South Asia

Canada

Director

Global Collaboration Inc.

ivan.somlai@INSEAD.edu

Global Collaboration Inc.
1821 McKinley Court
Kamloops, B.C.
CANADA V2E 2L9

http://globalcollaboration.blogspot.com/

Nepal

1. International project development (conceptualisation, preparation,
implementation, monitoring, evaluation)
2. Ethnobureaucracy
3. Insurgent-government conflict mitigation (Nepal)
4. Multidisciplinary/international team management

Cross Cultural (Business and Management) - Books

1. "Nepal", a chapter in the Asian Business Travellers Guide (1st
Edition); London, 1989

2. "Fancy Footwork: Entrapment in and Coping with the Nepali Management
Model" (1st Edition); Ratna Pustak Bhandar; Kathmandu; 1992.

3. "Fancy Footwork: Entrapment in and Coping with the Nepali Management
Model" (2nd Edition--Revised and Expanded); Ratna Pustak Bhandar;
Kathmandu; 1993.

4. "International Project Development and Administration Guidelines" (4th
Edition); UCC International; Kamloops; 2001.

5. "Police Radio Recording", postscript (p.232-262) in Jantaa Jaagekaa
Belaa (Nepali translation of Kathmandu Spring: The People's Movement of
1990; Kiyoko Oguraa); (1st Edition); translated by Mohan Mainali, Ritaa
and Shivamaayaa Mainali, Basanta Thapa; Himal Association; Kathmandu;
2004.

Cross Cultural - Articles

1. "Paradigm Lost: The Anatomy of Spurious Managerial Development at a
South Asian University"; Proceedings of the 1st International Conference
on Higher Education in the 21st Century; Hanoi, Vietnam; May 14-17, 1996.

2. "Two Twelve Year Festivals in the Thak Khola"; Kailash, 1982; IX; 2-30

3. "Just What Do You Mean?" (an attribution exercise in intercultural
negotiation); Development Consulting International; Canmore; 1984.

Cross Cultural - Manuals

1. "A Lexicon of Indigenously Adapted Sports and Games in Nepal";
Kathmandu, Nepal, 1982.

2. "Culture Makes a Difference" (contributor); Institute of Multicultural
Resource Development; Calgary, Canada, 1987.

3. "Multicultural Awareness"; (English and French) Canada Secretary of
State; 1989;

4."Working with a Nepalese Partner: A Cross-Cultural Guide for Canadians
Working in Nepal" (major contributor); CIDA; January 1994, revised
February 1995; 22 pages.

5. "International Education Department Integrated Project Support:
Overseas Briefing Programs Training Manual " (commissioner and editor); a
comprehensive guide to assist University and outsourced Canadian staff in
adapting to going on or returning from international assignments; UCC
International, May; 1999, revised January 2001.

Health - Books

1. "The Quest for Health" (consulting editor); Dr. Hemang Dixit;
Educational Enterprise; Kathmandu, Nepal; 1999.

2. "The Calgary Health Connection", (editor); a chapter in the
autobiography of Dr. Bhishma Raj Prasai; 1st edition, Kathmandu, Nepal;
2002.

Health - Articles

1. "Proposal for District Health Collaboration Group", JNMA (Journal
of the Nepal Medical Association) 1991; 29:233-240

2. "Monitoring Indicators-Community Level", HDP (Health Development
Project) 1991

3. "Monitoring Indicators-District Health Level", HDP 1991

4. "Inventory Basics for Our District Health System", JNMA 1992; 30:
106-155 (co-authored with D.B. Thapa)

5. "Response to Environmentally Caused Health Emergencies", JNMA
1993; 31:233-238

6. "The Surgical Training Camp: Innovation in Continuing Medical
Education", JNMA 1993: 31:265-273 (co-authored with D. Allison)

7. "The Differences in the District", JIOM (Journal of the Institute
of Medicine)1993; 15-1-43: 19-29

8. "Theory and Practice", JIOM 1994; 15-4-46; 359-365

9. "Disasters...Without Health Personnel", JNMA 1995; 33:1-3

10. "Process Evaluation: A Field Method for Tracking Those Elusive
Development Results". In a special edition of the Canadian Journal of
Development Studies. CJDS (Canadian Journal of Development Studies) 1997;
805-834 XVIII, (co-authored with S. A. Robinson, P. Cox, A. Purdey, B. R.
Prasai).

