The Global Mobility Workbook (Third Edition)

The Global Mobility Workbook (Third Edition)
Author: Angela "angie" Weinberger
Publisher:
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2019-09-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9783952428474

Why buy us? Once merely a subset of HR but now its own critical department in most organizations, Global Mobility is currently undergoing a global transformation. New technologies, the constant evolution of companies, generational diversity and political situations have evolved the roles and lives of mobile professionals faster than existing policies can keep up, calling for a clear focus on the processes to be updated to cater better for the people driving Global Mobility.Are you as a Global Mobility Professional feeling overwhelmed by the speed and scope of this 'boom'? Perhaps you need to introduce yourself to the field and get a better, broader overview of Global Mobility. Maybe you are in HR or a line manager and want to ensure that you are becoming an employer of choice for younger generations demanding Global Mobility as a prerequisite for working with you. Or, you are just on the brink of deciding for or against an international assignment as an expat or expat family and want to understand the language we use better. Let us help you! How we will help you? Working with "The Global Mobility Workbook" and Angie Weinberger will enable you to: - run your Global Mobility in a more strategic way by deeper understanding trends and drivers of Global Mobility, develop and sort out your legal framework, policies, guidelines, exception management, - give you models for improving how you explain what we do to the outside world, - support expats and their spouses and enhance their "Expat Experience" through training, coaching and deeper understanding of the psychological effects of cultural adjustment, - develop your professional profile and "Global Competency". In order to make the expat experience worthwhile for their careers and support for their families even better, it takes people who want more than ticking off a checklist. It takes dedicated professionals and it needs personal communication with the entire expat family. We want to bring the human touch back into our process-driven work. That is just the tip of what Global Mobility truly is, and the Global Mobility Workbook provides not only a baseline starting point to understanding the field but is a hands-on manual for people in HR, line managers, expats and their spouses. What you can expect from us? Establishing the Global Mobility Brand: Strategic classification of international assignments for the "business case", integration of the assignment in succession planning and more. Optimizing the Global Mobility Process: A look at the operational implementation of international assignments. Defining the Global Mobility Clients: Focusing on the experience of expatriates and their spouses/life partners, as well as on the process of monitoring those who are affected, including their safety and health. Building the Global Mobility Team: Global Competency is presented as a key component in the career development of Global Mobility Professionals. It's a mix of knowledge, attitude, skills, reflected experience and body learning that is also the basis of our RockMeApp. We also coach you along the way and develop an online learning plan together.It's a workbook so it engages you with: Goal Setting: In the beginning of our journey together you set goals for yourself.Homework: Most chapters come with a suggestion of a homework. 12 Case Studies: In addition we provide downloadable cases studies from daily business scenarios. These present you with various international mobility challenges to engage with and analyze. 7 Templates: We share templates upon request. 5 Tools: We send you examples how you can run your operations and projects.3 Checklists: Global Recruitment, Relocation, Social security considerations. 12 months RockMeApp: Free access to the RockMeApp, our career planner and online coaching platform (value 250 CHF/USD). We are constantly updating our workbook and will inform you of further updates if you get in touch with

Language in a Globalised World

Language in a Globalised World
Author: Khawla Badwan
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2021-07-13
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3030770877

This book takes a critical look at the role of language in an increasingly diversified and globalised world, using the new framework of 'sociolinguistics of globalisation' to draw together research from human geography, sociolinguistics, and intercultural communication. It argues that globalisation has resulted in a destabilisation of social and linguistic norms, and presents a ‘language-in-motion’ approach which addresses the inequalities and new social divisions brought by the unprecedented levels of population mobility. This book looks at language on the individual, national and transnational level, and it will be of interest to readers with backgrounds in history, politics, human geography, sociolinguistics and minority languages.

Global Mobility and the Management of Expatriates

Global Mobility and the Management of Expatriates
Author: Jaime Bonache
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2020-11-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1108492223

A comprehensive overview of the practical implications for organizations that manage international employees, and individuals who are currently or aspiring expatriates.

Social Mobility in Developing Countries

Social Mobility in Developing Countries
Author: Vegard Iversen
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 506
Release: 2021-12-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0192650734

Social mobility is the hope of economic development and the mantra of a good society. There are disagreements about what constitutes social mobility, but there is broad agreement that people should have roughly equal chances of success regardless of their economic status at birth. Concerns about rising inequality have engendered a renewed interest in social mobility—especially in the developing world. However, efforts to construct the databases and meet the standards required for conventional analyses of social mobility are at a preliminary stage and need to be complemented by innovative, conceptual, and methodological advances. If forms of mobility have slowed in the West, then we might be entering an age of rigid stratification with defined boundaries between the always-haves and the never-haves-which does not augur well for social stability. Social mobility research is ongoing, with substantive findings in different disciplines—typically with researchers in isolation from each other. A key contribution of this book is the pulling together of the emerging streams of knowledge. Generating policy-relevant knowledge is a principal concern. Three basic questions frame the study of diverse aspects of social mobility in the book. How to assess the extent of social mobility in a given development context when the datasets by conventional measurement techniques are unavailable? How to identify drivers and inhibitors of social mobility in particular developing country contexts? How to acquire the knowledge required to design interventions to raise social mobility, either by increasing upward mobility or by lowering downward mobility?

