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Women in Male-Dominated Industries (2012) Promoting Women in Leadership In 2010, the Australian Human Rights Commission examined the key reforms required to achieve gender equality in Australia in a report entitled Gender Equality Blueprint 2010.

Women in Male-Dominated Industries (2012)

The report sets out recommendations in five priority areas which significantly affect both the public and private lives of women and men. One of the priority areas identified is promoting women in leadership. The Lucky country. “The Lucky Country” sounds like a nice cuddly description of Australia, but it isn’t.

The Lucky country

In fact it’s a rather cynical dig. It comes from the title of a Professor Donald Horne book in 1964. The point he was trying to make was that Australia was “Lucky” rather than “clever”. Lucky to develop without being particularly clever and lucky to have adopted the technological, economic, social and political innovations of other more “clever” nations. My Gartner. Latest Higher Education News. Springerlink. Campus Review. Twitter refines targeted advertising tweets. Zinio. iPad 2: The Missing Manual, Third Edition - Missing CD-ROM. Untitled. Laboratories are always dealing with ongoing issues such as poor testing accuracy, poor turnaround times and frequently occurring errors and wastes. In addition, the developments in technology and automation have made requirements for advanced operational skills more critical. The question facing all laboratory managers is: How to retain and upskill my existing staff and keep them motivated to work proactively towards cost reduction while enhancing rather than compromising quality?