Thursday, April 26, 2012

The graying of the world



                Global Ageing is where people who are reached 60 age and over and they are a great percentage on the world more than they were in the past and younger proportion is decreasing and becoming smaller proportion. Today, Elderly people percentage is increasing rapidly all over the world. Global Ageing has several causes and effects to the world, yet there are some solutions that could reduce this issue.

One of the major effects of ageing is the dramatic decline in the fertility rate in the world, which is due to the moving of younger people from their home and countries to other countries, which will left only the elderly people at home. 

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

The Veterans vs The Nexters


The Veterans are those born before World War 2 from year 1922 to 1943, while the Nexters are those who were born from year 1980 to 2000, since there is a 37 years gap between the two generation they have alot of differences .I will compare their workplace characteristic in term of the following category leadership style, feedback and message that motivate and work and family life.

First, they have different style of leadership. The Veterans are directive so they are very formal and they like to command and control others. Because they have the most experience in life they are expected to lead and they are the one who are leading U.S. In contrast, the Nexters leadership style is still to be determined, but they admire team work and cooperation. In result , they like to share Ideas with others . Leadership style is very different between the Veterans and the Nexters .

Second , in term of feedback and message that motivate , the Veterans believe in the term " no news is good news " which means not hearing about a situation indicates that everything is good and nothing bad happened , and the message that motivate them is " your experience is respected ". They admire the idea of being needed and respected by others. On the other hand, the Nexters want an immediate feedback, for they want to improve their job, and the message that motivate them is " you will work with other bright and creative people " and that's because they like share ideas with creative people, and to work with the best people in their field to get improved . Sometimes they work with companies voluntarily without getting paid just to learn from the best. Although the veterans are not concerned about feedback, they Nexters want it immediately.

Third, on the subject of work and family life, the Veterans consider work as the most important thing in life even more important than their own family. Since, they grow in a time where there was no enough jobs and opportunity they consider work as a privilege. Sometimes they work their entire life in one company, whereas the Nexters are balanced between work and family, and they consider work as a way to get a better future for themselves and their family. Although the Veterans are loyal to their employers and are seeking job security, the Nexters don't mind changing the job just work in better environment .

In short , the Veterans and the Nexters are so different in a way that they don't have much similarity , however by understanding and appreciating them I think they can work in harmony and they can learn from each other's  

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Are Genetically Modified (GM) Food Good Or Bad For people ?


After several researches scientists found a way to genetically modify food. They are using different genes of specie to improve the food, yet People around the world are debating whether it's good or bad to eat and each side has his own reasons.

Some people are supporting GM products, for it could provide resistance against insects pests. Bruce Tabsnik an entomologist at university of Arizona said "it will reduced the use of chemical pesticides", which can save the farmer financial status, because before they were devoting a lot of money to chemicals. Second reason, GM products can be grown in different conditions. For instance, tomatoes won't grow in winter, but by using the genes of cactus it can stand cold. Third reason, Jimmy Carter former U.S president believes that "GM products is a way to fight world starvation". It could provide enough food for everyone especially for the third world countries.

There are several disadvantages of GM crops. First, people who are against GM crops claim that it could be harmful. European farmer association expressed that "GM crops could pollinate with other crops", and farmers are afraid because once it's planted genes may transfer to a none-modified crops planted next to GM crops, therefore it could be difficult to distinguish between the organic crops and GM crops. Second, there are many children around the world have allergic to several thing for example fish and milk. That's because they are eating GM food which may contain genes that cause allergenic. Third, since GM food companies are controlling the food market, farmers are not gaining profit, therefore they are considering to shutting down.

 In short, there are several advantages and some bad-effects of GM product for example it could be a solution for world starvation, but it could be harmful. In my opinion, I think GM food is a great invention, but there should be more researches about its bad effects