What if one day you come into your office and all the old faces are no longer there, and it was not because of downsizing or a take over of the organization? What do you do when your most experienced and talented workers are about to walk out of the door? How does your business or organization survive? What if offering those workers more money and great benefits does not deter them from leaving? What if there is nothing that you can do to keep your most experience workers and mangers in the company in your organization? What if they are not going to your largest competitor? What if you still have to pay them even though they are no longer bringing their expertise to your organization? What if the best and the most productive and knowledgeable …show more content…
Every minute of every day, according to the Population Reference Bureau, the number of births exceeds the number of deaths by 158. This analysis of the “Demography is Destiny” case study presents an analysis on the impact of international demographic changes. To facilitate this analysis, the following items will be reviewed:
➢ What challenges do graying populations create for international companies?
➢ How will demographic changes affect the competitiveness of countries in the international marketplace?
➢ What can countries do to counteract the impact of these demographic changes on their economic competitiveness?
➢ What has been the impact of the one-child policy on China’s economic fortunes?
In the United States there are federal laws that challenge businesses and corporations to not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientations, age, religion, and race, and to create a work environment that is more inclusive to all. Biased beliefs about the skills and behaviors necessary for effective leadership are one reason for sex‐based, age, religion and race based discrimination. There is no such global law or law enforcement body that could regulate such an lager undertaking on global
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The impact was that one child enters the labor force and his or her parents subsequently retire, the child may need provide financial support for both parents; and moreover, given the improvements in longevity in China, in some cases the child may also need to support four grandparents. Although saving rates in China are quite high, few companies provide pension benefits to their employees. Moreover, because of Chinese cultural values that favor male children, the one-child policy has created a dramatic imbalance in the gender ratio between males and females, with unknown but likely significant impacts on the marriage market, family formation, and elder care. In a decade or two, consumption patterns in young, growing India are likely to dramatically diverge from those in a graying
The worldwide population is approaching 7 billion and is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050 (Baird). This projected population number is down from a once predicted 16 billion (Baird) and while some are not concerned, others are worried about any increase in population. Population growth is discussed in the articles “Too Many People?” by Vanessa Baird; “Population Control: How Can There Possibly Be Too Many of Us?” by Frank Furedi; and “The Population Bomb Revisited,” by Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich. Baird and Furedi concur that a concern for population growth has been around since mathematician Thomas Malthus, in 1798, warned that overpopulation could lead to “the collapse of society” (Furedi). Furedi claims that too much human life is being used as an excuse, by population control supporters, for the world’s current and future problems. Baird tries to discover if “the current panic over population growth is reasonable.” For Ehrlich and Ehrlich the concern over population growth is very real, and they reinforce and support their book “calling attention to the demographic element in the human predicament” (Ehrlich and Ehrlich 63). While taking different approaches to their articles, the authors offer their perspectives on population growth, population control and the environmental impacts of a growing population.
It is clear that China’s one child policy has affected Chinese society in multiple ways. The policy has resulted in corruption in the Chinese government, an abuse of women’s rights, female feticide, and an imbalance in the gender ratio, and potential problems with China’s elderly and younger populations. The Chinese government decided to implement a one child policy in order to counter the effects of rapid population growth. The question to ask is if the benefits of population control really do outweigh the problems the policy has created in Chinese society. It will be interesting to see if the policy continues to affect Chinese culture in the future, and how the changes that have been recently made play out.
Feng Wang and Cai Yong stated that the fertility rate was already declining and the policy wasn’t necessary for the Chinese people, especially because the enormous costs. The fertility rate, which is the number of children the average woman has in her lifetime, in China started at 2.7 in 1979 and decreased to 1.7 in 2008. The article “China’s One Child Policy at 30” argued that the policy did not need to be introduced in China because the rates were already lower than Brazil at 4.2 and Thailand at
Educating the public about the importance of family planning is essential to reduce rapidly increasing birth rates. Human demographics have a profound effect on the population dynamics in both developed and developing nations. In more developed nations, there are significantly lower birth and death rates (Schneider). This would mean that the labor force of these nations is greatly limited. There is a risk of a bigger percentage of the elderly compared to the young generation. A higher older population undermines productivity, thereby inhibiting economic growth. In less developed nations, birth and death rates are high. Their economies struggle to maintain this high population. There is over-reliance on foreign aid. Labor is often transferred to the developed nations. The future of these nations is quite unpredictable (Das
Life expectancy in many parts of the world has increased since 1800 (Life Expectancy by Age, n.d). To understand these changes we can study the demographic transition, the changes in birth and death rates over extended periods of time. The industrial revolution has significantly improved the conditions of humans and in 20th century death rates declined but the birth rates remained unchanged. In many of today’s developed countries both rates have declined; however, in developing countries, while death rates have declined due the improvements of living conditions, the birth rates are still high which has caused a record high population growth (HAUB & GRIBBLE, 2011).
