The world is flat vs why the world isn’t flat
The world is flat is written by Thomas Loren Friedman who is an American journalist and author. He goes on to write about how flat the world has become and the level of globalization achieved over the years. The journey to Bangalore India and the interaction he had with the Nadhan ‘Nielkani the CEO of Infosys technologies limited, in one of the conferences he attended as a part of the discovery crew. Where he witnesses how the
As he tries to explain the level of connectivity achieved by the world he enlightens events and business activities from all around the world which have contributed to the flatness, which is the connectivity of the world in Friedman’s words.
On the other hand, Pankaj Ghemawat,
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Even though all these things have certain level of numbers, it is not completely defining globalization on a long term. It’s all part of a global world but it is not giving importance to all the required factors for globalization.
One fact that I don’t mind agreeing with Pankaj’s point of view is that, we are not completely globalized, for I consider globalization to be something that keeps on developing and growing and there is no set limit to it, we will keep growing as far as there is imagination factor alive and going in human civilization for attaining better stands of living.
The point where he takes about Globaloney, after caring out his surveys and says people overestimating the level of globalization, it’s because people are thinking in terms of connectivity and how connected they are to the world and not just in terms of the economy or in terms of financials.
Globalization is a process, and all the remote places are getting connected and are getting the piece of the pie, though it is the smallest size, they are getting to taste it and sooner or later the level of awareness will grow and the total flatness will be
“Longitudes and Attitudes”, written by Thomas Friedman, is a collection of columns, broken by September 11th’s great catastrophe and including material from his diary. The book displays his outstanding strengths as a commentator along with a few weaknesses.
As Americans we have to start to comprehend that the world around us is changing technologically, politically, and economically. In “The Last Superpower” an excerpt from the book The Post American World by Fareed Zakaria published in 2008. Zakaria emphasizes on these changes. Thomas Friedman the author of “The World is Flat” a piece from the book The World is Flat: A brief history of the twenty-first century published in 2005 also emphasizes on the same changes currently happening in the world. Zakaria and Friedman define these changes as globalization. The obvious common ground shared by both authors is their representation of globalization and the effects that it has and will continue to have on modern life. In contrast to sharing the same main topic both authors take a drastically different approach on how the relay their information to the audience. The differences displayed are mainly due to their personal and educational backgrounds, definitions of globalization as well as the individual writing styles of each author.
The world is ever changing and has been that way even before humans dominated Earth. However, what we are interested in for this topic is in the last few decades where globalization has had an impact in the early 21st century, making the world "flat". The phrase that the world has become flat is a metaphor for viewing the world level in terms of commerce and competition, meaning a level playing field where everyone has an equal opportunity. However, opinions are divided on how much globalization has actually impacted the world as a whole. Critics argue that Friedman’s term "flat" is grossly exaggerated as his view is from an American perspective. This paper investigates major arguments for both sides.
The phrase: "the world is flat" can be interpreted in many ways. Basically what Friedman means by "flat" is "linked." The falling of trade and political barriers and technical advances have made it possible to do business, instantaneously with billions of other people around the world. It has allowed for parts of the world, which had previously been cut off, like China and India, to successfully compete in the world market. Thus, the playing field is being leveled, and no one nation has an advantage. Friedman could also refer to a "flat world" in a metaphorical sense. In a spherical earth you cannot see around the world and cannot recognize the opportunities far from where you live. If the world were flat you could see it all. There would be no barriers to get in your way. This is the equivalent to a smaller globe which allows one to reach far away opportunities.
To determine what this means and what effects it will have on managers of corporate America, we must take a more in-depth look. What is making the world flat? Globalization is the prime catalyst for continuing the global process. However, it can be narrowed down more directly to telecommunications and outsourcing. It was not until recently that countries such as India and China rose as international economic powers.
