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The way training is delivered in a corporate environment has a tremendous effect on results. This study investigates the role of culture in the learning styles of adult French and American students enrolled in online training programs at an international university. Using Kolb's learning style inventory, the learning style preferences of respondents in both cultural groups will be classified as divergers, convergers, accommodators, and assimilators, reflecting their general tendencies toward learning environments as conceptualized by Kolb (1985). The assumption is that Americans prefer to learn from action-oriented methods and are more comfortable learning from activities that are not job related, such as role plays and games, than do their French counterparts who prefer to learn from job-related activities based on solid research. These preferences will then be examined in light of learners' responses to Hofstede's Culture in the Workplace questionnaire, which examines cultural tendencies towards collectivism/individualism, power orientation, uncertainty avoidance, masculinity, and long/short term orientation (Hofstede, 1980). The sample population will be composed of 150 American and 150 French trainees. They are all employed in multinationals and hold jobs that require them to attend corporate training and travel around the world. Conclusions will be drawn which compare French and American cultural differences in learning style preferences and the extent to which these preferences are mediated by cultural orientations as conceptualized by Hofstede (1980). Results will assist multinational corporations in understanding the role of culture in their training scenarios as they seek to provide more effective training for their increasingly cultural diverse learner populations which can provide some proof that they will be successful in using the new skills.

Aside from positivism or quantitative research paradigm, two other paradigms are considered essential in the conduct of research or simply, knowing and understanding a particular event or phenomenon using a particular…

Conclusion The objective of this project is to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the Home and Community Based Waiver Services (HCBS) program in Alaska. The proposal reveals that HCBS came into being with the increase in the mounting pressure to provide care for certain group of people at their home and their communities. Alaska is among the six states that introduced the HCBS program shortly after the enactment of the HCBS act. Analysis of the HCBS waiver program in Alaska reveals the states include the children infected with AIDS. Since the introduction of the program in Alaska, the number of people continues to increase. With the increase in the HCBS participants, the budget allotted to the program could not cover the expenditure associated with the program. Moreover, the shortage of staff is also the challenges facing the implementation of HCBS in Alaska. The proposal employs mixed method for data collection and data analysis. The estimated time frame for the proposal will take approximately 12 months. The findings of the proposal will provide several contributions.

Patients always desire to have a competent physician that treats them with dignity and respect. Patients are always curious enough to hear and aware about the sickness they suffer from and the way it affects their lives.

Describe quantitative/positivist and qualitative/interpretevist methodological approaches; include examples of their research methods of data collection.

One of the catch phrases of contemporary work systems is employee empowerment. (Weissberg, 1999, p. 1-2) Employee empowerment is defined as a concept by which employees and the groups in which they work feel that they…

When the Private Finance Initiative was launched in 1992, it was seen as a mechanism to achieve extra public-sector investment by bringing in private finance for capital projects as well as a means to improve the public…

My recent trip to Pango-Pango, a remote island, was literally a treasure hunt in terms of the law. Admittedly, my first reaction upon finding human beings living on Pango-Pango was that there would be no semblance of an…

This research paper attempts to provide some insights into the life of Zeno of Elea and his paradoxes or arguments against plurality, motion, place, and hearing. The paper also provides information regarding Empiricism…

Globalization and Democracy "Some argue that [democracy and globalization] go hand in hand – that unrestricted international transactions encourage political accountability and transparency and that politically free societies are least likely to restrict the mobility of goods and services. Others argue that democracies, in which special interests that suffer from foreign competition have voice, are more likely to have closed markets and vice versa" (Eichengreen, et al, 2007, p. 289). Introduction The concept of globalization is seen by some as a new phenomenon, a concept that emerged due to the digital revolution, and due to the remarkable advances in communication and information that link states and companies with a surprising immediacy though they be in far-flung parts of the world. Globalization has been called a curse for the developing world, and it has also been referred to as the path to a better economic future in terms of the marketing of goods and services. But the linkage between globalization and democracy has apparently not been as thoroughly reviewed and critiqued as other aspects of globalization, and this paper delves into the impact – positive and negative – to democracy that globalization has created.