Development of Education System

Development of Education System Education http://choices4learning.com/home/quick-stop-resources-2/articles-on-learning/school-subjects-list/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Finland It is said that the future belongs to those who choose to stay pupils until the endthose who choose to learn out of every situation, from every man and with every possible chance. These are those who choose educationà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ ¦and they will lead the world to progress. The base of a prospering society is education. This consists not only in the development of intellectual skills but also in the development of the individual through the assignment of certain moral qualities. All these aspects play a crucial role in the construction of a nation because through education one becomes a competent person and a responsible citizen. Ada Kaleh will have a well-founded educational system in order to assure efficient future prospects for its society. As a model, we will have the Finnish educational system which in the year of 2012 has been considered the best system of the world. In 2016, this system kept its place in the top 10. The educational units of Ada Kaleh will be a nursery, a kindergarten, a school and a university which will enclose numerous specializations. The first three units will occupy a central position making them easily accessible to parents and their children. The colleges as a part of the space university will be placed in the extremes of the ship, being visited only by those who are interested. All the units offering educational services will be provided with cutting-edge technology in order to enhance the attractiveness of the lessons . Nevertheless, we do not want the presence of a teacher to be fully replaced by a robot. We do not wish to replace the traditional way with a completely digitalized teaching system, as we consider that education involves creative teaching techniques adapted to the own personality of the student. The transmitting of information requires a specific spontaneity and adjustment to the situation and the fact that the modern technology does not yet cope with these special situations is now widely known. The ideal manner of teaching is a combination between technology and specialized people who know how to use the provided technology. The education will be divided into levels as follows: Age Level 0-40 5-7 Foundation stage 7-11 Primary Education. 12-15 Secondary Education. 16-18 High-school 18+ University Notable is the fact that these categories of age are only indicative, children being able to start a level before or after growing to the necessary age. Individual skills and abilities are defining in this case not the established age. Education will play an essential role from the first years of a child. Level 0 consists of the education the child will get from the parents. To be well informed and to offer quality education parents will have the opportunity to attend organized courses where they could accumulate precious knowledge. In the incipient level, level 0, children will have the chance to take part in various activities which are meant to introduce them to the world and to create a foundation based on three values: Respect for others Tolerance Individual responsibility In our view, these three values are necessary to a citizen of the Ada Kaleh space ship in order to lead the society to evolution. How else can these values be assimilated, if we do not start from an early age? In the foundation stage, the next level, will be the children who have gained a particular awareness of the things and events which surround them. The unit which corresponds to this level is the kindergarten where, in groups of maximum 16 pupils the little ones will learn the letters and basic mathematical calculus. They will spend 4 hours here. The aim of this level is to help the children to accommodate with the idea of school. After that follows the school itself divided into three levels: L1-primary level- consists of 4 classes L2-secondary level: consists of 3 classes L3-High-school: consists of 2 classes Apart from the subjects which will be studied by pupils (scheme 2), they will also have a program of clubs, groups in which they can enroll in school to acquire deeper knowledge in certain passions or to develop them. These clubs will provide assistance to the teenagers in finding a future career. We strongly believe it is essential that pupils have the chance to search, practice and find a passion they can later transform into a job to bring benefits to the society. Occasionally, people of specialty from the station will be invited to hold lectures and to motivate the teenagers. Every pupil will have to be enrolled in minimum one such clubs. In the followings, we will present a list of the subjects and of the aforementioned circles. They will be taught in a way adapted to each level and some of them will be introduced only in the upper grades(L2+) School subjects: English Grammar English-Literature Mathematics Biology Physics Chemistry Astronomy History Geography Healthcare Economy Political science Informatics P.E. Social Studies Clubs Debate club: themes of contemporary significance will be discussed. The aim is to develop ones ability to express and sustain a point of view clearly by giving logical arguments. Leadership: pupils will learn to organize their time, to be strong and to have an entrepreneurial spirit. They will also develop team spirit and they will learn how to empathize with the others Foreign Languages: This club is destined to the maintaining of multiculturalism. Every student will have the chance to choose the language he/she wants to learn Music: pupils will have the opportunity to learn how to play any wanted instrument or to be a part of the choir. Their work will later be presented in cultural festivals on Ada Kaleh Arts: they will develop their artistic abilities, maintaining, therefore, their inclination to culture Public Speaking: the good speakers will be formed here Space Exploration: they will gain expanded knowledge for the new environment Theatre: where they will play important plays from the earth but also newly created ones Media Studies: for those who are interested in mass media. They will help at the media on the space ship. Write articles, present the daily news or make documentaries. Level L3, the High-school is destined to the specialization of the pupils on a certain study to prepare him for the university. Teenagers will have the opportunity to choose the subjects they wish to study. They will then sit an exam out of the chosen subjects. The university level is defined by the actual study at the university. The Ada Kaleh University will have the main unit with a central position and then, the other colleges will be located in the extremes of the station. Crucial are also the teachers training programs. Educators will have the occasion to specialize themselves on minimum two subjects and they will participate in training courses every two years. We share the view that it is extremely important that teachers are always up to date with the news from their own teaching subject but also with the development trends of the society. One of the essential values of the school system we are promoting on Ada Kaleh is teamwork. It is important that pupils learn from an early age to collaborate with the others in order to achieve collective success. One of the advantages this method has is that pupils will learn to accept many ideas and to combine them in a constructive way. So tolerance and flexibility in the attitude towards others are crucial. Moreover, they will be able to develop their communication skills, and open communication is essential in a prospering society. The competition also plays an important role in the personal development. Therefore, we will organize contests. This way, pupils will be put in the situation of relying on their own abilities and ideas and to be independent, to trust their own initiative. Not only will they learn how to win, but also how to lose. Through competition can the good ones be distinguished from the others. The ones that have great performances in different fields. By recognizing their potential, they could be guided to specific leading positions in our society. The education we will promote on Ada Kaleh will be free and accessible to each and every inhabitant regardless of his nation of origin, of race and religion, because education is after all a human right!

