Outsourcing my Future?

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Outsourcing my Future?

• Marilena S. Carvalho, M.Eng.

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CONTEXT Why Study Technology Overseas?

• Globalization is a major force shaping the
  engineering profession
• Engineering 2000 criteria adopted by the
  Accreditation Board for Engineering and
  Technology (ABET)
• US schools of engineering must demonstrate that
  graduates have the broad education necessary to
  understand the impact of engineering solutions in
  a global and societal context

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CONTEXT Why Study Technology Overseas?
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CONTEXT Globalization Assumes

• People around the planet are more connected than
  in previous eras
• Information and money flow more quickly than ever
  before
• Goods and services made in one region are
  increasingly available locally
• International travel is easier and more frequent
• International communication is quicker and more
  commonplace

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CONTEXT Globalization Assumes
Programs like Google Earth increase global
information flow.
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Skills of the Globally Competent Engineer - 1

• Analyze other cultures needs and design products
  and services to fit those needs
• Understand the business environment of the
  countries where the companys products and
  services are made, bought or sold
• Be aware of customs, laws and ways of thinking in
  other countries
• Be self-confident yet able to listen and learn
  from people whose value systems are different

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Skills of the Globally Competent Engineer - 1
LG Phone with Mecca Indicator
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Skills of the Globally Competent Engineer - 2

• Have basic command of the necessary social and
  especially technical language
• Imagine, forecast, analyze and address the
  potential of local economies and cultures
• Understand and accept other cultures attitudes,
  behaviors beliefs without compromising his/her
  own
• Value his or her cultural heritage while
  acknowledging its strengths and weaknesses

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Skills of the Globally Competent Engineer - 2
Food is a FUN way to learn about other cultures
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Skills of the Globally Competent Engineer - 3

• Know about other countries commercial, technical
  and cultural developments
• Understand other locales environmental issues
• Contribute to a team in a ethnically diverse
  globally geographically distributed environment

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The Ugly American Stereotype

• The Practical Guide to Overcoming
• Anti-American Sentiment

Thanks to Kelly Burrello, Senior Consultant,
Diversity Training Group
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• Unfortunately, many foreigners equivocate US
  government decisions and actions for the
  character of the American people

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Why are we here?

• Ambassador
• Change Agent
• The Representative
• The Example
• Stereotypes are generalizations about a group of
  people whereby we attribute a defined set of
  characteristics to this group. These
  classifications can be positive or negative, such
  as when various nationalities are stereotyped as
  friendly or unfriendly.

Your Role in Changing the Way People from Other
Countries Perceive Americans
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How stereotypes are formed?

• Attitudes and belief systems of children are
  influenced by those of their parents, teachers,
  and other important figures in their lives.
• Stereotypes are created by the way that various
  groups are portrayed in the media.
• Brief interactions with a individual (s) from a
  certain group often cause us to attached
  perceived characteristics to all members of the
  group in which the individual belongs.

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How AMERICAN stereotypes are formed?

• American films and television exaggerate in order
  to generate excitement, and so present a rather
  distorted picture of what life in the United
  States is really like.

Wednesday Line up on Australian TV 7th Heaven
Fear Factor Judge Judy The Biggest
Loser Ophra Winfrey Show Apprentice Everybody
Loves Raymond The Simpsons Veronica
Mars Charmed
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How AMERICAN stereotypes are formed?

• American tourists are not always on their best
  behavior
• NOT my students on Study Abroad!
• Quotes from American tourists in Mexico
• High School girls
• Oh my God, can you believe the toilet paper
  dispenser was OUTSIDE the stall?
• Restaurant Patron
• I asked for a real taco

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MORE Quotes from American tourists in Mexico

• Cab rider
• I want "real" money in change and not pesos
• Student
• Are all the Mexican women this fat?
• Texas Housewife
• Do you realize just how corrupt your government
  is here?
• Hotel Patron
• Why don't you get ESPN?

