Dr. Aung Tun Thet

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  Published on: 11/4/2007    Last Visited: 11/4/2007  

  Dr Aung Tun Thet, the deputy director of programs at the United Nations System Staff College in Turin, Italy, said happiness at work depends on the level of self-satisfaction at the job.
  
  "And the level of self-satisfaction depends on what people are hoping to achieve at their job," he said.
  
  He said common measuring sticks for satisfaction include pay, work responsibilities, variety of tasks, promotional opportunities, the nature of the work itself and coworkers.
  
  "Other influences on satisfaction include management style, employee involvement, empowerment and existence of autonomous work groups," he said."The happier people are at their job, the more satisfied they will be." Dr Aung Tun Thet said that although pay sometimes influenced job satisfaction it was often one of the least important factors.
  
  "Many people can be satisfied at their jobs even though they don't get paid much.Money isn't the most important factor.People mostly need a good working environment to be happy," he said.
  
  He also said it was possible to cultivate job satisfaction even when moving from one workplace to another.
  
  "People used to work at one company for many years so they would feel secure in their job but fewer young people are doing this now," he said.
  
  "From my point of view, it is normal for a person to change jobs at least four or five times in their career.This will help them gain experience and teach them how to blend in with different organisations," he said.
  
  Ko Myo Min, who was recently hired to work at an advertising company, said his experience at former jobs helped him land his new position.
  
  "I had worked for seven years at my previous job and the new company was impressed by that.So I would say working at a few different places can help you get a better, more satisfying job," he said.

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  Published on: 1/1/2009    Last Visited: 1/1/2009  

  Professor Dr Aung Tun Thet, Principal Officer (Retd), UN System Staff College, Turin, Italy, will preside over the forum which will be held in the style of roundtable talks.

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  Parents should encourage their children to attend university and, where possible, study abroad, according to Dr Aung Tun Thet, a former professor at the UN Staff College.
  
  HUMAN resources and good governance are the most crucial ingredients for a nation's development and should be promoted through a quality education system, a well-know Myanmar scholar said last week.
  
  "A country's development depends on the peoples' human capital, resource and good management, or governance," Dr Aung Tun Thet, a former professor at the UN Staff College, told The Myanmar Times.
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  Learning is a life time process - there should be no limit on education," Dr Aung Tun Thet said.
  
  Schools also need to embrace the internet to remain competitive, he added, and combine such new technology with existing teaching methods to create a learned society.
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  Dr Aung Tun Thet said instead of blaming students and skilled workers for not returning to their home country immediately we should be optimistic about the benefits for the nation in the long term. Ultimately, if not immediately, the skills students learn abroad benefit their home country, he says, citing the example of China.
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  Countries that previously relied on natural resources and industrial production for growth have turned to human resources and the service sector, which are now the most important factors in development, according to Dr Aung Tun Thet. This change has been recognised by the use of the term "knowledge society" and workers in service sectors such as information technology and media are referred to as "knowledge workers".
  
  "In order to cultivate knowledge workers we need to change our management skills to better enhance workers' talents," he said.
  
  The benefits of this approach are clear, he said, when you compare recently developed countries with least developed countries.
  
  "In Africa, there are many countries with natural resources - like minerals, oil and gas. But nearly all the countries in Africa are still not yet developed and most are poor compared with Asian countries."
  
  "For example, there are no natural resources at all in Singapore. Even water, Singapore has to import from Malaysia," Dr Aung Tun Thet said.

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  Published on: 12/29/2008    Last Visited: 12/29/2008  

  Professor Dr Aung Tun Thet will give a talk under the topic of Blue Ocean Strategy in Yuzana Hotel (Shwegondaing) in Bahan township here at 4 pm on 1st January 2009.

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  Published on: 11/25/2008    Last Visited: 11/25/2008  

  Dr Osamu Kunii of UNICEF and Professor Dr Aung Tun Thet also spoke.

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  Published on: 1/8/2008    Last Visited: 1/9/2008  

  YANGON, 6 Jan-Under the arrangements of the Myanmar Fisheries Federation and the Myanmar Shrimp Association and sponsorship of the Ayeyawady Fingerling Enterprise, Professor Dr Aung Tun Thet will give talks on Results-Based Leadership at Thiri Annawa hall of MFF on Bayintnaung Road, West Gyogon Ward in Insein Township here at 2:30 pm on 12 January.

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  Published on: 6/30/2008    Last Visited: 9/20/2008  

  SG Surin's Visit, Meet with Professor Dr. Aung Tun Thet
  
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  SG Surin's Visit, Meet with Professor Dr. Aung Tun Thet

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  Published on: 8/11/2008    Last Visited: 2/21/2009  

  Dr Aung Tun Thet
  
  Dr Aung Tun Thet is a professor and retired principal officer at the UN System Staff College in Turin, Italy.The Myanmar Times reporter Nyunt Win spoke to him when he recently visited Yangon.

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  Prof. Aung Tun ThetPhone n° + 39 011 65 359 40Fax n° + 39 011 65 359 03E-mail: a.thet@unssc.org

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  The Experience of Local Actors | UNAUSA.org - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/1/2006    Last Visited: 7/9/2006  

  Aung Tun Thet, Head, UN Resident Coordinator System Training, UN Staff College, Turin

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