Our values and beliefs affect our thoughts, actions and behaviours.
UBS has gained experience over a 30 year period in a number of country contexts. This exposure to differing systems, standards and environments assisted in forming their constructivist epistemology, organisational ethics and belief systems.
The following links provide a lens into the quality standards, aspirations and aims of UBS.
Capacity building
Capacity development or capacity building is a process aimed at building a bridge to assist people, organisations or governments achieve their desired goals.
Learning
The learning strategies and process used by adults (andragogy) are different to those used by children (pedagogy) and mature learners (genagogy).
Team leadership
Leadership is not management. Managers manage resources, while leaders act as role models, inspire others, are influencers and interact with others to achieve team and organisational goals.
Empowerment
Empowerment is a construct shared in many disciplines and arenas: community development, psychology, education, economics, and studies of social movements and organisations, and other areas.
Lifelong learning
Lifelong learning (LLL) recognises that learning is required throughout our lives. When you leave school and commence work, learning continues either formally or informally.
Mentoring
Mentoring is a process that builds personal as well as professional skills and attributes for both the mentee and the mentor.
The ability to develop others can only occur through recognising our own stages of development.