Global Ethics and Sustainable Development for a Just Future
1. Our World: A Global Village
1.1. Why Do We Need a Global Ethic?
In the late sixties, Marshall McLuhan introduced the idea of the “global village,” suggesting that human intercommunication is increasingly shaped by global electronic media. McLuhan argued that information highways transcend natural boundaries, making us all citizens of the world. However, media can also be used to shape opinions and influence actions based on specific interests.
Media = A World Informed by New Technologies
To navigate
Read MoreJob Design and the Global Economy
Job Design: Objective Post Description
Job Analysis
The purpose of job analysis is to provide an objective description of a position, differentiating it from others based on demands, activities, and required skills.
Contents of the Position
This refers to the activities required by the position. A common method, functional job analysis, describes the position in terms of:
- Data, People, and Job Interactions: How the worker interacts with data, people, and other jobs.
- Methods and Techniques: The methods
Job Design: Understanding and Optimizing Job Roles
JOB DESIGN How to describe objectively a post?
Description of positions through job analysis:
The purpose of job analysis is to provide an objective description of the post.
Provides a description of how a place different from another in terms of demands, activities and skills required.
Contents of the position:
This refers to activities that the position requires. A widely used method is the functional job analysis describes the way in terms of:
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Lor where the worker does in relation to data, people
Read MoreJob Design: A Comprehensive Guide to Describing and Improving Positions
Description of Positions through Job Analysis
The purpose of job analysis is to provide an objective description of a position. It describes how a position differs from another in terms of demands, activities, and skills required.
Contents of the Position
This refers to the activities that the position requires. A widely used method, functional job analysis, describes the position in terms of:
- Location: Where the worker operates in relation to data, people, and jobs.
- Methods and Techniques: The methods
Understanding Language Competence: A Guide to Key Concepts
CEFR
The CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) is a document for the teaching of languages. It provides a common basis for the elaboration of language syllabuses, curriculum guidelines, examinations, textbooks, etc. across Europe. It describes what language learners have to learn to do in order to use a language for communication and what knowledge and skills they have to develop to act effectively. The Framework also defines levels of proficiency which allow learners’ progress
Read MoreThe World Is Flat: A Summary of Thomas Friedman’s Analysis of Globalization
Thomas
Friedman is an American journalist, author and columnist who write a
Twice-weekly column for The New York Times. He wrote the book “The World is
Flat” a Brief History of the Twenty-First Century where he analyzes globalization,
Primarily in the early 21st century.////////Friedman defines ten
“flatteners” that he sees as leveling the global playing field. The
First five of the 10 flattening forces the author identifies provided the first
Thrusts to an increase in globalization.
The first