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Global Climate Change Coverage in Malaysia Mainstream Newspapers
No full textGlobal Climate Change can affect human life and activities. The rising amount of natural disasters, the warming of the Earth and the melting of the icebergs are some examples of its effects. This study is conducted to analyze the coverage of global climate change issue in four Malaysia mainstream newspapers. The data for this study are collected from January 2008 to December 2010. A content analysis is conducted to identify the frequency of the articles related with global climate change, the articles length, the trend of newspaper coverage and the frames of the articles. The findings for this study will provide an understanding about the ways Malaysia mainstream newspapers provide the coverage about Global Climate Change and the audience reactions towards the issue. The findings also suggested that the coverage of global climate change is influenced by the events pertaining the issue. This can be observed from the trend of newspaper coverage. Finally, the result on the frames indicates that the most published topic in global climate change issue is public action to reduce the effects of global climate change and reduce the emissions of the greenhouse gas
INTERNATIONAL TOUR ANDINTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION: A STUDY OF CHINESE TOURISTS BAD BEHAVIORS
No full textAn international tour is a channel of intercultural communication. People from different cultural setting can easily communicate with each other and understand each other, so as to improve friendship and build up a good image of a nation. Therefore, tourists’ behaviors are an important factor in intercultural communication. Due to this reason, the author takes some cases which happened with Chinese people in recent years as an example, and then further analyzes the cases from a perspective of intercultural communication. Finally, the author gives some suggestions about how to improve Chinese behavior in international tour such as educating Chinese tourists’ awareness of civilized manners, learning some fundamental cultural knowledge of different countries and training etiquette skills for Chinese international tour. In this way, well-educated and civilized Chinese tourists would really promote a good image of Chinese people and nation in the world
Employment Equity: Are we still on target?
No full textThe Employment Equity Act, 1998, Act 55 of 1998 was created in order to bring about a paradigm shift in South Africa’s labour relations, transforming it into a system based on equality. This change in the political life of all South Africans has brought about huge challenges to employers and employees alike. Seen as a threat to some, others view it as a positive beacon. If the Act was correctly implemented, South Africa will be heading towards a better competitive market and the workforce should be equally representative of the population. This paper aims to illustrate whether the Act has achieved its goals over the past 13 years by means of analysis and assessment of reports and statistical reviews. An overview is offered in the form of a literature review of the Act and defining the current legislation thereof in conjunction with management theory. The paper challenges the perceptions of all South Africans and finding possible solutions to areas in which the Act has failed. The paper further proposes action steps for the effective implementation of the legislation and for the process to follow to ensure that is fair in the sense that all employees can compete on equal terms
OLYMPIC EDUCATION: A TEACHING PROPOSAL FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF SÃO PAULO.
No full textThe educational nature of sport was in the foundation of the Olympic Movement since its inception. Understood as a pedagogical tool, sport was seen by Pierre de Coubertin as a possibility of celebration among people, a way to promote peace and development. In this sense, the Olympic Games are considered the public face of this pedagogical effort, and the understanding of Olympic education promotes values and knowledge on the sports universe and all its symbolic acquis. This argument triggers Olympic education programs by countries and cities involved in sport competitions based on the Olympic model. The aim of this study was to present the Olympic Education program developed by the São Paulo Secretary of Education for teachers working in the public school network of São Paulo. This course conducted over the years 2012 and 2013 relied on the participation of 250 teachers, mostly involved with Student Olympics, competition involving public schools of São Paulo
Motivation and Classroom Teaching in Geography
No full textSeveral factors influence the teaching and learning of geography in the classroom situation. Prominent among these factors is motivation. Motivation may be described as a state of arousal in which an individual wishes to achieve a specific goal and exerts effort to do so. In the classroom, efficient learning would be impossible if motivation was absent. But this appears to be the situation in many geography classes. There are classroom situations in which student motivation is at a minimum and in which learning is correspondingly slow. In such unmotivated classes, there are geography teachers who leave their students with half formed and hazy concepts; teachers who make no attempt to select teaching procedures that will be interesting to students; teachers who criticize students negatively rather than constructively; such classes are also characterized by strained personal relationships between students and their teachers. To address these worrying concerns in the geography classroom, this article is devoted to the discussion of principles, practices and specific suggestions aimed at enabling the geography teacher to make more effective use of motivation in classroom situations