Globalisation and trade liberalization are worldwide phenomena that hav

Globalisation and trade liberalization are worldwide phenomena that have significantly changed Australia's trading relationships over the past decades. Globalisation and trade liberalization are worldwide phenomena that have significantly changed Australia's trading relationships over the past decades. Traditionally , Australia is a highly protected country against foreign competitors by using methods of protection such as tariffs and subsidies. However, since the 1980s Aust and many of the world economies has faced substantial reductions in trade barriers in order to promote what we known as Free Trade. Australia gradually reduced its trade protections, which can be any actions by national governments that will give an artificial competitive advantage to domestic producers over foreign producers. The changes to the free trade and protection policies has caused a significant improvement in the number of Free Trade Agreements (FTA) and a shift in Australia's trading relationships, which in turn has affected firms, individuals and also the Australian government. Since the mid 1970s, Australia has started to reduce protection by cutting tariffs, tax on imports, from average tariff levels of 23% in 1968 -69 to 4.4% in 2001. Traditionally, the highly subsidized industries (any form of support to keep domestic industries competitive) are sectors such as motor vehicle and textile, clothing and footwear (TCF). These industries have a fixed low tariff level between 2000 - 2005, to allow them to restructure and become more internationally competitive. Australia's tariff reduction levels have gone way below those required by international trade agreement such as WTO agreement and the APEC. Australia in the last ... ...d this would affect the voting ratios for the government as benefits of tariff reductions and free trade promotion would take a much longer period to arrive. Through the significant change of Australia's protection levels and the promotion of free trade, it is obvious that Australia's major trading partners is shifting from European countries to the high trading potential Asian countries. This is due the enormous demand in many developing countries, which results in a greater market for export. This has brought a positive impact on Australia's primary base industries such as minerals, therefore increasing the amount of export revenue for Australia. Free trade and the reduction in Protection result in the better performance of export as it generates Australia's economic growth, which in turn benefits firms, individuals and the government sectors overall.