Fair Progress?

Fair Progress?
Author: Ambar Narayan
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2018-05-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1464812799

Fair Progress? Economic Mobility across Generations around the World focuses on an issue that has gotten much attention in the developed world, but will present new data and analysis covering most of the world including developing economies. The analysis considers whether those born in poverty or in prosperity are destined to remain in the same economic circumstances into which they were born, and looks back over a half a century at whether children's lives are better or worse than their parents' in different parts of the world. It suggests local, national, and global actions and policies that can help break the cycle of poverty, paving the way for the next generation to realize their potential and improve their lives.

Global Mobility and Higher Learning

Global Mobility and Higher Learning
Author: Anatoly V. Oleksiyenko
Publisher: Routledge is
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: College student mobility
ISBN: 9780415634045

This book provides a multi-stakeholder analysis of socio-economic and geopolitical factors that shape university strategies for student mobility in the interconnected "glonacal" places spurred into existence by the international division of labor and multi-level knowledge networks. Case-studies of universities in four global cities, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Los Angeles and Vancouver, will examine how the confluence of stakeholder pressures in global, national and local (glonacal) mandates influence social and geospatial student mobility in search of self-realization and professional growth. The case-studies serve to illustrate how universities create and implement strategies to help local and international students cope with these pressures.

Sustainable Urban Mobility Pathways

Sustainable Urban Mobility Pathways
Author: Oliver Lah
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2018-12-03
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0128148985

Sustainable Urban Mobility Pathways examines how sustainable urban mobility solutions contribute to achieving worldwide sustainable development and global climate change targets, while also identifying barriers to implementation and strategies to overcome them. Building on city-to-city cooperation experiences in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America, the book examines key challenges in the context of the Paris Agreement, UN Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda, including policies needed to achieve a sustainable, low-carbon pathway for transport and how an integrated policy strategy is designed to provide a basis for political coalitions. The book explores which institutional framework creates sufficient political stability and continuity to foster the take-up of and long-term support for sustainable transport strategies. The linkages of climate change and wider sustainable development objectives are covered, including success stories, best practices, and quantitative analysis for key emerging economies in public transport, walking, cycling, freight and logistics, vehicle technology and fuels, urban planning and integration, and national framework policies. - Provides a holistic view of sustainable urban transport, focusing on policy-making processes, the role of institutions and successes and pitfalls - Delivers practical insights drawn from the experiences of actual city-to-city cooperation and on-the-ground policy work - Explores options for the integration of policy objectives and institutional structures that form coalitions for the implementation of sustainable urban mobility solutions - Describes the policy, institutional, political, and socio-economic aspects in cities in five emerging economies: Brazil, China, India, Mexico, and Turkey

World Development Report 2019

World Development Report 2019
Author: World Bank
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2018-10-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1464813566

Work is constantly reshaped by technological progress. New ways of production are adopted, markets expand, and societies evolve. But some changes provoke more attention than others, in part due to the vast uncertainty involved in making predictions about the future. The 2019 World Development Report will study how the nature of work is changing as a result of advances in technology today. Technological progress disrupts existing systems. A new social contract is needed to smooth the transition and guard against rising inequality. Significant investments in human capital throughout a person’s lifecycle are vital to this effort. If workers are to stay competitive against machines they need to train or retool existing skills. A social protection system that includes a minimum basic level of protection for workers and citizens can complement new forms of employment. Improved private sector policies to encourage startup activity and competition can help countries compete in the digital age. Governments also need to ensure that firms pay their fair share of taxes, in part to fund this new social contract. The 2019 World Development Report presents an analysis of these issues based upon the available evidence.

Global Trends 2040

Global Trends 2040
Author: National Intelligence Council
Publisher: Cosimo Reports
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2021-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781646794973

"The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic marks the most significant, singular global disruption since World War II, with health, economic, political, and security implications that will ripple for years to come." -Global Trends 2040 (2021) Global Trends 2040-A More Contested World (2021), released by the US National Intelligence Council, is the latest report in its series of reports starting in 1997 about megatrends and the world's future. This report, strongly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, paints a bleak picture of the future and describes a contested, fragmented and turbulent world. It specifically discusses the four main trends that will shape tomorrow's world: - Demographics-by 2040, 1.4 billion people will be added mostly in Africa and South Asia. - Economics-increased government debt and concentrated economic power will escalate problems for the poor and middleclass. - Climate-a hotter world will increase water, food, and health insecurity. - Technology-the emergence of new technologies could both solve and cause problems for human life. Students of trends, policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, journalists and anyone eager for a glimpse into the next decades, will find this report, with colored graphs, essential reading.