This article from PPST Bulletin is made available on-line by Samanvaya (www.samanvaya.com). All the rights of the article rest with the authors and any enquiries and clarifications may be directed to them. These are made available in an as-is basis, please report any mistakes to knowledge@samanvaya.com. TOWARDS A NON-WESTERN PERSPECTIVE ON SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE I The available studies on the phenomenon and institution of science suffer from a curious limitation. It is as if all those who analyse
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advantage over its rivals. Businesses are changing and becoming more and more global due to international competition and competitive strategy. Domestic industries are shifting to global or multinational corporations in order to overcome country parochialism. Competition should be at a global platform, rather than on a country-by-country basis because competition fosters development and efficiency. Creating a global brand, such as BP did in a short period of time, poses several problems to a corporation
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ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR ACROSS CULTURES Conditions affecting multinational operations The people of the world are organized into communities and nations, each in its own way according to its resources and cultural heritage. Some nations are economically developed others are just now developing their natural and human resources. The conditions of work are different because of different attitudes, values, and expectations from participants. Understanding these differences and how they influence
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Collaboration between APNS, other Healthcare Professionals, and Agencies Student’s Name Institution Collaboration between APNS, other Healthcare Professionals, and Agencies Cooperation, mutual working relationship and understanding between APNs (advanced practice nurses) other healthcare professionals and agencies is critical for the improvement of health (Edwards, 2009). Such collaborative working relationship promotes research, enhances patient education, increases general public
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similar to UK. However, it turned out as rationally different situation while Arun had conversations with the Korean company’s personnel. First of all, the Korean company and Arun, both parties failed to recognize the difference between them, (i.e. parochialism) hence the negotiation didn’t work. Secondly, both party assumed that their usual practices are best, (i.e. ethnocentrism) so there was a gap of communication and lack of understanding each other. Another perspective from Arun is that, he couldn’t
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Nigeria as it stands is in a chaotic state; a situation where there is total lack of organization and control, a situation where corruption is the order of the day, a situation where egoism rules rather than altruism, a situation where there’s no any visible formal system of government, and even if we pretend to have a government, this government is paralyzed, ineffective or better described, the Nigeria government is at the state of apathy; emotional emptiness, where human life has and given no
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Communicating across Cultural Barriers Nancy J. Adler If we seek to understand a people, we have to try to put ourselves, as far as we can, in that particular historical and cultural background. ... It is not easy for a person of one country to enter into the background of another country. So there is great irritation, because one fact that seems obvious to us is not immediately accepted by the other party or does not seem obvious to him at all. ... But that extreme irritation will go when
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MGT 400 STUDY GUIDE 1 (MID-TERM) Materials needed for preparation: Lectures (slides): 1 – What is culture; 2 – Conceptual culture models; 3 – Culture shock and expatriate adjustment; 4 – Motivation; 5 – Decision making; 6 – Ethics. Textbook: Chapter 2 (Culture & International Management), 7 (Motivation), 9 (Decision Making) Cases: (1) Foundering Expatriate; (2) Black & Decker Readings: “The silent language in overseas business”; “Right ways to manage expats”; “Value in tension: Ethics
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How the Democratic Republic of Google is testing China's appetite for democracy itself. Published Jan 15, 2010 Google's decision to defy Beijing's rules censoring the Internet could be seen as an isolated event—one company pulling out of China for a set of specific reasons. Certainly many other firms are acting that way, hoping to continue their pursuit of profits in the fastest-growing market in the world. But in fact Google's decision reflects important and expanding strains within China
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Final Report Jan Berry Reducing Bureaucracy in Policing Advocate October 2010 Contents Executive Summary 1 Risk (Good Decision Making) 7 Governance Accountability & Performance 10 Continuous Improvement 15 Criminal Justice System 17 Key Processes 24 Technology 29 Reducing Bureaucracy Practitioners Group 31 Executive Summary Introduction Sir Ronnie Flanagan likened bureaucracy to cholesterol; there is both good and bad. The police service
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