China’s communist party created this policy in 1979 and has prevented over 400 million births with the use of forced abortions and sterilizations like Uzbekistan. In January of 2016, this policy has been changed into a two-child policy due to a realization that there can be an economic consequence to the failing birth-rate. Also, due to the fact that couples can only have one child, the future of China’s population can be a burden. Researchers stated, “The graying population will burden health care and social services, and the world’s second-largest economy will struggle to maintain its growth (Jiang, Steven)”. With the lack of production for more newborns, the population will gradually have a majority of elderly people within their society. The new population policy made add an increase in population, but it still puts a limit on the population. If couples had this policy lifted, it can make the overpopulation problem occur again. Therefore, this transition from one child to two children helps balance out under-population and overpopulation in
Another consequence of the policy is a growing proportion of elderly people, the result of the concurrent drop in children born and rise in longevity since 1980. This is a serious concern for this, if not dealt with head on, would mean a decline in labor force for when a large part of the population is ageing together, it becomes a serious concern for a country, for it means a potential loss in economic activity in a
One of the most pressing problems currently facing post-industrial societies is the slowing rate of reproduction in the native populations. One of the most notable examples is the country of Japan with a population decrease of 0.7% since the last census. This might not sound like a large amount but population growth and decline is an exponential function with this rate rapidly accelerating. This is a problem the US would be facing as well with the decline in birth rates after the Baby Boom in the 1950s and 1960s. One of the biggest factors that is preventing this from occurring is the immigration of people from all over the world to the United States.
"Impact of One Child Policy of China." Bukisa - Share Your Knowledge. Webika Ltd, 9 Apr. 2009. Web. 26 Mar. 2011
While the world has issues with immigration, health care, drugs, gun control, taxes, and so on going on in the world we forget to think about the fact that our world is facing an issue as impractical as population growth. The idea that having a child will create issues for a country is odd, but it is the case for many countries, including the United States of America. “The U.S. is the third most populous country in the world and has the highest population growth rate of all developed countries,” ( Chamie 1) to further analyze this issue to put it in perspective of the global issue it actual is by comparing the United States current issue with population growth to the population growth issue in China.
China’s one-child policy has interesting origins. Although,” China’s fertility rate began to fall in the 1960’s, there was no national policy aiming for a population of smaller families until 1971. In 1979, “Wan Xi Shao”, a program that encouraged later marriage, longer birth intervals between births and fewer children is what evolved to the well-known “one-child policy”.”(Gilbert, 24) Under the one-child policy, couples are given incentives to have a single child. Couples who pledge to have a single child receive monthly allowances for child support until the child reaches the age of fourteen. “Along with the money received monthly, they are promised more spacious housing and higher pensions for retirement”(Gilbert, 24). However, for those couples who have more than one child, the policy requires them to pay higher taxes and pay for full costs for medical and education. As incentives and disincentives begin to play strong roles in the policy, it has created a massive change in the culture. One of the worst and most known result of the one-child policy is the culture’s increased value of men. It is a policy that has brought infant neglect, sex-selective abortions and sexual discrimination against women. China’s one-child policy is not only a huge violation of women’s rights but, has brought many big problems between men and women in China and should be brought to an end.
In the article titled “What does the end of the one-child policy mean for china?”, Xin En Lee’s point of view of the one child policy is that it had a negative effect on China’s whole demographic. Xin En Lee writes in the section labeled demographics askew, “The most significant long-term effect of the one child policy was its sending China’s demographic structure off-kilter.” The writer focuses on its fallen demographics as a result of the one child policy while simultaneously being conscious of the end of the one child policy potentially becoming a problem for the balance of China’s overall economy. The writer’s understanding stretches to the point where an actual experience is used in the article, not personal but just as credible. Xin En Lee reverts back to the year of 2015 where the two child policy was announced in late October, a woman by the name of Mary Yang shares her experience and emotion the day of the announcement. She discusses her as well as her husband being very excited for it and planning to birth a second baby, however as they allow the thought to sink in, they begin to have the doubt that they could care for another child given the situation that they are in with high expenses of their ten year old son. Back to Xin En Lee’s perspective, he strengthens his argument of the one child policy having a negative effect on China in many ways. The first negative effect he discusses is the effect on the aging of China’s population during and after the one child policy. “Driven by the one child policy, the share of China’s population under the age twenty fell from fifty-one percent in 1970 to twenty-seven percent by 2010, while the share of people older than sixty years old rose from seven percent to fourteen percent.” The one child policy ultimately had a huge effect on the aging of China’s demographic. China quickly became a country which their population transformed to people of
The demographic dividend refers to the accelerated economic growth that begins with changes in the age structure of a country’s population as it transitions from high to low birth and death rates. But the demographic dividend is not, however automatic. Enough policies and investments have to be developed to achieve the demographic dividend. The critical policy areas include:
In country (a) there is a steady death rate whereas on the other hand in country (b) the life expectancy of adults has risen dramatically. As a result, one-eighth of “boomers” aged 40-60 years are both raising their children and taking care of their parents that are in old age. The taxes that are being collected in country (a) are paying for the care of both parents and grandparents, this results in economic hardships and why it is so difficult in order for women to have children.
Human population growth was relatively slow for most of human history. Within the past 500 years, however, the advances made in the industrial, transportation, economic, medical, and agricultural revolutions have helped foster an exponential, "J-shaped" rise in human population (Southwick, Figure 15.1, p. 160). The statistics associated with this type of growth are particularly striking: "Human beings took more than 3 million years to reach a population of 1 billion people...The second billion came in only 130 years, the third billion in 30 years, the fourth billion in 15 years, the fifth billion in 12 years..." (Southwick, p. 159). As human population has grown, there has been simultaneous growth within the industrial sector. Both of these increases have greatly contributed to environmental problems, such as natural resource depletion, ecosystem destruction, and global climate change. Also linked with the increasing human population are many social problems, such as poverty and disease. These issues need to be addressed by policy makers in the near future in order to ensure the survival and sustainability of human life.