“THE WORLD IS FLAT: In his book‚ The World is Flat‚ Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas Friedman argues that globalization and its technological advances have increasingly “flattened” the world by reducing barriers among states‚ individuals and corporations‚ and by creating more and more economic interdependence and global integration. This process is not a new one. It began in 1492 when Columbus discovered America and opened up trade between the old world and the new world‚ and developed
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TRANSATLANTIC WORLD INSTITUTE DATE The Transatlantic world before the European eve was majorly composed of people who lived isolated societies. Trade at this time was only between locals with no external contacts or international involvement. People lived in their different cultures and practiced traditions that were based on their cultural beliefs; there was no culture interexchange between various communities or people (Pomeranz‚ 2006). Exploration‚ settlement and expansion played a crucial
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Case Analysis: In a world of Pay Typware needs to address the compensation problem that HR Manager Renate Schmidt is facing in assigning the proper compensation plan for foreign employees. Here Typware’s CEO has asked Renate to work out on the compensation strategy that brought into agreement with the organization’s business strategy. This compensation plan will not help the Typware to compensate new hires and leaders in future and will minimise the difference between salary of outsider and previous
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securities fraud‚ however they defended themselves to say that they were forced to cover things up by other top officials. As reading through the questions given in class it was hard to completely gather all thoughts into one area. We know that World Com is a for profit organization that provided telecommunications to
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bubble. This bubble is being created by the distraction of the iPod. He backs up his claims with a first hand experience when he went to New York. He describes seeing people and how “each were in his or her own musical world‚ walking to their own soundtrack…almost oblivious to the world around them (Sullivan 424).” However‚ Sullivan fails to show credentials in his writing and bases it primarily on his first hand experience. He fails to realize the technological advances that have come forth from the
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Is the world really flat? In view of Thomas Friedman’s work “It’s a flat world‚ after all”‚ the entire planet is turning into a global village due to a rapid growth of information technology. There are 10 major contributors‚ which were also named “flateners” by Friedman‚ that made the playing field level. Undoubtedly‚ current sophistication in technology has provided us great access to internet‚ a virtual platform where people are capable of communicating‚ sharing knowledge‚ or performing online
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An analytic paper on the two books: The World is Flat of Thomas Friedman and Making Globalization Work of Joseph Stiglitz Globalization is process of integration. It is spread all through several fields‚ such as politics‚ culture‚ economy‚ technology and the environment. Internationally‚ these fields are going through a period of conversion and evolution causing this world to turn out to be homogenous and flat. Even nations in the Third World are having the prospects only the developed countries
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Policeman of the World It is common knowledge that by the 20th century‚ the United States had become the dominant force in international relations. Some have argued that the United States ’ military functions as the world ’s police. For centuries United States has been found as the world ’s policeman regardless if they were asked for the help or not. In this paper I will highlight two instances in which United States intervene in an international matter. Also I will identify what prompted
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War (Attracting the reader)Do you think there is a” just war” in the history of world? Do you think it is the only way to solve problem by war? (Providing background) Different people have different opinion. Herbert hover‚ who is the 31st President of the United States have ever said:” Whether you have to fight for justice or not‚ war is a crime! “In his opinion‚ whether the war is just or unjust‚ it is cruel‚ and the death is inevitable. Marxist thought‚ making clear the nature of war is the necessary
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Convergence” I. Summary/Synopsis Thomas L.Friedman‚ The World is Flat: a brief history of the twenty-first century. Published by Farrar‚ Straus and Giroux‚ 2007. Friedman discusses the "triple convergence." The convergence of the ten flatteners had created a whole new platform. It is a global‚ Web-enabled platform for multiple forms of collaboration. This platform enables individuals‚ groups‚ companies‚ and universities anywhere in the world to collaborate - for the purposes of innovation‚ production
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