Globalization is not a new concept but is still highly debated. No one can deny that we are experiencing globalization they do debate if this is good or bad phenomenon. However, theorist Thomas Friedman believes that globalization is happening because of ten factors. Overall, with having more people than ever able to collaborate and have equal opportunities it is leveling the global competitive field (Altermatt,n.d.,p.1). The best place to start understanding a complex concept is the definition. The Merriam Webster dictionary defines it as “the development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially by free trade, free flow of capital, and the tapping of cheaper foreign labor markets” (Globalization,n.d.). Research allows
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It is best to next look at how globalization got started with the first wave. In short, Friedman’s Flattener #1 is about the fall of the Berlin Wall and creation of computer system Windows. Friedman uses the Berlin Wall as a symbol for a general global shift towards a democratic governments and free-market economies. Which allow people to start seeing the world as a single market (Altermatt,n.d.,p.1).
Then briefly after, Windows created the software that is arguable responsible for popularizing personal computing. Which in result sparked “The New Age of Creativity”. Friedman (2005) describes it as a platform of intellectual work, intellectual capital, could be delivered from anywhere that could be disaggregated, delivered, distributed, produced, and put back together again (Friedman, 2005,p.7).This can be seen with computers becoming cheaper, more readily owned, a dispersed concept all around the world, and the explosion of software (Friedman, 2005,p.6). With so many people having access to email and search engines, like Google, made it possible for work and people to be connected regardless of distance. This allowed for countries like China and India to compete in the world market. They were able to come into the global market to be a …show more content…
Once a country could find a need and fill it there was no stopping the country’s success. At the start of globalization, India was a country will little opportunity for their people but once globalization started the small amount of jobs became bountiful. The country was known for producing people with quality and by quantity which was needed at the start of outsourcing by so many companies(Friedman,2005,105). Simon & Schuster took advantage of globalization outsourcing by shipping their books over to India and pay $50 a month to type the books by hand into computers, converting the books to digitalized electronic files. However, they would have to pay an person in the United States $1,000 a month to do the same thing (Friedman,2005,p.106).
With the plentiful supply of quality workers in India they were the only country with enough workers to handle the huge computer remediation workload of the Year 2000 computer crisis. With the end of the millennium it created a fear that computers new and old had to have their internal clocks and related systems adjusted. Otherwise, the computers would shut down or the computer would think it was 1900 all over again.If that did happen it would then create a global crisis for all company systems that were computerized. This fear created a lot of jobs and employment for many Indians
It is best to next look at how globalization got started with the first wave. In short, Friedman’s Flattener #1 is about the fall of the Berlin Wall and creation of computer system Windows. Friedman uses the Berlin Wall as a symbol for a general global shift towards a democratic governments and free-market economies. Which allow people to start seeing the world as a single market (Altermatt,n.d.,p.1).
Then briefly after, Windows created the software that is arguable responsible for popularizing personal computing. Which in result sparked “The New Age of Creativity”. Friedman (2005) describes it as a platform of intellectual work, intellectual capital, could be delivered from anywhere that could be disaggregated, delivered, distributed, produced, and put back together again (Friedman, 2005,p.7).This can be seen with computers becoming cheaper, more readily owned, a dispersed concept all around the world, and the explosion of software (Friedman, 2005,p.6). With so many people having access to email and search engines, like Google, made it possible for work and people to be connected regardless of distance. This allowed for countries like China and India to compete in the world market. They were able to come into the global market to be a …show more content…
Once a country could find a need and fill it there was no stopping the country’s success. At the start of globalization, India was a country will little opportunity for their people but once globalization started the small amount of jobs became bountiful. The country was known for producing people with quality and by quantity which was needed at the start of outsourcing by so many companies(Friedman,2005,105). Simon & Schuster took advantage of globalization outsourcing by shipping their books over to India and pay $50 a month to type the books by hand into computers, converting the books to digitalized electronic files. However, they would have to pay an person in the United States $1,000 a month to do the same thing (Friedman,2005,p.106).
With the plentiful supply of quality workers in India they were the only country with enough workers to handle the huge computer remediation workload of the Year 2000 computer crisis. With the end of the millennium it created a fear that computers new and old had to have their internal clocks and related systems adjusted. Otherwise, the computers would shut down or the computer would think it was 1900 all over again.If that did happen it would then create a global crisis for all company systems that were computerized. This fear created a lot of jobs and employment for many Indians