Indigenous Women In Educational Leadership

by Yelba Carrillo

Globalization and Internationalization have the potential and capability to produce inequalities in all types of settings, but especially with indigenous women in education. While Globalization calls for uniformity and conformity, it fails to acknowledge minorities and diversity. Globalization is the implementation of western values, practices, and privileges (Apple, 2001). Read more

Global Leadership: Sustainable Tourism

by Richard Simpson

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This paper explores the positive and negative impact of tourism on the Belizean natural resources and residents. Ecotourism is important to the survival of the natural resources and the Belizean tourism industry. Tourism that is sustainable benefits the natural resources, the tourists who seek out such resources, and the locals who provide the tourism services. Belize must pay close attention to the increasing impact of tourism. Developing a fee structure that goes directly to maintaining the natural resources and enforcing regulations is one significant step that can be taken to ensure ecotourism is successful in Belize. Tourism is important to the Belize economy, and the survival of the ecosystems that attract so much of the tourism to the country is critical. Read more

Human Capital Development in Developing Countries

by Benjamin Ritter

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Investments in human capital; mainly healthcare and education, are important to positively influence social change in developing countries, and have been directly linked to economic growth. Human capital theory states that the higher the level of human capital is, the higher the level of performance (Barney, 1991), and entrepreneurial performance (Wu, 2013). Various investment strategies in human capital have proven to more effective than others. This paper will review the literature related to human capital, effective human capital investment strategies that result in economic growth, and suggest topics for further study. Read more

Navigating a Sea of Distrust: A Case Study of Trust Failures in the Placencia Peninsula

by Patricia Coaley

On July 31, 2013, a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Government of Belize (GOB) and Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) was entered, highlighting the value and importance of a new tourism project in Harvest Caye . Read more

Global Leadership and Learning Through Humor

by Eric Barrett

A significant amount of literature has been published suggesting that connecting leadership and learning through humor has a potential to significantly increase the productivity of a work environment. There are a multitude of methods by which an individual can connect leadership and learning through humor, which is largely dependent upon the situation. Read more

Pursuit of What You Belize

By Arthur King Ma

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John Smith (1968) had once said, “The first thing you have to know is yourself. A man who knows himself can step outside himself and watch his own reactions like an observer” (Smith, A. 1968). This essay discuss how a entrepreneur in Belize who has a supermarket in Mopan Maya villages of Santa Cruz in Placencia, realizes his dream by studies his market areas, his customers and applying some basic theories into his practices. Read more

Infusing Technology Into Third World Countries

by Ahmed Almarzooqi

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As technology has shown a significant role in the development of the Western World and its economic growth, Third World countries are still suffering to integrate advanced technologies into their system today.  With globalization and cooperation from developed countries advanced technologies can be infused into Third World countries. Read more

Collaborative Intelligence (CI): Integration of Key Competencies for Optimal Collaboration

by Denise Berger, Ed.D.

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In order to develop meaningful solutions to today’s most complex global concerns, it is imperative that leaders from the public, private, and civil sectors collaborate. These cross-sector collaborations have the potential to optimize diverse skills, knowledge, and resources, and lead people to discover innovative approaches that simply help the world work better. Read more

Solidarity as a Global Issue

by Michele Dietz

“The word solidarity is a little worn and at times poorly understood, but it refers to something more than a few sporadic acts of generosity. It presumes the creation of a new mind-set that thinks in terms of community and the priority of the life of all over the appropriation of goods by few.” ― Pope Francis

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