A feminine culture has a higher share of working women in professional jobs. Of the five board of trustee members, four are women. Also, the head of the organization is a woman, and six out of ten of her leadership team members are women (“Library administration,” n.d.). This aspect of the KCLS organization culture is consistent with the occupation of its employees. According to Hofstede, Hofstede, and Minkov (2010), the occupations that are high in masculinity include sales representatives, engineers and scientists, and technician and skilled craftspeople, while those lower in masculinity include managers of all categories, semiskilled and unskilled workers, and office workers. Being in the service industry tasked with the responsibility of
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I thanked the first volunteer at station 1. She walked back to take her seat at station 1. I stayed at station 2, learning to use the 3-D pen, and asked the male volunteer many questions. He was very patient and willing to engage in conversation. I learned that he was a high school student, learned Engineering 101 at his high school.
Pointing to a miniature table about the size of 1-inch x 1-inch with four legs the height of 0.5 inches each, he said “I made this.” I asked about the table being multi-colored, and how it was done. He said, “the pen can only take one color at a time. I used my hand to stick various parts of the table together when the plastic was still warm and had not hardened.”
I tried using the pen to make a star using a stencil but found that the plastic was flowing out at a faster speed that I could handle. I asked about how one can control the speed of the pen. He said, “the speed cannot be controlled on this pen, but there is a better model of 3-D pen which one can control the speed, although we do not have it here.” I continued trying to make a complete star but failed several times and could not even make half a star. I thanked the volunteer, passed the pen to him, and left the
I thanked the first volunteer at station 1. She walked back to take her seat at station 1. I stayed at station 2, learning to use the 3-D pen, and asked the male volunteer many questions. He was very patient and willing to engage in conversation. I learned that he was a high school student, learned Engineering 101 at his high school.
Pointing to a miniature table about the size of 1-inch x 1-inch with four legs the height of 0.5 inches each, he said “I made this.” I asked about the table being multi-colored, and how it was done. He said, “the pen can only take one color at a time. I used my hand to stick various parts of the table together when the plastic was still warm and had not hardened.”
I tried using the pen to make a star using a stencil but found that the plastic was flowing out at a faster speed that I could handle. I asked about how one can control the speed of the pen. He said, “the speed cannot be controlled on this pen, but there is a better model of 3-D pen which one can control the speed, although we do not have it here.” I continued trying to make a complete star but failed several times and could not even make half a star. I thanked the volunteer, passed the pen to him, and left the