Taming the Green-Eyed Monsters: Reducing Backbiting via ENAICMS Jealousy Intervention
No full textIssues related to jealousy in organization are rarely discussed openly among the management and employees. Yet, this strong emotion can lead to numbers of unpleasant impacts such as lowering employees’ job motivation and decreasing company’s productivity. A study conducted with 209 employees from a prominent private organization in Malaysia has shown that jealousy is the most influential factor that contributes to interpersonal relationship problem, which consequently affect the employees’ job performance. With the usage of on-line survey namely Employee Need Analysis Inventory Online Counseling Management System (ENAICMS), it is found that employees with interpersonal relationship problem faced communication problems with the management and colleagues, as well as commitment to work in team. The chaining problems may eventually harm the organization if appropriate actions are not taken. This conceptual paper aims to illustrate how ENAICMS Jealousy Intervention can help the organization to reduce envy and jealousy problem among employees. Interventions such as individual and group counseling, workshop, awareness program, and transforming organization’s policy are explained in detail
Child Welfare Clinic Attendance among Children 24-59 Months in Assin North Municipality, Ghana
No full textChild welfare clinics form an important component of the health care system in Ghana and renders invaluable health care services to children under five years. Despite the numerous advantages associated with child welfare clinic attendance, there are reported cases of low attendance among children 24-59 months. It is in line with this that the study examined child welfare attendance among children aged 24-59 months. Employing both qualitative and quantitative methods, the study selected 240 respondents for primary data collection and analysis in the Assin North Municipality of Ghana. It was established that child welfare clinic attendance declines by age of the child due to schooling, completion of immunization schedule and distance to the clinics among other factors. It was also found that the level of education of caregivers and distance travelled to the child welfare clinic have influence on child welfare clinic attendance. On the bases of the findings recommendations were made to capture children 24-59 months for child welfare services in schools. Secondly, health workers should sensitize care givers on the importance of child welfare clinic attendance for children aged 24-59 months
Sustainable Business Practices for Sustainable Futures: Partnering in Higher Education
No full textThe Professional Communication Unit (PCU) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) has developed innovative, multimodal teaching approaches that aim to contribute to the notion of corporate citizenship. Two separate course partnerships strive to equip senior commerce students with graduate attributes valued in business and government. Course one involves a partnership with environmental consultants who collaborate with staff to mentor students during their institutional investigation of sustainable business practices. Course two involves collaboration between students, staff and small business owner-managers. It focuses on sustainability practices of the chosen SME in relation to the triple bottom line. The model aims to prepare students for societal challenges in the workplace and to offer technical support to these SMEs to increase their competitiveness. In the wake of global financial and environmental crises, this article amplifies the need for collaborative partnering as all constituents aim to remain relevant and sustainable in the 21st century
MANAGERIAL SKILLS AND USING HIGH TECHNOLOGY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SUCCESS OF THE ENTREPRENEURS IN MALAYSIA
No full textThe objective of this study is to identify whether managerial skills and using high technology are an important factors in contributing the success of entrepreneurs in small medium enterprise (SME) in Selangor. The researcher obtains 120 respondents who are involved in various businesses consisting of the manufacturing and service industries in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. The questionnaire were distributed to 200 entrepreneurs but only 120 questionnaires were returned. The researcher also conducted structural interview after respondents completed answering the questionnaire. The data were analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA), frequencies, Pearson correlation and multiple regression. The instrument has a high reliability values. Findings indicated that the managerial skills and using high technology are the two important factors in contributing the success of entrepreneurs in small and medium sized enterprise