Key Success Factors in Online Ventures

The chaotic development of the Internet has left many attempts to route commerce through it stranded. Icons of the brick-and mortar age have often been the most hapless victims, floundering in vain attempts to attract the attention of browsers, and to deliver value. This makes the eminent online success of Office Depot especially worthy of study.The business-to-business model has been especially difficult for middle-aged industrial and corporate buyers to comprehend. Those who have never learnt to write in code feel threatened by the very mention of a web site, and take refuge in the exaggerated risks of buying online (Tillinghast, 2002). The first key success factor of Office Depot lies in the simplicity of design of its web site, requiring no familiarity with computers or programming to place orders, pay for them, and to receive supplies.Office Depot, by virtue of the variety of products and services on offer, tempts customers to become frequent web site visitors (Office Depot, 200 6). Office supplies for coffee are positioned in the upper left quadrant where it is likely to catch first attention. The lay out is inviting, and is bound to generate curiosity and interest even in the minds of skeptical browsers. Overall, Office Depot scores through a web site, which is akin to the shop windows of the most popular retail outlet in the physical world.A third success factor is that Office Depot makes it easy to return goods purchased on incorrect impulses, even arranging to pick them up at the door (Johnson, not dated). This must alleviate natural fears about making buying decisions without seeing and feeling products, and meets most objections of electronic commerce head-on.Office Depot respects customer choice, emphasizing the availability of trusted brands (Office Depot, 2006). Generic products, new brands, and the most established ones such as Hewlett-Packard are offered with even prominence. This is in contrast to the online business forays of some others, whic h are blatant efforts to promote particular brands at the cost of customer degrees of freedom.Broadly, Office Depot has succeeded in online business, because it has put customer needs ahead of technological innovation in electronic communication, ensuring that the Internet serves business needs rather than dictate terms to it.Lessons from the Office Depot Online SuccessConventional marketing promoted the targeting of relatively narrow segments. This made sense as long as a business offered its products and services within the confines of a segregated area. An over-riding feature of the Internet is that the whole world becomes a single market place. Conventional marketing which is highly focused on a spatially limited segment pays the costs of existence on the World Wide Web, but without the attendant market potential and size benefits. We can learn from the success of Office Depot that online marketing has to address clusters (Payne, 2002) rather than narrow segments. Office Depot d efines its customers as enterprises of all sizes, from the small to large corporations, and has combined its Internet foray with international operations. It is therefore able to use the full power of the medium.The Internet makes the Process element of the Marketing Mix (Payne, 2002) a key determinant of success. Office Depot has a prominent promise on the web site of deliveries, without extra charge, within one business day. The enormous planning and investment efforts made to make this promise come true over incredibly large numbers of transactions everyday, has to be appreciated if anyone wishes to repeat the Office Depot success story. Perhaps the facility of the medium makes other enterprises offer commitments which they are not geared to meet, leaving customers disillusioned. There is a large and complex operation of logistics behind the Office Depot success, to keep adequate inventories of such a large number of items within a day’s reach of all customers.The sophisti cation of online business tempts many enterprises to segregate Internet operations from conventional business. A lesson from Office Depot is that the medium should be integrated in to the mainstream in manners which lend synergy (Johnson, not dated). Office Depot treats customers on its web site just as it would if some one walked in to one of their conventional stores.Finally, Office Depot enhances its physical and generic products with useful services (Johnson, not dated). The articles and discussions on small business and commercial resources must be particularly valuable for customers.Competitive Advantage in MarketspaceScale matters in marketspace (Johnson, not dated). Office Depot is successful because of the breadth of its product and service offers, because of the vast territory it serves, and the sheer weight of over a billion dollars of revenue, which is growing rapidly as well. These dimensions act as barriers to new entrants, and strengthen the company’s competiti ve strength from day to day.Marketspace is first about customer needs, and not about the elegance and creativity of software engineers. Other enterprises have web sites with flash, multi-media, and other features which delight programmers, but which take time to load, and can even scare away customers. Web sites should have clear objectives (Tillinghast, 2002), and serve the business, rather than drive it. It is important for enterprises to avoid being overwhelmed by the aura of the Internet, and to keep it tightly within the reins of customer needs.Limits to Online Business Success and the Office Deport ExperienceThere are 5 important limitations to online business in general, and to the foregoing account of the success of Office Depot in this regard: firstly, credit card and related payment frauds plague most electronic commerce ventures. The case does not mention the actual experience of Office Depot in this regard, and even if the company has not suffered any significant losses in this regard, it remains vulnerable for the future.Secondly, products such as copiers and facsimile machines may require considerable product demonstration and after-sales-service, which the online business model is not geared to provide. The decision-making for pins and staples is certainly not the same as for equipment such as filing cabinets: Office Depot runs the risk of building revenues faster in low value-addition lines, as opposed to modern office products of the future.Thirdly, Office Depot has tasted success during the halcyon years of a global economic boom. The serious fixed cost growth which it has encountered in terms of warehousing and logistics could become a serious drag on profitability during a future economic downturn.Fourthly, the practice of offering products in kiosks which are not available or offered online, may rebound on the company. Customers may move away from the company’s web site once they realize that more choice is available in real stores. Finally, the Office Depot experience lacks universal relevance. Many competitors, and companies in other lines of business may realize better returns from conventional business channels, and failures if they copy the high fixed cost and infrastructure-intensive online business model of Office Depot.ReferencesJohnson, W. C. (not dated) Case 13: Office Depot Goes Online-E-Service Quality, publication details not availablePayne, A. (2002) Services Marketing, Prentice-HallTillinghast, T. (2002) Tactical Guide to Internet Marketing, Xlibris CorporationOffice Depot, (2006) Company website, retrieved January 16th 2007 from: http://www.officedepot.com/

An Employers Guide Inclusive Workplace - 16409 Words

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Attract new talent Working teams that are diverse in their make-up are able to come up with a wider range of solutions to business problems. Inclusive workplaces that openly communicate their values and strategies on equality, human rights and inclusion are capitalising on this as they are able to attract a wider pool of applicants and talent. Candidates from minority groups may be put off applying for positions in organisations that do not make their commitment to inclusion known. Retain productive and committed staff Inclusive workplaces that understand the needs of their employees and make staff feel valued and respected also have greater success in retaining staff. Having a range of policies and facilities in place to ensure that all employees are able to balance work with other aspects of their lives has a positive impact on job satisfaction, productivity and commitment. 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