As a leading contributor to the knowledge economy of Dubai and the Gulf, DKV is committed to supporting economic growth by enhancing the regional quotient of skills and knowledge.
Our Business Partners, who have contributed to the DKV Experts Channel are leaders in their own right, bring with them years of experience, specialized skills and knowledge of best practices that can potentially enrich the standard of corporate performance in the region.
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| Accounting and Finance |
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 | Global economy running out of steam, say accountants The global economic recovery has run out of steam, reveals ACCA's (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) latest Global Economic Conditions survey, with confidence taking a hit and a return to solid economic growth moving further away. More » |
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| Business Management |
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 | Management - Debt and Business for Young Entrepreneurs Amazingly the big depression of the last two years has opened up the world of business to a creative boom in the art of managing a successful business. This reminds me of what John Keats said, “Be encouraged by a failure. It is a positive experience. More » |
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| Education |
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 | Assessment Techniques: Are They Testing the Right Parameters A question that has been much debated recently, is whether tests effectively measure a students ability and learning?.Some of you may have seen in the news recently that many UK schools are boycotting SATs (Standard Attainment Tests) this year, More » |
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 | Early Intervention: The Key Paradigm for Student Success Colleges and universities have an obligation to help at-risk students succeed both academically and socially; hence student success remains one of the most visible markers of any institution’s ability to meet the growing demands for improved quality More » |
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| Education & Skills Development |
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 | Dubai encouraged towards more ‘brains’, less ‘muscle’ A move towards knowledge-intensive activities in Dubai was highlighted by the Dubai Competitiveness Centre (DCC) recently at the DKV Breakfats Club hosted by Dubai Knowledge Village.Gayane Afrikian, the Director of the DCC, who presented information More » |
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| Finance |
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 | On IFRS… Morgan International conducted a special interview with ATC International's Chief Executive Richard Glover on the importance of IFRS and benefits of getting trained in a time where most countries in the region are getting ready to adopt IFRS. More » |
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Health & Medical |
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 | Food Allergies and Sensitivies, what the ALCAT test can tell us about how we should eat. In today’s world we often get so caught up with our work and daily responsibilities that we forget about the basic requirements we need to keep us healthy. We need to take a moment to understand our bodies and to pay attention to what they are More » |
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 | Understanding Diabetes: The Bitter Sweet Problem When the blood glucose levels are elevated, (for example, after eating food), insulin is released from the pancreas to normalize them. In diabetes, the absence or insufficient production of insulin, or ineffective utilization of it, causes More » |
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| Health, Safety & Environment |
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 | Tailor Made As the importance of establishing and maintaining health and safety competencies within the workplace continues to grow, Rob Cooling discusses how to adopt a systematic approach to the development and delivery of bespoke training programmes.Health More » |
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 | RECOGNISING AND MANAGING OCCUPATIONAL STRESS There's an important factor in the workplace that affects employees' health and performance which has been recognised for the past few decades - occupational stress. But there are still too many employers who do not acknowledge its existence, with More » |
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| Human Resources |
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 | We laugh together, we live together, we work together, why cant we learn together? Two children found a dead crab on the beach recently. One was overheard saying to the other, this is a slug. The other immediately corrected his young friend indicating it was a crab, showing the legs and sharp nippers, reminding him of the day More » |
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 | Combining different psychometric tools to holistically capture the Career Guidance process Professionals working in Career Counselling, whether in education or business, benefit from using a holistic approach. Using the right combination of psychometric tools, together with a well formed interview, can lay a sound foundation in More » |
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 | The Four Window Business A Johari window is a cognitive psychological tool created by Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham to help people better understand their interpersonal communication and relationships. It is used primarily in self-help groups and corporate settings as a More » |
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 | Implementing Competency Based Training – Are your training strategies truly adding value to your business performance and people? Many organizations around the world invest into training and OD with the very purpose of either ensuring employees are able to deliver their job with standard precision and/ or to develop their employees with the required competence for future roles. More » |
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 | Job Search Strategies for Executive Level Leaders Executives, once at that exclusive and illustrious level, no longer have the luxury of applying for a job through the regular means which were available to them during the earlier part of their careers: an ad in the paper, or on an online job board, More » |
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| Information Technology/Education |
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 | Technology-enhanced learning in the Middle East Top UAE companies participate in e-Learning surveyAt the height of the dotcom boom, e-Learning was tipped as the next big thing in workplace education, with experts predicting that the future was online. Nowadays, e-Learning is one of the fastest More » |
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| IT |
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 | IT Service Management Using the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) IntroductionMost information technology managers have heard of the term IT Infrastructure Library, or ITIL®. Investments in information technology can and do produce competitive advantages for the enterprise, but only when managed correctly. The More » |
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| Leadership |
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 | Can a scarcity mindset harm your business? “A scarcity mindset creates a boundary between ourselves and other human beings not an abundant life. What we see as being available to us is what others tell us is available to us and not what we ourselves can feel, see, perceives or imagine. We More » |
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 | Spirituality in Business – An Ethical Way to Improve Customer Service "We are not here merely to make a living. We are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with finer spirit of hope and achievement. We are here to enrich the world. We impoverish ourselves if we forget our More » |
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 | Hubristic leadership; the pride before the fall. What a shame that 21st century leadership remains dominated by the modern day equivalent of the protagonists of an ancient Greek Tragedy. They were traditionally arrogant and proud to such an extent that normal moral rules did not apply. They More » |
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 | The Neuroscience of Leadership Perspective on staying cool under pressure and emotional regulation: Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert ‘a tour de force’ with a NeuroLeadership twistIntroductionWriter Elizabeth Gilbert’s exposition of life and reappraisal is a compelling study More » |
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| Management , Leadership and Personal Development |
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 | Personality Profiles He looked at his own Soul with a telescope. What seemed all irregular he saw and showed to be beautiful constellations: and he added to the Consciousness hidden worlds within worlds. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, NotebooksThe attempt to classify the More » |
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| Project Management |
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 | Effective Project Leadership – Enhancing Project Team Competency and Effectiveness The project manager is placed in a leadership position. The size and complexity of the project is not the issue. People can provide leadership value regardless of project size or actual position in an organizational hierarchy. The key element here is More » |
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| Self Development |
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 | Why Professional Presentations can be so dry and boring? Are you ready for a sweeping generalization? Well here it is. Technical and financial information can be boring and dry. There, I said it. Technical and financial presenters need to be aware of this fact more than anyone. The good thing is that they More » |
