Global Trends

Global Trends MGT 460 Leadership Priorities & Practice Instructor William Conaway February 17, 2011 Global Trends Education is arguably ane of the biggest industries in the public. People pay to learn and if we are honest, people learn to get paid. Individuals stress to their children the importance of doing well in domesticate. Why? The world has do a prerequisite on success, and it is education.Since we know that education is vital and we understand that the twenty-first century has brought with it a spherical community it follows that the Education industriousness in America, especi every last(predicate)y public school, must change if this millennial generation is to be successful in the future and as a future public school worker I must be marketable for those changes. General Environment Children are unlike today then they were 10 geezerhood ago. Between the internet, pic games, and movies it takes a lot more to hold their attention which means it takes a different type of instructor to get them to learn.Baby boomers who make up the largest existence of the experienced teaching community will be retiring over the next 3-5 years. Although these teachers have years of experience this particular generation is very different from anything they have ever faced. Consequently, the students have been turned off by their traditional approach. . Lee Goeke the former head of Human Resources for Vancouver Public studied what he calls the millennial generation those who graduated from high school in 2000 or later. He determined they werent obsessed with money like Baby Boomers or Generation Xers. bulge of all the generations weve had, this is the perfect generation for teaching, Goeke said. The millennial generation is more interested in vision and philosophy. (McLatchey, 2008). Task Environment We live in a global community. The internet and other advanced technologies have brought the world together in an unusual way resulting in Americans not just competi ng among ourselves, but with people all over the world. This has always been the case in some industries since the establishment of America, but never to the degree in which we see it today. Consequently, public education is becoming an industry of great importance.Parents are demanding more of the curriculum. Society as a whole recognizes the need for quality public school education if we are to continue to fight with companies around the world in the future whose educational systems will or have surpassed ours. Pulling it all Together In the next three years due to the shrinking size of the world and the competition for jobs in our global community education in America will become more world based, focusing on the total growth of the developing child, touching hearts as well as minds and encompassing social, physical, emotional and heathenish needs in addition to academic development (http//www. bo. org/pyp/). Having a degree in both organizational management which prepares me f or the global business market and psychology which helps me understand social, emotional, and cultural needs will make me not only extremely marketable in the years to come, but an effective member of the education community. References http//www. ibo. org/pyp/ Raftery, I (2 March). With teacher turnover high, Vancouver schools shift recruiting effort to attract idealists. McClatchy Tribune Business News. Retrieved March 31, 2008, from ABI/INFORM Complete database. (Document ID 1437867971).