heading into a period of retirement. As this trend continues to persist‚ Singapore will face a major challenge in overcoming the problems posed by an aging population. An aging population is expected to have a negative impact on Singapore’s economy‚ community as well as the labor force. If the labor force continues to decline relative to the overall population‚ this will hinder economic development. Therefore‚ the Singapore government has introduced various schemes to enhance employability of the
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Overview of Aging Population in Singapore Populations in many developed countries are ageing‚ and Singapore is no exception. The first batch of post-war baby boomers will reach 65 years of age by 2012. The number of seniors will increase from 8.4% in 2005 to 18.7% in 2030 (refer to Table 1). According to the 2010 Population Report‚ The proportion of residents (i.e. citizens and PRs) aged 65 and above increased from 7.0% of the resident population in 1999 to 8.8% in 2009. Correspondingly‚ the
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Cultural Influences on Leadership What is leadership? What is Cross-Cultural Leadership? Related Theories 1. Implicit Leadership Theory 2. Hofstede’s cultural dimensions 3. GLOBE 4. Leadership Styles Accross Cultures Paternalistic Leadership Transformational & Transactional Leadership What is “national culture”? Analysis of Hofstede ’s cultural dimensions theory Hofstede ’s cultural dimensions theory is a framework for cross-cultural communication‚ developed by Geert Hofstede
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rank is 3‚ so there will be two dimensionless groups or two isolated variables. The drag force is taken to be one of the isolated variable. The other will simply be the pipe diameter‚ D. This is due to the fact that D and d are having the same dimension‚ so they can not be both taken as core variables. For the 3 core variables‚ check to ensure rank is 3. π1 = da ρb vc D = Mb La-3b+c+1 t-c = M0 L0 t0 Upon solving the above‚ we have a = -1‚ b = 0‚ c = 0. So we have Similarly‚ we can find the
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Employment Outlook and Salary Guide 2011/12 a tool for workforce planning Singapore RECRUITMENT I OUTSOURCING I CONSULTING Contents 4 Executive Overview 6 Introduction 8 Accounting & Finance 11 Banking & Finance 15 Call Centre 16 Engineering & Technical 18 Healthcare & Life Sciences 22 Human Resources 24 Information Technology 26 Office Support 27 Procurement‚ Supply Chain & Logistics 29 Sales‚ Marketing
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A PAPER ON “CROSS CULTURAL TRAINING” -Ms. Sarika Kale INTRODUCTION: Globalization of business has led to cross border flows of physical‚ financial and human resources. It has resulted in both a large number of people working abroad‚ as well as an increasingly multi cultural domestic work environment. To face the ever growing competition‚ organizations are expanding their businesses‚ outsourcing and even establishing offices overseas. Organizations
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What were the Contributions of the Immigrants? The immigrants made four important contributions to Singapore. Firstly‚ the Immigrants contributed in the building up of settlement. Secondly‚ it was the promoting of trade. Thirdly‚ they worked for the government. And finally‚ they served the community (Provided social services). The first contribution the immigrants made was building the settlement. The Chinese coolies and Indian labourers cleared the jungles making land available for expansion
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Introduction Singapore Airlines was founded in the year 1947 as the Malayan Airways Limited (MAL) during the British invasion at the Tanah Melayu. After the events Independence in 1957‚ the Malayan Airways Limited has changed its name to Malayan Singapore Airlines (MSA). However‚ the company name should be changed again as a result of the separation of Singapore from Malaysia in 1965. This company was separated in two different entities which are the Malaysian Airlines (MAS) and the Singapore Airlines
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HOFSTEDE: Cultures And Organizations - Software of the Mind Culture as mental programming In Western languages ’culture’ commonly means ’civilization’ or ’refinement of the mind’ and in particular the results of such refinement‚ like education‚ art‚ and literature. This is ’culture in the narrow sense; ’culture one’ Culture as mental software‚ however‚ corresponds to a much broader use of the word which is common among social anthropologists: this is ‘culture two’. In social anthropology‚ ’culture’
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Why there is a need to increase population in Singapore? As‚ we all know‚ Singapore is becoming an ageing population soon. So‚ a shrinking and ageing population means younger workforce‚ and a less vibrant and innovative economy. With slower business activity and employment opportunities‚ it will become more difficult to match the higher aspirations of a better educated and mobile Singaporean population. This may hollow out our population and workforce and worsen our ratio of younger to older
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