Who would you rather work for?

I am Jakob Burian and I was reading an article in the “Guardian” and it talks about that women are more suited to management positions than men.

I am writing this letter because my opinion slightly differs.

Basically what it says is, that women are more efficient, trustworthy and have a better understanding of their workforce. In the article is also mentioned a survey of 1000 male and female managers which resulted that a majority of those questioned believed women had a more modern outlook on their profession and were more open minded and considerate.

It might be true that many woman are trustworthy and make good bosses, but I think, that not all woman are suitable for a position as a top manager.

What shocked me most was the sentence stated from Rufus Olins, “If men want to be successful at work they must behave more like woman”. I disagree with this sentence because many important man in the history did not behave like woman and still were successful and had important influence on our world. So I personally think that man can be good bosses as well.

But at the end of the day, every person is different and in my opinion it doesn’t matter if the boss is female or male, important is how the boss himself or herself deals with certain situations and treats his or her workforce. 

What do you think about this article? Please write your personally mind in the comments.

Regards

Jakob

Article:

https://www.theguardian.com/money/1999/sep/27/workandcareers.uknews

Cartoon

Hi everybody!

The other day in our English lesson, we have been talking about describing a cartoon.

I thought you might be interested, because this is one of funniest cartoons I have seen for a while. So I will describe this cartoon for you.

The cartoon is showing a helpless man in the sea who is about to drown. He is screaming “F1, F1, F1”. Furthermore it is showing a blanket with the man’s bag, cloth and his laptop.

If you press the “F1” button on your laptop a help menu will open, meaning the man is screaming for help.

It is making fun of the humanity and its addiction and dependence of the technology.

What do you think about this cartoon? Please write your personally mind in the comments.

Regards

Jakob

Businesses allowing remote work

Hello everybody!

I was studying graph and it was talking about businesses allowing remote work.

I thought you might be interested because maybe you also work from home.

On the x-axis you can see the number of people employed by a company. On the vertical axis you can read the percent of companies which allowing remote work.

Basically what the bar chart says is, that the smaller a company is, the less likely it is that employees are allowed to work from home. On the average 62 percent of the companies allow remote work. The numbers increasing steadily from companies with 0 employees to companies with up to 2500 employees. The number remains stable regarding companies with more than 500 employees.

What do you think about this bar chart? Please write your personally thoughts in the comments.

Hope you like my new blog entry and enjoy your week.

Regards

Jakob

The new unicorn

Hello everybody!

Today I’d like to tell you about a tourism attraction in my home town.

Twelve years ago a school in Perg designed a Unicorn that represented the coat of arms of Perg. The years passed by and the unicorn began to rot and had to be removed for safety reasons. It was unclear if Perg will ever get a new one.

“Perger Tips” published an online-article about the unicorn and the artist Sasha Exenberger from Styria became attentive on it. Sasha Extenberger already created some animal sculptures and decided to design a new unicorn for Perg, one that should have more resemblance with the coat of arms and let it shine in a new lustre.

5^th of August the new unicorn was put up and celebrated with the 17. Vinum on the next day. Since that day the unicorn can again be admired in the middle of Perg.

What do you think about the new unicorn? Please write your personally thoughts in the comments!

Regards
Jakob

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Ecotourism

Hello everybody!

I was reading an article the other day in the online edition of the New York Times and it talks about Ecotourism.

I thought you might be interested because it is important to take care of our environment.

As we all know, mass tourism causes a lot of pollution and trash. So on the one hand tourism is great and many people have the dream of seeing the whole world but on the other hand tourism is really bad for the environment.

What does Ecotourism mean?

The official definition by TIES (The International Ecotourism Society) is “Responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the welfare of local people.”

Basically what it says is that Eco-tourism is when one goes on holiday to a remote destination in a natural area while simultaneously being cautious of the environment, thus leaving the smallest carbon footprint possible as well first the infrastructure improvements are built to not only benefit the tourists but also the locals and well-being of the local people is being sustained.

So what are the guidelines to ecotourism?

The first is to protect the environment. This means keeping to the footpath and not leaving litter. The second is to not interfere with the wildlife meaning that you shouldn’t feed or scare animals. Also protecting the resources, so do not waste too much water. And finally respecting local customs and traditions, which is done by wearing appropriate clothing and behave appropriately.

Eco-tourism can consist of many activities including surfing, cycling, walking, kayaking, swimming, diving, bird watching and many others.

An example of eco-tourism includes the Monteverde Cloud Forest in Costa Rica which is in Central America. This destination is attractive as the flora and fauna is very diverse and additionally creates many jobs and incomes.

If done rightly ecotourism has several advantages. Eco-tourism has many benefits to the forest, has created many new businesses and jobs which are directly related to tourism, the wildlife and nature is being protected and led undisturbed as well as the local arts and crafts have been revived.

Since the 1980s the ecotourism sector is growing. It is the fastest growing sector in tourism, growing at an annual rate of between 10% – 15%. Tourism is one of the few sectors of the world economy that continues to grow despite the ups and downs in the world economy.

Tourism will never be completely sustainable but according to the chart the large number of tourists will steadily increase and therefore it becoming even more important to take care of our environment. A balance must be found between limits and usage so that continuous changing, monitoring and planning ensure that tourism can be managed.

So what do you think about ecotourism? Please let me know what you think about it.

Regards

Jakob

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/17/travel/17journeys.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/22/travel/22CostaRica.html

Holi festival

 Hello everybody!

The other day in our english lesson we talk about the Holi festival.

The holi festival is a very ancient festival celebrated all over India, but there is a small village called Barsana were the Holi festival is celebrated in a special way. Barsana has approximately 9000 inhabitants but when the Holi festival takes place thousands of pilgrims and tourists came to the village and take part in the celebrations.

The Holi festival is a religious festival, it is said that the god Krishna from the Hindu religion lived in the area of Barsana and playfully pointed his sweetheart’s face with colours.

People prepare small packets of coloured powders that they toss at all the strangers and friends around them and there is live music everywhere.

In the evening all participants change their coloured clothes into fresh, new outfits. They visit friends and relatives at their houses and eat sweets there.

My opinion about the Holi festival is, that it is a festival which sounds really spectacular and amusing and if I get a chance to participate in this festival, I will take it.

What do you think about this festival? Please write your personally thoughts in the comments.

Regards

Jakob

Our trip to France

Our trip to France

Hello everybody!
Today I will talk about our trip to France.

A few months ago my class and I took a trip to France. Early in morning we went from St. Valentin to the airport in Vienne by train. Our plane to Paris took off shortly before midday. Finally arrived in Paris we had to take the bus for another six hours to the north of France to St. Malo. In groups of two or three we stayed at host families. Stefan and I lived together, the family was very kind and the food was delicious. We stayed in St. Malo for five days. In the center of St. Malo there is a wonderful old town with a lot of restaurants and bars, which are perfect to have some drinks in the evening. Besides visiting St. Malo we attended a language school and we did a boat trip to Dinar, which is a small town located near St. Malo. Dinar is a beautiful place with a nice beach and a lovely food market. After five great days in St. Malo we went back to Paris to spend another three days there. We visited all the famous sights for example the Louvre, Sacré Coeur, Montmartre, Notre Dame and many more. But the highlight of our trip to France was clearly the European championship football match. At least for me it was one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen. Summarizing I can say that this language trip was really great and it was definitely an experience for life.

Regards

Jakob