Travel Wise : How to be Save, Savvy and Secure Abroad.
Title:
Travel Wise : How to be Save, Savvy and Secure Abroad.
Author:
Leki, Ray S.
ISBN:
9781931930628
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (158 pages)
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: A New Way to Look at Travel Safety -- Learning to Speak the Same Language -- My Background -- Where to Start? -- What's in This Book -- 1 The Travel Wise Model -- Working through the Decision Process -- Keeping Things in Perspective -- Developing Travel Skills and Competencies -- Introducing the Travel Wise Model -- Combining the Model with Security Perspectives -- Considering the Model from a Corporation's Viewpoint -- Considering the Model from a Sojourner's Viewpoint -- Before You Pack Your Bags -- 2 The Travel Wise Personal Inventory -- Part I: Personal and Interpersonal Skills -- Personal Characteristics -- Physical Characteristics -- Behavioral Patterns -- Financial Situation -- Logistical Situation -- Part II: Cross-Cultural Skills -- Part III: Security Skills -- Experiential -- Logistical -- Part IV: Motivation -- Before You Take the Plunge -- 3 Making Sense of Your Personal and Interpersonal Skills Profile -- Personal Characteristics -- Question 1: Gender -- Question 2: Age -- Question 3: Stature -- Question 4: Posture -- Question 5: Physical Fitness -- Question 6: Appearance -- Physical Characteristics -- Question 7: Health -- Question 8: Medicine Dependence -- Question 9: Mobility -- Question 10: Vision -- Question 11: Hearing -- Question 12: Voice -- Question 13: Nervous System Vigilance -- Behavioral Characteristics -- Question 14: Risk Tolerance -- Question 15: Sex -- Question 16: Companionship -- Question 17: Alcohol/Drugs -- Question 18: Comfort with Conflict -- Question 19: Driving Skill -- Question 20: Experienced Stressful Life Circumstances? -- Financial Considerations -- Question 21: Do You Have Enough Money? -- Question 22: How Much Money Will You Need? -- Question 23: Have You Left a Will and Power of Attorney?.
Question 24: Where Will You Retire? -- Logistical Considerations -- Question 25: Do People Depend on You for Support? -- Question 26: Have You Talked with Family Members about Their Wishes? -- Question 27: Have You Left Instructions about Your Wishes? -- Question 28: Do You Have an Emergency Communication Plan? -- Question 29: Have You Made Your Peace and Said Your Good-Byes? -- 4 Personal Skills: Beyond the Basics -- Emotional Intelligence -- Sense of Integrity and Honesty -- Sense of Humor -- Sense of Empathy -- Assertiveness -- Ability to Give (and Receive) Feedback -- Interpreting the Emotions around You -- Learning by Observing Others -- Listening Skills -- Composure -- 5 Making Sense of Your Cross-Cultural Skills Profile -- Experiential -- Question 30: Urban Living Experience -- Question 31: International/Developing World Living Experience -- Question 32: Language Fluency -- Question 33: Marrying Someone from Another Country -- Learning about Cultures -- The Social Process of Learning about Culture -- Your Interest in the Target Culture -- Active Learning-Willingness to Try Target Culture Behavior -- The Benefits of Your Cross-Cultural Skills -- 6 Security Skills: Beyond the Basics -- Attention, Awareness, and Attitude -- Self-Confidence -- Surveillance Detection -- Identifying Potential Threats -- Security Intelligence -- Crisis Management -- Streets Smarts -- Personal Health and Medical Management -- Fight or Flight-Getting Off the X -- Location- and Region-Specific Security Competency -- 7 Making Sense of Your Security Skills Profile -- Experiential -- Question 34: Self-Defense -- Question 35: Experience with Crime/Assault -- Question 36: Attitudes on Safety -- Question 37: Attitudes on Security -- Question 38: Fire Safety -- Question 39: Attitude about Police -- Question 40: Where Would You Be Safer? -- Logistical Questions.