the world is flat theory provided by Thomas Friedman resides in that, our world is so connected that the depth of the earth no longer phases us. All of us being together at once makes distance irrelevant. We can be together via a short plane ride, or even through the screen with the comparability of our own home. Our ability to be face to 'face ' with people from America, China, and India all at the same time, insures our connectivity. At this point in time the geological location of someone will not limit their ability to succeed according Friedman. With globalization we originally saw country 's power expand currently we see individuals power expand across the globe. A single boy from Romania can have the same information that a boy from Bangalore or Russia or Vietnam has. He can also same influence
To start off Lexus and the Olive Tree is not only the title of a great book, but it is a metaphor to the book. The Lexus in the title is how everybody in the globalized world wants the top of the line product. Just to have the newer and better product. Once someone has that in their procession, somebody else wants better, it becomes a competition without people even realizing it. The Olive Tree, on the other hand is more viewed to smaller towns. They stay within their own country, and keep to themselves. They don't buy products from other countries, because they are afraid they would be looked down upon. The smaller countries usually have a dictator, and that dictator will "brainwash" his people. He makes them think smaller, and he doesn't let them know that there is a better way of living out there. The smaller countries fight amongst themselves over territory. Friedman uses these items to describe globalization, because they describe communication, and let all that communication go over borders to inform other countries as to what is going on in the world. In the Lexus and the Olive Tree Friedman believes that the world is only ten years old. He explains, "When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 we understood it a decade later. The world was born when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989." As to what I understand, he is telling us once the Berlin Wall fell, the democracy around the world changed. The growth of free markets were permitting more and more people to turn to their ambitions, and actually achieve them. This is what is leading into globalization, as what is defined as the process in which social institutions become adopted on a global scale. We had a similar era of globalization in the mid 1800's-1920's it was preceding to the Word War I. It is very identical to the one we are living in today. What is new in today's globalization is the degree and intensity with which the world is being tied together into a single globalized marketplace and village. What is also new in the globalized world is the number of people and the countries able to partake of today's globalized economy and information networks. The technology has hanged since last globalized era, and politically it has change. Friedman tells us that Globalization has replaced the Cold War.
(Bilton et al 1996:5) The process of globalization has certainly had many changing effects to the world we live in; it has also changed the way many factors operate. Globalization is said "to have transformed the structure and scale of human relationships that social, cultural, political, and economic processes now operate at a global scale with a consequent reduction in the significance of other geographical scales. "(The Dictionary of human geography 2004:315) Globalization has had both positive and negative effects on a local, national, international and global level. Globalization often brings benefits at one level which cause negative effects at another, these results and the scale at which they manifest are often uncertain and unpredictable.
...in the new “flat world” individuals need to figure out how to become “untouchable.” He explains that “untouchables are people whose jobs cannot be outsourced, digitized, or automated” (184). He explains that in a “flat world” there is no longer a job based solely on geographic, but rather in most cases an available job “will go to the best, smartest, most productive or cheapest worker-wherever he or she resides” (183). He goes on to show that companies and individuals have to look at the global picture today in order to succeed (183).
Globalization is defined as “the historical process involving a fundamental shift or transformation in the spatial scale of human social organization that links distant communities and expands the reach of power relations across regions and continents (Baylis, 2014).”
Globalization on a broader scale, is an integration act, involving cultural, mental, political as well as economic aspects of a person, among countries. It is mostly limited to, economic integration, associated with movement of people, exchange of technology and information, trade as well as financial flows. . This is practice is clearly miles ahead, as demonstrated by the ever increasing capital flows in the world economy as well as the level of importance, the world economy has. As a result of globalization, tremendous pressure is on the nations to keep up with its demands and this has had a lot of consequences. Some pundits will tell you that these effects are only economic based,
First of all, Friedman talks about the different levels of globalization. There are 3 different time periods in which the society has differed and changed, bringing us to where we are today. Globalization 1.0, which took place from 1492 to 1800, was the first step to making the world flatter. The coming to America, and the industrial drive that came along with this is what most characterized globalization 1.0. The industry drive was about things such as manpower and horsepower, and how well we could utilize these in the world market. This caused the world to “shrink” a little bit, and become flatter. With the discovery of a new world, it broadened the area in which business was conducted, but the commonality of rule and trade caused the distance to be spanned more frequently. I think Friedman’s notions regarding globalization 1.0 is very accurate. The world in our terms began in 1492 with the discovery of North America. Once the area began to be inhabited and settled, there was much more worldwide interaction. Communications and trade between the American colonies and England increased, and this began a more stable business of worldwide association. I believe that Friedman’s theory is true, because the discovery of a land across the ocean for th...
The ‘Global Village’ encompasses all his theories by saying that the earth has shrunk due to the fact that communication is so easy around the world.
Globalisation is a very complex term with various definitions, in business terms, “globalization describes the increasingly global nature of markets, the tendency for transnational businesses to configure their business activities on a worldwide basis, and to co-ordinate and integrate their strategies and operations across national boundaries” (Stonehouse, Campbell, Hamill and Purdie, 2004, p. 5).
"Globalization is a process of world shrinkage, of distances getting shorter, things moving closer. It pertains to t...