EYE ON CHINA

Multicultural orientation is an important focus area in developing managers for international assignments. This chapter extends the frontier of knowledge on the benefits of developing multicultural orientations in line with business and stakeholders' needs in the global economy. A brief literature review was conducted on multicultural orientations and global leadership effectiveness in the 21st century. It was found that multicultural learning experiences and communication skills, deep self-awareness, multiple intelligences and sensitivity to cultural diversity, humility, cautious honesty, global strategic thinking and good negotiating skills are necessary in the 21st century. The managerial relevance of this chapter centres on further research and development of global psychological capital, vertical development of bigger minds and multiple intelligences to navigate in the midst of volatilities, uncertainties, complexities and ambiguities in the 21st century.

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Multicultural Orientations for 21st Century Global Leadership

Management Education for Global Leadership - Advances in Human Resources Management and Organizational Development ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-1013-0.ch002 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 28-51 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Sulaiman Olusegun Atiku ◽

Ziska Fields

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Multiple Intelligences ◽

Communication Skills ◽

21St Century ◽

Global Economy ◽

Strategic Thinking ◽

Global Leadership ◽

Self Awareness ◽

International Assignments ◽

Vertical Development

Multicultural orientation is an important focus area in developing managers for international assignments. This chapter extends the frontier of knowledge on the benefits of developing multicultural orientations in line with business and stakeholders' needs in the global economy. A brief literature review was conducted on multicultural orientations and global leadership effectiveness in the 21st century. It was found that multicultural learning experiences and communication skills, deep self-awareness, multiple intelligences and sensitivity to cultural diversity, humility, cautious honesty, global strategic thinking and good negotiating skills are necessary in the 21st century. The managerial relevance of this chapter centres on further research and development of global psychological capital, vertical development of bigger minds and multiple intelligences to navigate in the midst of volatilities, uncertainties, complexities and ambiguities in the 21st century.

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The CRISPR Era, the National Academies Report, and the Median Trait Barrier

The Human Gene Editing Debate ◽

10.1093/oso/9780197519561.003.0003 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 67-110

Author(s):

John H. Evans

Keyword(s):

Detailed Analysis ◽

Gene Editing ◽

Human Gene ◽

Ethical Response ◽

Strong Barrier

This chapter begins with the discovery of human gene editing, and how the immediate ethical response used the existing weakened barriers. The chapter then turns to a detailed analysis of how an influential report by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine advocated taking down the somatic/germline barrier. The replacement barrier proposed by the National Academies is deemed unstable, and in its place this chapter describes a strong barrier located at the median trait in a population. That is, people could modify their children to take them up to the median value on any trait but not above the median. This would satisfy the dominant contemporary value of justice or fairness, which would require the genetically disadvantaged to overcome their disadvantage, but not allow anyone to use genetics to gain advantage over others.

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