Question 41: Do You Have Medical Insurance? -- Question 42: Does Your Medical Insurance Cover You Everyplace? -- Question 43: Emergency Medical Evacuation Coverage -- Question 44: List of Possessions in Storage -- Identifying Sources of Threat -- Espionage against Individuals -- Civil Disorder -- Terrorism -- Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) -- Radiation -- Nuclear Weapons -- Chemical and Biological Weapons -- On-the-Ground Reality -- Security Competence for Women -- Dealing with Unwanted Attention -- Deciding Who to Trust -- Finding Effective Support within Host Communities -- The Importance of Your Security Skills -- 8 Understanding Your Motivations -- Inventory Questions -- Question 45: What Do You Gain by Going Overseas? -- Question 46: Why Are You Going? -- Motivation Journal Questions -- Motivation Influences Behavior -- Motivation's Impact on the Other Competencies -- 9 Organizational Security -- Understanding the Organization's Mission -- Viewing the Mission from the Stakeholders' Perspectives -- Assets and Resources -- Intellectual Property -- Planning -- Knowledge and Information -- Crisis Management Plans, Rehearsals, and Protocols -- Communication Management -- Risk Management -- Terrorism -- Kidnapping -- Industrial Espionage -- Corruption -- Embezzlement and Other Employee Crimes -- Strategies for International Success -- Good Physical Security -- Training a Security-Competent Workforce -- Leadership Attention, Awareness, and Priority -- Surveillance Detection -- Good Relationships -- Attention to Current Information -- 10 Putting Yours Skills into Practice -- Real-Life Situations -- Michael Fay in Singapore -- NASA on Mir with the Russians -- St. Mary's Study Tour in Guatemala -- Natalee Holloway in Aruba/Katherine Horton in Koh Samui -- Case Studies -- Case Study 1: Kidnapping Quagmire -- Case Study 2: Industrial Catastrophe.
Case Study 3: SARs Revisits Asia -- Case Study 4: Humanitarian Fiasco -- Case Study Reviews -- Case Study 1: Kidnapping Quagmire -- Case Study 2: Industrial Catastrophe -- Case Study 3: SARs Revisits Asia -- Case Study 4: Humanitarian Fiasco -- Special Issues: Managing Students and Young Adults/Professionals -- Traveling with Pets -- Coming Home -- Appendix: Information Strategies and Resources -- About the Author -- Index -- Footnotes -- Chapter 3 -- ch03fn1 -- Chapter 6 -- ch06fn1.
Abstract:
In an age when an international voyage is as easy as it is unsettling, people need a variety of skills to cope with the unknown. Simple country information is not enough. You need cultural competence as well as a clear understanding of your tolerance for risk. With a solid understanding of your strengths and vulnerabilities you can explore strategies for minimizing risk and maximizing the gain in your travels. Travel Wise combines insight and practical advice to help travelers develop the right attitude, the right training and the right approach for a successful journey. Used with countless individuals and organizations around the globe, the Travel Wise Model can guide your decision making. Whether you are in corporate security, international HR, business planning for a corporation or running a study abroad program, Leki's seasoned advice will work for you. "Essential reading for anyone who carries a passport." --Laurette Bennhold-Samaan, Sr. Manager Global Mobility, Accenture Ltd. "Designed for anyone concerned with international travel, this book also provides a series of rehearsed skills that will help even seasoned travelers face a variety of unexpected situations." --Book News Inc., August 2008 Contents Foreword by Prudence Bushnell, Former U.S Ambassador to Kenya and Guatemala Introduction: A New Way to Look at Travel Safety 1 The Travel Wise Model 2 The Travel Wise Personal Inventory 3 Making Sense of Your Personal and Interpersonal Skills Profile 4 Personal Skills: Beyond the Basics 5 Making Sense of Your Cross-Cultural Skills Profile 6 Security Skills: Beyond the Basics 7 Making Sense of Your Security Skills Profile 8 Understanding Your Motivations 9 Organizational Security 10 Putting Your Skills into Practice Special Issues: Managing Students and Young Adults/Professionals Appendix: Information Strategies and Resources About the Author
Index.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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