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This brilliant new book by one of Europe's leading social thinkers throws light on the global power games being played out between global business, nation states and movements rooted in civil society. Beck offers an illuminating account of the changing nature of power in the global age and assesses the influence of the ever-expanding counter-powers.The author puts forward the provocative thesis that in an age of global crises and risks, a politics of golden handcuffs - the creation of a dense network of transnational interdependencies - is exactly what is needed in order to regain national autonomy, not least in relation to a highly mobile world economy. It is imperative that the maxim of nation-based realpolitik - that national interests have necessarily to be pursued by national means - be replaced by the maxim of cosmopolitan realpolitik. The more cosmopolitan our political structures and activities, Beck suggests, the more successful they will be in promoting national interests, and the greater our individual power in this global age will be.
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Today most executives and managers need to have an international business and cross-cultural perspective. Global Competence includes 50 training activities and self-development exercises to prepare your personnel for international assignments, and develop better understanding of cross-cultural communication. Compiled by a team of experts from around the world, these ready-to-use activities have been tested and refined for a wide variety of international businesses and organizations. They are ideal for both preparing people to work, market, negotiate, and otherwise do business with people in Asia, Latin America, and Europe and to prepare foreign nationals for working in the U.S.
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At last! A handy dandy compilation of quality exercises for the global trainer. What these authors have previously accomplished for those working in diversity in the United States, they have now begun to accomplish for those working internationally. For while quite a few books have been written about working in a global context, many, if not most of them, fail to include a sufficient number of varied specific training activities. Thus, for those in human resource development departments working globally, this collection of activities will help to fill that void.
These training activities contributed by some of the foremost names in intercultural human resources development are classified into six parts that include icebreakers, culture-general activities (consisting of cultural dynamics, communication, and time), culture-specific activities, language and interpretation, leadership and team development, and expatriation and acculturation. The seventh section of this book provides helpful information on the editors and the contributors and where and how to reach them. In lieu of an index there is an activity locator which provides short but detailed information about each activity so as to guide the reader to select those activities which would best suit a particular training situation.
The book comes with a foreword by Philip R. Harris and a valuable introduction on how best to use the book by the editors.
Among the ice breaker activities are Coups and Faux Pas, See Differences and Similarities, and Where in the world do you come from. Insider-Outsider by Donna Stringer which is an activity aimed at enhancing our use of empathy to make individuals feel more included that I found to be very effective.
Who Am I? Who Are You? by Eric Lynn is one of seven cultural dynamics activities. Its aim is to facilitate understanding of one's business counterparts, based on the principle "Let them talk." Other activities include Working in Unfamiliar Surroundings, Responses to Different Scales, and In Other Worlds: An Intercultural Space Fantasy.
Communication is addressed in nine activities that run the gamut from a Communication Continuum, through Mixed Messages, The Transcultural Communicator, Networking Across Cultures, to What is it? What is it for? I particularly liked Conducting the Intercultural Meeting by Gary Althen which is intended to help people become aware of the assumptions and customary behaviors they and others bring to meetings and to help them begin to think about ways of conducting meetings that are most likely to draw on the potential contributions of everyone present.
In the Culture Specific section, I found that I would be comfortable using the Cross-cultural Dialogues of Craig Storti and Arguing Asparagus by George Simons. Both of these in different ways lend themselves to multiple usages.
Of the eight activities in the Leadership and Team Development section, I thought that Eric Lynn's "Of course I know what a TEAM is! Do you?" would be highly usable and very effective. Likewise Cultural Self-Awareness in Leadership Teams by Malati Shinazi offered opportunities of poignancy and enhanced understanding.
To be honest, there are activities in the book that I would be less than comfortable employing. That said, however, the book has a majority of activities that I could and would use. Global Competence is an outstanding piece of work for intercultural trainers. It is a must for international and multinational organizations' human resource development departments. For the individual practitioner it is of immense value by providing, at the ready, a wide range of excellent training activities that are adaptable to many international business training sessions.
David C. Wigglesworth, Ph.D, an interculturalist in human resources, management, and organization development is president of D.C.W. Research Associates International, 2606 Parkdale Drive, Kingwood, TX 77339-2476 USA. Tel: 281.359.4234; Email: dcwigg@earthlink.net
No experience needed..........2003-07-20
I have no experience in leading team building events. This book, binder really, was very helpfully broken up into sections. The Activity Locator (index) was wonderful as it lists the purpose, target audience, number of people, and estimated time for each activity. A real help as I didn't have to read all 50 of the descriptions to find one that would work. People ask to borrow this book and I get very protective!
