Managing Indigenous Knowledge And Traditional Cultural Expressions: Is Technology The Solution? Amber Burtis ABSTRACT This paper discusses current issues surrounding the management of indigenous knowledge (IK) and traditional cultural expressions (TCEs) in libraries‚ archives and other cultural institutions. It addresses the need for: (1) ethical policies for the management of these knowledge systems‚ (2) critical approaches to the dominant library paradigm of information management‚ (3) recent
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Is Cinco de Mayo really the Mexican Independence Day? While most people mistake Cinco de Mayo for the day that Mexico gained their independence‚ Cinco de Mayo- the fifth of May- is actually celebrated because on that day the Mexican army claimed a victory over the French army in 1862 at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War. Mexico actually gained their independence on September 16‚ 1810‚ 50 years before the Battle of Puebla occurred. The Franco-Mexican War began in late 1861; which
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activities to achieve desired outcomes. A manager is someone who works with and through other people by co-ordinating their work activities to accomplish organisational goals. (Robbins‚ Stagg‚ Coulter‚ 2003‚ p.10) This definition states‚ the fundamental responsibility of a manager‚ is to accomplish the organisations objectives by ’getting things done through people’. There are however several ways of conceiving managerial responsibilities‚ as a ’manager’ can be viewed from many different positions
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Mothers’ Fight for Visibility The Madres de la Plaza de Mayo of Argentina were a pivotal group of mothers rising against being silenced by the military dictatorship during the Dirty War‚ between 1976-1983 at the time when thousands of children and adults disappeared. In March 1977‚ the mothers began a march in the square of the Rosada presidential palace to break the silence and expose the truth of uncovered lies told by the authorities. Argentineans either looked the other way when it came to the
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1. Motivation should be perceived as an on-going process whereby managers continue to uplift their employees in striving for organisational excellence (Robbin‚ Odendaal and Roodt‚ 2003). Managers should intensively stress the significant of perseverance‚ that even though rewards have been cut‚ perseverance will lead them to their former financial stability and in turn return those rewards. Managers are to make sure that employees see the same direction that they see and ensure employees that their
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Throughout the essay‚ the managers will be referred to as Mr X and Mr Y and their company’s will be referred to as Company X and Company Y respectively due to confidential reasons. The first manager that was interviewed in order to fulfil this task was Mr X. He works for Company X‚ which is‚ a large service based organisation at the position of ‘Head of Corporate Credit Administration.’ His key responsibility at this bank is to provide credit administration support to Corporate‚ Investment
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Bibliography: About progeria. (2006). Retrieved from progeriaresearch.org Learning about progeria. (2011‚ June 27). Retrieved from http://www.genome.gov/11007255 Mayo Clinic Staff. (2011‚ April 23). Progeria. Retrieved from http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/progeria/DS00936 Sarkar‚ P. K.‚ & Shinton‚ R. A. (2000‚ August 29). Hutchinson-Guilford progeria syndrome. Retrieved from http://pmj.bmj.com/content/77/907/312
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recruitment/promotion‚ induction‚ training‚ supervision‚ industrial relations‚ management of change‚ customer service‚ financial management and marketing. This is the first detailed study – at a national level – of current psychological and sociological theories of intercultural communication‚ linked to an investigation of the management of cultural diversity in the workplace within a multicultural society‚ a study which has global implications. This cutting-edge research advances new modalities of best
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The manager interviewed is a middle manager involved in Australia’s largest and longest running not for profit children’s organisation. The organisation is structured in a traditional way with clear divisions and set job positions (Robbins‚ Bergman‚ Stagg and Coulter‚ 2008). The manager is responsible for the operation of twenty two children’s services as well as the management of the twenty two directors and one hundred and sixty staff involved in these children’s services. The manager is responsible
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Title | Demonstrate knowledge of theories of human development across the lifespan and their relevance to ECE practice | Level | 6 | Credits | 10 | Purpose | People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of theories on human development across the lifespan‚ and discuss how knowledge of theories of human development across the lifespan relates to ECE practice.This unit standard is designed for people who intend to work‚ or are working with‚ children in ECE services
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