease its ability to pay for the debts. * Continued borrowing took Argentina’s public debt as a percentage of GDP from 29% in 1993 to 51% in 2000 (Exhibit 11).The Economist noted: “Instead of printing money, as in the bad old days, Argentina printed bonds to finance...
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...Date of Submission: 9th October, 2014 The scenario that gained attention was in 2013 in Argentina, when the famous brand ZARA was found employing immigrants from Bolivia, who were trafficked to Argentina with the promise of wages in dollars and a better life style. However, the working conditions were inhuman and unacceptable which ultimately lead to the ban of the industry. Argentina has violated the labour violation by allowing the famous brand ‘ZARA’ to run operations in their country. The sweatshops were located in outskirts or in tourist areas. The production was run by the immigrants who were trafficked and were being used at these sweatshops. The working conditions were vulnerable and workers were asked to sleep inside the sweatshops with beds attached next to machines. Also, electrical wires hung from the walls creating a miserable situation for the workers and a risk of fire inside the shop. Adding to this, working hours were more than the minimum hours. Workers were forced to start early morning and then finishing late at night, working for almost 13 or more hours per day. The health and safety risk was also high for the workers, making the situations worst. Workers were also deprived of any freedom and social meetings and were made to stay inside the premises every time. ZARA broke the rules and standards that were set by Argentina. Firstly, by operating illegally in Argentina and secondly, the rules they violated for labour regulations. In this case Naïve Relativism...
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...Investment in Education Is There? Indicator B3 • On average in OECD countries, 83% of all funds for educational institutions come directly from public sources. • An average of 91% of primary, secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education in OECD countries – and never less than 80%, except in Chile, Korea and the United Kingdom – is paid for publicly. • Compared to primary, secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education, tertiary institutions and, to a lesser extent, pre-primary institutions, obtain the largest proportions of funds from private sources, at 31% and 19%, respectively; but these proportions vary widely between countries. • In all countries for which comparable data are available, public funding on educational institutions, all levels combined, increased between 2000 and 2008. Private spending increased at an even greater rate in more than three-quarters of countries and, on average among OECD countries, the share of private funding for educational institutions increased between 2000 and 2008. Chart B3.1. Share of private expenditure on educational institutions (2008) Primary, secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education Tertiary education 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Chile Korea Japan1 United Kingdom United States Australia Israel Canada1 Portugal Russian Federation OECD average Poland Mexico New Zealand Italy Netherlands Slovak Republic1 Estonia Spain Czech Republic Argentina France Ireland ...
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...Abigail Tejeda Comparison Essay Final September 24, 2014 University Comparison College education is crucial in many places around the world, for people to succeed in life. Although the main purpose of college is to educate, culture affects food, environment, the way people think, and many other aspects of life. I’ve attended a South American university and an American university and found many differences between the two that I really liked and others that seemed a bit ridiculous to me. All in all, I learned by comparing these two universities that keeping an open mind and learning about others is an important kind of mentality to have because it makes a person grow and be relatable to all kinds of people that they will cross paths with in the future. One of the biggest complaints heard at Andrews University is over the food. I used to add to those complaints my first year attending Andrews University, but in my second year of college when I went to Argentina to study abroad for the whole school year at River Plate University, I really disliked the food. The university’s cafeteria was quite small but had to hold over 3,000 students for meal times. The food was usually very bland, and, if one did not like the main entrée, one could choose to eat rice and beans, which the cafeteria served for every lunch and dinner. For breakfast, we had the two options of cold cereal and popcorn. On Sunday mornings, at 7 a.m., the cafeteria served scrambled eggs and bread, the only day...
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...Assignment (a) Economic factor Analysis form Argentina (b) BRIC countries, having Goal in Conglolomarates (India & China) (c) What is the Departmentalization chose a company from Developed countries and Draw out its Functional Departmentalization and Products/Brand departmentalization Economic factor Analysis of Argentina The economy of Argentina has been recently on rise after the recovery from a severe economic crisis of 2001/2002. Over the last 5 years, the country's GDP growth has been quite high: 9.2% in 2005, 8.6% in 2007 and 6.6% in 2008 (slowed down by the international financial crises). GDP Annual Growth Rate in Argentina averaged 3.29% from 1994 until 2015, reaching an all time high of 12.50% in the second quarter of 2010 and a record low of -16.30% in the first quarter of 2002. With a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of more than US$ 540 billion, Argentina invested heavily in health and education, areas which account for 7% and 6% of GDP, respectively. Argentina was the top performer in the region in reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity between 2004 and 2008. Incomes of the bottom 40% grew at an annualized rate of 11.8% compared to average income growth of 7.6%. This trend continued but slowed after 2008. As of 2014, 12.7% lived in poverty – defined as living on under $4 a-day. A third of the population lives on between 4 and 10 dollars a day and remains at risk of falling back into poverty. The country prioritized social spending through...
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...2. Executive summary • Two countries researched for potential market entry of Silkwood Wines, using macro-environmental (PEST) analysis, are Argentina and New Zealand. • Argentina is an attractive market for winemakers from ‘target-market’ point of view, but it is not a good time to commence exporting to this country. Unfavourable political and economic situation are the strongest factors that influence this decision. High physical, psychic, cultural and linguistic distances from Australia represent additional potential complications. • New Zealand on the other hand offers less opportunity for profits, but being physically, psychically, culturally and linguistically close to Australia, with a favourable applicable tariff rates and historically good relationship, it is a safe option. • American slightly positive GDP growth in the last quarter and some other latest statistics indicate that the worst times relating to world financial crisis is in the past. Nevertheless, world’s economists are prognosticating that long time is needed for full recovery. Some countries are still in recession and Argentina is battling hard to come out as a winner. Higher risks are associated with these hard times, thus a safer option is recommended. • Taking all this into consideration and the facts that Silkwood Wines are inexperienced in exporting and have limited human and financial resources, I recommend New Zealand as the best country for initial entry. With characteristics above described...
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