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Plantation Forestry in the Tropics: Tree Planting for Industrial, Social, Environmental, and Agroforestry Purposes
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This new edition has been completely revised to provide up-to-date accounts of silvicultural practices, rural development issues, and the wider role that tree-planting plays. The chapters on agroforestry and protection forestry have been virutally rewritten, while throughout the book the important place of social forestry is recognized.
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Agroforestry and Biodiversity Conservation in Tropical Landscapes
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Adequate for discussion in graduate or undergraduate classes.......2005-05-12
I liked this book in general. Nevertheless the authors are as more interested to promote agroforestry systems as some times; it is similar to they are selling a product. In the first chapters, writers promote several advantages for adopt an agroforestry system however some of their arguments are in need to be better proved and justified. The general idea expressed in this book is "to adopt agroforestry practices is better than not to do". However depending how these practice is adopted, it could bring several disadvantages for environment and farmers. I think that, this reality needs to be better worked in this book.
There are others concepts whose need to be better defined on this book, also. And agroforestry concept is is one of them. Authors have considered other several practices in the same mood of agroforestry practices and these must be cause of confusion in the lectors.
This book is adequate for discussion at undergraduate and graduate environmental seminars.
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Agro-Forestry in the African Humid Tropics
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Agroforestry Systems in the Tropics (Forestry Sciences)
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Directions in Tropical Agroforestry Research (Forestry Sciences)
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The volume contains 10 state-of-the-art reviews of developments in specific areas of tropical agroforestry research during the past two decades, prepared by acknowledged world leaders in the respective topics, following their presentations at a one-day symposium held in connection with the annual meetings of the tri-societies of American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America in November 1996. Each paper synthesizes the results of research, summarizes the current state of knowledge, identifies knowledge gaps, and outlines the directions that research should take in the years ahead. Taken together, these papers provide insight into the accomplishments in agroforestry research so far and our current level of understanding. As such, the volume will be of interest to professionals and students alike, not only in agroforestry, but in all land-use disciplines.
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Managing Africa's Tropical Dry Forests (ODI Occasional Paper)
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Planning for Agroforestry
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The international symposium, ``Planning for Agroforestry'', was held at Washington State University, Pullman, Washington on April 24-27, 1989 and selected contributions from the symposium, are published in this book. The volume is published under the auspices of ISOMUL, the International Studygroup on Multiple use of land.
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Temperate Agroforestry Systems (Cabi Publishing)
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Practiced in some parts of the world for more than 6,000 years, agroforestry is a system for growing trees and agricultural crops concurrently on the same land. Much research has focused on the tropics, where land shortages and rapid population growth demand efficient production of both wood and crops. However, agroforestry may prove equally important in temperate regions, where sustainable farming techniques are solving some problems in traditional agriculture. This book explores temperate agroforestry, concentrating on areas where the greatest advances and adoptions have taken place: North America, China, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and continental Europe. With its wide range of examples, this volume will be valuable for anyone concerned with agroforestry research, practice or policy. It will also be useful for students in agriculture, ecology, environmental studies and forestry in temperate regions.
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Trees, Crops and Soil Fertility: Concepts and Research Methods
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Successful agroforestry requires an understanding of the complex relationship between trees, crops and soils. This book provides a review of both social and biophysical aspects of soil use and research in agroforestry in the tropics, with an emphasis on nutrient-poor forest and savanna soils. Key topics covered include decomposition, nutrient cycling and leaching, soil structure, and soil biological processes. The book combines theory and a review of methods used in research.
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A great book for the seriously interested.......2002-08-29
I would highly recommend this book to anyone seriously interested in persuing tropical agroforestry. It is full of information, covers social and political ramifications and obstacles to tropical agroforestry, BUT, it is USD114, which is quite high. Having said that, it is a fantastic book and well written, refuting some of the hype of the 1980s, but still very optimistic about agroforestry. For anyone who wants to know the nuts and bolts of these systems, this is your book.
I work in organic cacao production, and know much about TA, however, nearly every page has me learning new things, realizing that the problems we face here are problems shared by others elsewhere, or seeing things in a new light.
The writer is well informed and clearlyu empathetizes with small scale producers.
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Astronomy: The Evolving Universe, 7th Edition
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