History of Indonesia

Abstract. The main barrier in implementing Participatory Ergonomics in Indonesian tin mining companies are concluded as a difficulty in communication among roles (owner, manager, and worker), workers’ negative attitudes towards and lack of knowledge in the use of personal protective equipment. The study reveals some identified problems and possible solutions to those specific problems in communication, culture, and knowledge. The study suggested that regular working safety dissemination through…

Zanene is a small, sunny island located between China and Japan. The people of the island would identify more with the asian race because of this. On my way into the main village of Verser I get a nice glimpse of the rice fields that dot this small island. You see, here on the Island of Zanene, rice is their livelihood. To them, rice is their life. They have a whole religion set up with Pedia (Goddess of Rice) and Lisia (Goddess of Rain). Everyone at some point in their life has worked on the…

1. Background Indonesia is an archipelagic state, located strategically between two oceans and two continents made it plays an important role in connectivity of sea transport, particularly in Malacca Straits with other neighbouring counties. Moreover, it is one of the largest maritime country in the world with more than 17 thousand islands and more than 95 thousand km of coastline. With the shape of the island nation, sea transport plays an important role in the implementation of the country 's…

cultural analysis was used. In a glimpse, Thai culture looks similar to Indonesian, but not identical. Thailand shows a high power distance, but less power distance than Indonesia, and that explains the rigid hierarchy in that country. This also could be explained as the effect of a monarchical regime in Thailand. Thailand, just like Indonesia, is a highly collectivist country where relationship is the core issues and strictly binded to family.…

1.1 Case Study The relationship between Indonesia and Australia is heated up since many negative issues that happened recently. It slowly started from the phone tapping of Indonesian President and its ministers by Australia and continues to tighten with the issue of asylum seekers and refugees. The issue has risen in terms of marine border between both countries caused by the blurry policies of asylum seekers in Australia, which caused Indonesia has to act accidentally to be responsible of the…

Indonesia is part of Southern Asia culture cluster which holds values in strong family connections and a deep concern for their communities. (West,2016) Provided is a picture that shows the overall cluster’s societal practices and values. “For the overall cluster’s societal practices are high on group collectivism (5.87), power distance (5.39), and humane orientation (4.72) and low on gender egalitarianism (3.28). The other cultural dimensions are rated in the mid-range, around an average of 4.…

Nicknamed the “gathering place”, the island of Oahu in the central pacific stands majestically as the third largest amidst the other islands which make up the Hawaii archipelago. It is also the cultural, financial and top tourist hub of the Hawaiian Islands. Being the island that is home to the state capital of Honolulu, it is easy to see why it houses the largest number of people of the entire islands in this part of the world. There is so much to see and do in Oahu ranging from visiting…

is perseverance, which is influenced by his father’s perseverance in work. He was told and trained since young to not give up on anything especially his education. The third identity that he associates himself with is honesty. He explained that Indonesia is developing country, and corruption is still common. One can bribe a government official and get away with the wrongs they committed. As a catholic that grows up in a corrupted community, his eyes were wide opened and deeply troubled by people…

Forty-eight years ago today, in the year of 1969, the people of Papua New Guinea were still using stone tools. Whereas, families in the U.S. were watching on television as their countryman were landing on the moon. There has to be a reason for the people of Papua New Guinea using stone tools in the modern age, while countries like the U.S. are more advanced in technology and this country hasn’t been around as long as countries in Europe and Africa. Geography is the reason of the inequality…

This documentary was emotional to say the least. The relationship of the conservator with the crew that helps him and the animals is stunningly intricate and it is hard to even understand how they can leave these orangutans in the wild knowing the illegal burning and logging that is happening in Sumatra without even mentioning the pet trade and other dramatic reasons. I would be devastated to let an animal leave in a jungle soon to be palm oil plantation since I would care so much about the…