PROBLEMATISING ‘CROSS-CULTURAL’ COLLABORATION: CRITICAL INCIDENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION SETTINGS KATRIN KRAUS RONALD G. SULTANA Abstract – Many EU projects are premised on the assumption that collaboration between academics and students from different national contexts adds value to knowledge production and to learning. It is very rare to come across accounts of how challenging such cross-cultural collaboration can be‚ especially when the notion ‘culture’ is expanded to include both national and gendered
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The Green Stigma We‚ as a layman‚ are incredibly fascinated to see the moving vehicle‚ running trains‚ flying aeroplanes and helicopters‚ radio‚ television and the most recent invention computer and internet. And witnessing these lavish‚ alluring and life luxuriant inventions around us‚ only one thing strikes our mind that is‚ a wizardry‚ engineering‚ science and technology. When we see the doctors working in hospitals‚ ailing patients suffering from various diseases‚ we think‚ the divination medical
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believe that team-building activities such as mountain climbing increase productivity? Why or why not? What other factors might be responsible for increases in profitability following a corporate retreat? I believe that team-building activities such as mountain climbing or trust-building exercises can motivate employees to increase their productivity as a whole. The reason is that colleagues can build trust‚ promote communications‚ and alleviate workplace conflicts through team-building activities
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What is a Team? One definition of a team is ¡§A small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose‚ common performance goals‚ and approach for which they hold themselves mutually responsible¡¨ (Moorhead & Griffin‚ 2001‚ p.604). Another definition is ¡§¡Kgroup of two or more entities linked by a common bond to foster the achievement of a common goal¡K¡¨ (Chillis‚ 1999). Whichever definition is used it is understood that commonality is the guiding force for a successful
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Building a virtual team Saturday August 26‚ 2012 Building a virtual team A virtual team is a group of individuals who work across time‚ space and organizational boundaries with links strengthened by webs of communication technology. Several key factors can cause a virtual team to succeed or to go down the drains such as lack of interest‚ lack of directions and difference of work ethic. We can describe the key challenges and pitfalls to virtual teams as such: Some virtual team lack of clear
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Team Building: The Dynamics of a Successful Team Lynnecia Johnson GEN/300 Precious Dennis April 17‚ 2006 University of Phoenix The Dynamics of a Successful Team Understanding the dynamics of a successful team will assist team members in comprehending their individual roles. A few aspects of team building include: leadership; communication; roles and responsibilities; behaviors and ethics; and collaboration. Throughout this paper‚ we will discuss each individual aspect of team building. Leadership
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LOGO TEAM WOR K What is a TEAM? "A team is a group of two or more people with complementary skills‚ organized to work together‚ to achieve a set of objectives that cannot be achieved effectively by individuals.” A Work Team generates Positive Synergy through coordinated efforts. Their individual efforts results in a level of performance that is greater than the sum of those individual inputs.” Benefits of Team Work Accomplish projects an individual cannot do Many projects in the workplace are
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five years old now and I have faced many experiences and challenges that I probably forgot about them. In fact‚ the best experience that I had in my life is when I was a candidate for the municipal elections in my country four years ago. This was for me the best challenging involvement in my life. This was in 2009 where the municipal elections took place in my neighboorhoud. I was a member of a political party called PPS (PARTI pour le PROGRES et le SOCIALISM).Back then‚ my age was 21 years old
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Team Dynamics: ”The Pirates” ( 3 days 2 Nights Training Program) COURSE OVERVIEW This course is designed full of adventurous games‚ fun learning with simulations and competition based. On top of that‚ the lessons learned from those activities are the most important things to be dressed out effectively to meet our customer’s professionalism needs. Our core competencies include translating complex business problems to simple everyday language that can be applied‚ practiced‚ measured and improved
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Guidelines for Effective Team Building Management Theory Case Study# 2 This case study paper will consist of my (5) five guidelines for team building. The criterion suggested below was developed after a review of course materials‚ online research and of course my own personal experience on this topic. I have endeavored to include with my five guidelines a brief explanation of each along with additional recommendations that will help definite each guideline. 1. Establish a goal and mission
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