Mentoring: Pros and cons for HRM

Mentoring has received considerable coverage in recent decades and this is evident by the proliferation of research and popular literature available to the reader. It has been hailed as an important human resource management strategy, a career tool, and a workplace learning activity for men, women and minority groups in a variety of organisational settings such as hospitals, large corporations, schools, universities and government departments. In this paper we review the literature on this ubiquitous yet elusive concept. We begin by exploring what is meant by mentoring, the functions of mentors, three different categories of mentorship, and the benefits and hazards for the mentor, mentee and organisation. In the final part of the paper we highlight some of the implications of setting up a formal mentoring programme for human resource managers

Outcomes and Perennial Issues in Pre-Service Teacher Education Mentoring Programs

The growing body of literature on mentoring across a variety of professional disciplines such as education, medicine, nursing, law, business, and public administration is an indication of its high profile. This paper reflects our ongoing interest in the phenomenon of mentoring and takes as its focus, pre-service teacher education mentoring programs. In this paper we review a substantial body of the research literature that identifies the outcomes of mentoring for pre-service teachers and their mentors. We also consider some important perennial issues in the field experience / mentoring of pre-service teacher education programs which have implications for the quality of the experience for pre-service teachers

Future global challenges to achieve fairness in environmental taxation: moving beyond the dimensions of horizontal and vertical equity

PublishedArticle© School of Taxation and Business Law (Atax), Australian School of Business The University of New South WalesFairness is recognised, almost universally, as the most fundamental ideal of any tax system. With tax systems around the globe being increasingly utilised to implement policies to change emissions behaviour and address the causes of climate change, it is imperative that fairness be a primary consideration. The paper sets out to explore the dilemma of what is meant by ‘fairness’ in the context of environmental taxation. It begins by first establishing the urgent need for climate change mitigation and establishes the role that environmental taxation has to play. It then considers the extent to which the traditional philosophical and moral approaches to decision making can provide a contemporary and relevant framework by which ‘fairness’ can be judged. The tax literature generally recognises fairness as having only two dimensions, namely horizontal and vertical equity. The requirement for the ‘fair sharing’ of the cost of climate change mitigation is considered and additional dimensions of fairness are discussed including the need to look beyond national borders and the current generation of taxpayers. The paper considers the potential conflict that may arise from taking this more holistic and enduring view of fairness and explores the distributional concerns, the dilemma of justice in the international community and the notion of procedural fairness. The paper concludes by acknowledging the complexity of the task facing governments and policy makers in implementing environmental tax systems that reflect a more responsible approach to the concept of fairness. The required changes are identified, including the need within the global arena to show greater leadership and the acknowledgement of the rights of others, both now and in the future

SUSTAINABLE AGRIBUSINESS: DEVELOPING LOCAL SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL CHALLENGES IN THE REGIONAL AGRIBUSINESS SECTOR IN AUSTRALIA

The competitiveness of the agribusiness sector is critical to the social and economic sustainability of regional Australia, where agribusiness is directly responsible for one in five jobs (DNRE, 2002). Although it is recognised that environmental issues must be considered in order to 'sustain' the natural resources used to produce food, this paper focuses on the social and economic issues relating to sustainability (Cocklin et at., 2001). Social sustainability has only recently been upheld as an aim of agricultural and regional policy in Australia, however, it has typically been considered less important than economic and ecological sustainability (Cocklin et al., 2001). In rural Australia, social sustainability is typically reflected in the maintenance of social networks among residents of a rural area, the viability of the rural towns and the associated provision of infrastructure, facilities and services. The State Government of Victoria is actively encouraging the development and maintenance of sustainable networks of agribusiness-related entities in regional and rural Victoria. The Victoria Agribusiness Networks program is an example of how government is engaging agribusiness communities in regional Victoria.Agribusiness,

Reimagining Obsolete Underground Infrastructure, Pt. 3

This thesis aims to tackle the issues of obsolete infrastructure through the creation of a new network throughout the urban center. Networks of abandoned underground structures exist in urban locations everywhere, left untouched or forgotten when building anew was easier. These sometimes iconic structures are left with only small traces of their influence upon their context. Sites like these still have the ability to influence their surroundings on both an urban and a local scale. Due to the elevation of such spaces, they are inevitably at a greater risk for damage. Redesigning the network to accommodate and adapt to the always-changing natural environment would ensure their resiliency within the system

Malaria control in the Northern Transvaal

Malaria epidemiology relating to control operations is briefly reviewed. Control methods are discussed and reference made to the staging of control programmes. Details are given of current control operations in the northern Transvaal, with particular reference to aspects of importance to medical practitioners.S. Afr. Med. J., 48, 1265 (1974)

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Decay and Opportunity of Architecture

This thesis aims to develop a connection between the newly elevated downtown Brooklyn and the cultural/civic center of lower Manhattan. One of the growth projects is known as the Urban Farming Initiative. Private areas through out the five boroughs have been redeveloped into community gardens. The public then cultivates and reaps goods for their personal use. Through the expansion of the Urban Farming Initiative this new network connection can act as the bridge between the two major city centers as well as creating a central hub for the farming network

Investigating the Effects of Interrupting Gender-Related Schematic Encoding and Memory Recall in an Adult Population

Schema theory accounts for the incompleteness and distortions in memory. Theories suggest a person’s prior knowledge can influence their encoding and retrieval abilities. Concerning gender-schemas, someone’s stereotypical gender biases can influence their schematic encoding and memory recall. These theories were tested in the current study by assessing participants recall of events and gender biases at explicit and implicit levels. Explicit recall was assessed through a questionnaire regarding a passage of text previously presented to participants, and implicit gender biases were assessed through an IAT. Within this study there were four conditions organised in a 2 x 2 design. Conditions consisted of informed and non-informed conditions and gender conforming and non-conforming conditions. Informed conditions were mediated through statements presented to participants prior to the study which told participants the true nature of the study – testing gender-related recall or told them their memory recall would be tested. Conforming conditions were given biographies where characters gender’s consistent with stereotypical gender roles, with non-conforming conditions the opposite. Results found that when presented with non-conforming biographies, participants performed worse at recall and were more likely to recall gender inaccurate information. This effect was seen only when the participants were informed, indicating an effect of schema activation and priming on memory recall. Additionally, participants with higher IAT scores (more bias) performed poorer than those with lower scores when in non-conforming conditions. These findings support those found in the previous literature and add the finding that informing participants can influence their ability to recall accurate gendered information