Malaysia and the Challenges of Globalization: An Economic Perspective Mansor Md. Isa Faculty of Business and Accountancy University of Malaya 50603 Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia mansor@um.edu.my Paper presented at the “10th Biennial Tun Abdul Razak Conference”‚ Multicultural Center‚ Ohio University‚ Athens‚ Ohio‚ USA‚ 11-12 May 2007. Malaysia and the Challenges of Globalization: An Economic Perspective Mansor Md. Isa‚ University of Malaya 1. Introduction One of the main focus of the
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Bibliography: DUNNING‚ J.‚ ed.‚ 2003. Making Globalization Good. New York: Oxford University Press. IMF Staff‚ 2002. Globalization: Threat or Opportunity? [Online]. IMF: IMF Staff. Available at: http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/ib/2000/041200.htm [Accessed 30 July 2005]. STEGER‚ M. B.‚ 2003. GLOBALIZATION: Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press
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The challenge of international planning & strategy The first challenge for an international enterprise is to make a global strategy and then implement it. The managers and those at decision-making positions often find it difficult to change their thought pattern‚ which is not used to work in global paradigm. There are many international businesses but just some of them have truly adopted a proper global strategy. Though the situation is improving with more and more trained graduates and professionals
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CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR OB: Responding to globalization: * Increased foreign assignments. * Working with people from different cultures. * Coping with anti-capitalism backlash. * Overseeing movement of jobs to countries with low – cost labour. Managing workforce diversity: * Embracing diversity. * Whereas globalization focuses on differences among people from different countries‚ workforce diversity addresses differences among people within given countries
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operate‚ strategic human resource management (SHRM) can address a number of economic and non-economic factors. In terms of economic factors‚ Canadian organizations must overcome the challenges of globalization. These organizations must face increasing international competitors and growing market opportunities abroad. To overcome these two obstacles and remain competitive‚ organizations in Canada are opening new plants abroad in order to be closer to customers and cut labour costs. A competitive
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MANAGER’S CHALLENGE AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CLIMATE VARUN ADITYA MURALINATHAN 4071817 In the current economic climate‚ most of the countries are facing recession for the past few years. Apart from the effective
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environment change. Challenges and opportunitiesges and unities for OB • Responding to Globalization – Increased foreign assignments – Working with people from different cultures – Coping with anti-capitalism backlash – Overseeing movement of jobs to countries with low- cost labor – Managing people during the war on terror. • Managing Workforce Diversity – Embracing diversity – Changing U.S. demographics – Implications for managers * Recognizing and responding to differences •
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GLOBALIZATION- THE LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE Globalization is not only inevitable‚ but also a blessing in disguise. It is something like‚ as Ronald Steel (1999) very aptly puts‚ "You try to shut the door and it [the global economy] comes in through the window. You try to shut the window and it comes in on the cable. You cut the cable‚ it comes in on the internet. And it’s not only in the room with you. You eat it. It gets inside you." Globalization refers to a process of increasing economic integration
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BP Challenges of Globalization John Manzoni‚ Chief Executive‚ Refining and Marketing for BP‚ gave a speech in 2005 discussing BP’s future in globalization and the challenges that lie in an increasingly global business environment. He said that business (BP) is the heart of society and can’t ignore what is happening around it‚ and that BP exists for a purpose‚ which is to provide goods and services that people want to buy at a price they can afford to pay‚ and BP exists because of shareholders
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errors. The csr supervisor may be approving customer payments by miscalculation‚ or the team leader may be overlooking a problem with a computer error during daily summaries. The key point would be to find the point of error‚ fix it and use it as an opportunity for the responsible person to learn from the incident. Guidance is also an important characteristic of organizational authority. Employees look to managers to help expand ongoing skills‚ improve performance‚ and help with business direction. With
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