11. "Health Service Issues Affecting the Periphery in Nepal and Other
Asian Countries Compared with the Context of the Roma of Slovakia" at the
European Union PHARE Twinning Programme's Conference on "Improvement of
the Situation of the Roma in the Slovak Republic"; Kosice, Slovakia. March
28, 2003.

12. "The Relationship of Ethnocentrism and Ethnobureaucracy to the Health
Services of the Marginalized: The Roma of Slovakia" at the International
Seminar: Assessment of Marginality and Integration Among Disadvantaged
Groups (Zist'ofanie Marginality a Integrácie Medzi Znevhodnenmi
Skupinami), Presov University, Presov, Slovakia, September 26, 2003.

Health - Manuals

1. "Wilderness First Aid Manual" (contributing author), Canadian Red Cross
Society, 1989; 80 pages.

2. "Surkhet District Health Survey" (contributor), Health Development
Project and HMG/Ministry of Health, Surkhet, Nepal; 1990.

3. "District Health Emergency Plan"; 4 editions; Health Development
Project and HMG/Ministry of Health, Surkhet, Nepal; 1992; 100 pages.

4. "Refresher Training Curriculum for Health Post In-charges"
(contributing author and compiler); 2nd edition; Health Development
Project, Kathmandu, Nepal; 1991; 95 pages

5. "Refresher Training Curriculum for Assistant Nurse Midwife"
(contributing author and editor); 2nd edition; Health Development Project,
Kathmandu, Nepal; 1992; 100 pages, (adapted in 1997 by HMG/Nepal Health
Training Centre).

6. "Refresher Training Curriculum for Auxiliary Health Worker"
(contributing author); 2nd edition; Health Development Project, Kathmandu,
Nepal; 1994; 100 pages

Other Publications

1. "Trek Wisely in Nepal's Endangered Spaces"; Nepal Mountaineering
Association (NMA) Brochure; Kathmandu, Nepal; 1991

2. "World Standard Maintenance Skills Through Assessment and
Multi-Skilling" (co-authored with H. Mayer); 14th Annual Paper Industry
Reliability and Maintenance Conference; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; November 7,
2000.

Sundry Other Cross Cultural Applications

1. Presentor of "Risk Assessment and Management in International Work", at
the Association of Canadian Community Colleges Annual Forum, in Vancouver,
B.C. Canada, May 2003.

2. Presentor of "Hidden Challenges: Risk Assessment and Management", at
the British Columbia Council for International Education's Fall Institute
in Vancouver, B.C. Canada, October 2002.

3. Chief Panelist of "Politics and Foreign Aid" seminar for government,
academe and NGOs at the University of Mulawarman, Samarinda, East
Kalimantan, Indonesia, August 2002.

4. Chief Guest and Presentor of "Selected Aspects of Politics and Foreign
Aid" talk programme at the Rotary Club Patan, Nepal, July 2002.

5. Panelist for "The Inside Story: The Organizational and Business Climate
in Today's Russia", a seminar to help business, civil society people and
the public understand the challenges and opportunities facing
organizations operating in Russia; organized by The University College of
the Cariboo / Gorbachev Foundation in Kamloops, B.C., Canada, January
2001.

6. Panelist for "Getting Started in International Activities", a
cross-cultural communications seminar organized by the Southern Alberta
Institute of Technology, Calgary, Canada; October 1987.

7. Participated on the request of Alberta Culture, in the critique of a
pilot multicultural training program for the Calgary Police Service in
1983.

8. Founding Secretary-General of the Nepali-Canadian Association in 1983.

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