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  1. 21. ‘Good’ Governance and Human Development: The Case of China and India

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Mattias Gottfrid Ottervik; [2011]
    Keywords : Human Development; Governance; State Capacity; India; China; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This paper attempts to answer two interrelated questions: what is good governance and what is its relationship with human development, and what allowed China to outperform India on the Human Development Index. The United Nations Development Programme and scholars connect human development very closely with good governance. READ MORE

  3. 22. Influence of cultural dimensions on Agile team behavioral characteristics

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för datavetenskap och kommunikation

    Author : Veena Veerla; Maanasa Subrahmanyam; [2011]
    Keywords : Agile software development; agile team; Hofstede cultural dimensions; Power distance; Individualism Collectivism; Masculinity Femininity; Uncertainty avoidance; Autonomy; Shared leadership; Learning; team orientation; Redundancy; Literature review and Survey.;

    Abstract : Context: Agile methodologies are widely recognized in western countries. From past few years, its practices are being successfully adopted in global settings especially in eastern countries. Across the world, teams are following its values and principles. READ MORE

  4. 23. To Walk Like Boys - The Limit of Gender Equality? : A Qualitative Evaluation of the Facilitator Role in The Adolescent Project Conducted by The Sakhi Resource Center in Thiruvanathapuram, the Capital of Kerala, a State in the South of India 

    University essay from Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Anna Carrigan; [2011]
    Keywords : Kerala; Gender; Adolescents; The Adolescent Project; Sexual Reproductive Health;

    Abstract : Abstract The Sakhi Resource Center is at the moment conducting an educational program for adolescent girls and village health care workers in the district of Trivandrum, Kerala. Gender and sexual reproductive health are taught among other things. READ MORE

  5. 24. Effective leadership in a multi-polar and multi-cultural world

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för management

    Author : Mattias Johansson; Pierre Ljungberg; [2010]
    Keywords : Multi-cultural leadership; Western leadership theories; leadership experiences;

    Abstract : More and more organizations are expanding from a local to a global market space, and it’s not only Western enterprises that expand globally, enterprises from emerging countries are doing the same. Especially China and India are establishing themselves as economic centers and are rapidly becoming the new global economic superpowers. READ MORE

  6. 25. The Impact of a Quota System on Women’s Empowerment - A field study in West Bengal, India

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Joakim Persson; [2009]
    Keywords : empowerment; Leadership; India; women; power; local; democracy; panchayat; West; Bengal; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Women’s empowerment is thought to be one of the main issues when talking about gender equality, economic growth and poverty in the academic world today. In India many states are using a reservation bill to ensure women’s participation in the political decision-making at local level. READ MORE