We live in a world that is Not That Flat OB - II Project Report Submitted by: Manish Saluja Mayank Kapoor Mayank Tyagi Manik Jhamb Manish Srivastava Contents Introduction 3 Objective 4 Historical Evolution of Globalization on Organizational Structure 5 Case Studies – Showcasing successful organizational structures 6 Nike Model 6 Microsoft Model 7 Globaloney – Unraveling the myths of Globalization 11 Problems with Traditional Globalization Theories 11 Reasons for
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“You went global through your country”. Countries began to flatten the world‚ going global for various reasons. - Globalization 2.0 (1800’s-2000) Companies go global. “You went global through your company”. Companies tried to find cheaper labor‚ better markets‚ etc. - Globalization 3.0 (Present) Individuals. “Individuals of every color of the rainbow‚ who will be able to plug and play”. Lesson Two: The Flatteners - 1. All ten flatteners converged. (2000) All of the flattening factors began to work
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The Flat World Knowledge case study discusses how the traditional textbook publishing model is changing because of disruptive advances in technology that have essentially created the digital publishing market. Although I believe that Flat World Knowledge will be recognized as a successful contributor to the disruption in the textbook publishing market in five years’ time‚ I view online learning – accented by the evolution of digital textbooks – as the disruptive force that has changed the model for
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In chapter 5 in "The World is Flat" Friedman discusses America and Free Trade. Friedman lays out the basic arguments for and against free trade. Friedman first introduces this topic by stating that it is an issue "that needs sorting out immediately‚" followed by his personal experience of a problem with this issue while filming the Discovery Times documentary in Bangalore. The self-identified "free-trader" mentions David Ricardo’s theory of comparative advantage as the theoretical underpinning
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The World is Flat: Critical Book Review The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman gives examples from the past and present to help determine how our world is becoming closer through different technological advances. With his awards in writing‚ not only received for this book but for his other writings in the New York Times‚ it can be assumed that Friedman is somewhat qualified in writing this book. The World is Flat‚ a book about the advancements made in the twenty-first century that will effect
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ASSIGNMENT The world is becoming more and more integrated. What started with more trade openness is translating into growing international economic integration and interdependence‚ as transnational movements of people and capital boost up and statistics turns into ever greater on hand. Technological traits are rapidly converting the way people learn‚ work‚ and communicate. And the world populace is concentrating in medium and large towns. Globalization has turned into a state of normal utilization
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1. In The World is Flat‚ what does Thomas Friedman mean when he says the world is becoming flat? "The global competitive playing field was being leveled. The world was being flattened." From this‚ we can see that a "flat" world is one in which the "playing field" on which companies compete has become level. It is one in which companies from various countries can compete with one another on an equal basis. Friedman says that what has really driven this is what he calls "Globalization 3.0." This
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The World is Flat - The Globalized World in the Twenty-First Century. London‚ England. Penguin Books‚ 2006. Thomas L. Friedman is a New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the The Lexus and the Olive Tree. Friedman explains how the flattening of the world happened at the dawn of the twenty-first century‚ what it means to countries‚ companies‚ communities and‚ more importantly‚ the individual‚ and how government and societies can‚ and must‚ adapt. He presents the ten forces
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The book “The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty – First Century” is written by a famous journalist‚ he is also a columnist from a well known magazine name New York Times‚ and lastly‚ an author of many books‚ Mr. Thomas Friedman.Mr. Thomas Friedman was born on July 20‚ 1953 at St. Luis Park‚ Minnesota‚ United States. He was married to Mrs. Ann Friedman on 1978 and had two children named Orly and Natalie Friedman. We can also call him as a scholar‚ I mean a great guy that could be one
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2015 When The World is Flat With the acceleration of communication and transportation within the past century‚ the world has undergone transformative changes of globalization – “the inexorable integration of markets‚ transportation systems‚ and communication systems to a degree never witnessed before” (Friedman). A new global culture where products‚ ideas‚ and technologies have an unprecedented ease of exchange has enabled nations‚ businesses and individuals from all over the world to communicate
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