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EVEN MORE Quotes from American tourists in Mexico

• American woman in tour-group You shouldn't feed
  your child something like that for breakfast!
  (She says this to a Mexican mother.)
• American Country Club members What do you mean
  there's no golf course here?
• 10-year old But I wanted a Happy-Meal!
• Elderly female Walks into a bank and demands "I
  know someone in here speaks English and I want to
  talk to them right now!"
• American Senior Citizen But I demand a Senior
  citizen's discount on this roasted ear of corn.

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Check Your Behavior
Changing Stereotypes

• Notice how we are similar first, different
  second.
• Learn about other culturesjoin groups that you
  would not normally join.
• Understand the negative impact of stereotypes on
  yourself and others around you.
• Respect the opinions and rights of all human
  beings.
• Treat others the way they would like to be
  treatedPlatinum Rule.
• Put yourself in the shoes of otherstry to be
  understanding, sympathetic, compassionate, and
  empathetic.

• To change a persons view of your stereotype, be
  consistently different from it.
• Stereotyping can be reduced by bringing people
  together.
• Beware of your own stereotyping blinding you to
  the true nature of other individuals

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Tips for interacting with people who speak
different languages or with different accents
Check Your Behavior

• Speak clearly and slowly
• Seek clarification
• Pause from time to time
• Use pictures, signs, diagrams
• Demonstrate as you explain
• Use simple vocabulary
• Avoid raising your voice
• Never measure a persons intelligence by his/her
  accent
• Expect the occasional misunderstanding
• Get the help of an interpreter
• Be open to coaching
• Solicit feedback from others when appropriate
• Smile and show warmth and friendliness

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Nebraska ENGINEERINGSTUDY Abroad 2006

• what you need know

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Engineering in France

• July 2 August 2

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Engineering in France

• Month long engineering experience in France
• Live in a French University town for three weeks
  (Rouen)
• Take engineering classes from an UNL faculty in
  English
• Interaction with French students and faculty

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Tentative Classes

• All students are required to take this class
• ENGR 490 Global Experiences in French Culture
  and Engineering - Faculty Dr. David Allen, Dean
  of Engineering
• History of Science and Technology, Introduction
  to French History, Culture and Language. Field
  trips to engineering sites, such as ruins,
  natural wonders, cathedrals, museums, etc.
• Students must choose ONE of the following
  technical classes
• ENGM 223 Engineering Statics (3 cr)
• ENGM 325 Mechanics of Elastic Bodies (3 cr)
• ENGM 451 Introduction to Finite Element
  Analysis (3 cr)
• ENGM 480 Numerical Methods in Engineering
  Analysis (3 cr)

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Field trip to south France and visit

• Loire Valley Castles, Chambord and Chenonceau
  stay overnight at a Château de Rochecotte
• Gallo-Roman cities of Lyon and Arles
• The site of the Battle of Alesia where Julius
  Cesar defeated the Gauls and their king
  Vercingetorix
• Greek-roman ruins of the city of Glanum and the
  greatest Roman structure of all times, the
  Aqueduct of Pont du Gard
• In Arles, stay in a hotel across the street from
  a coffee shop that Vincent van Gogh painted his
  famous Café de Nuit
• End the field trip in Paris, where students will
  have a crash tour of the Cité Lumière

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Loire Valley Castles - Chambord
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Loire Valley Castles - Chenonceau
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Loire Valley CastlesOvernight at a Château de
Rochecotte
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Gallo-Roman cities - Lyon
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Gallo-Roman cities - Arles
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ArlesCafe La Nuit from Vincent van Gogh
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Battle of Alesia
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Engineering in France
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THANK YOU! ANY QUESTIONS?
CONTACT INFORMATION Marilena S. Carvalho,
Program Coordinator International Engineering
Programs College of Engineering
Technology University of Nebraska-Lincoln 146
WSEC 820 North 16th St. Lincoln, NE
68588-0642 PH 402-472-4528 FAX
402-472-7792 www.nuengr.unl.edu/studyabroad