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Global Challenges - Referat
Global Challenges
Define globalisation and outline its history. What are the hopes and fears linked with this phenomenon?
Globalisation = growing worldwide economic, technological & cultural interaction between cultures & economies
Globalisation 1.0 (beginning of glob.): competition between countries, colonisation, emphasis on developing brawn imperialism, political/economical strengh as most important global factor
 World shrinks from size large to size medium
Glob. 2.0 (continuation): industrial revolution -> break throughs in technology, rise of communication
=> from size medium to small
Glob 3.0 (modern glob.): global competition among individuals -> global communication helps broaden our minds & overcome prejudice
=> small to tiny
Hopes: cheap & extensive products, more profit
Fears: Exploitation of cheap workers, no solutions for international problems
Class a thing of the past?
Past: ppl were born into a class, out of which they couldnt escape
Today: Yes:
Success in life depends on cultural, social, educational & ethnical background
-> individual success is determined by personal background
-> opportunities are unequal (e.g. parents with higher educational standart can give their kids better support with homework)
No:
Ppl are seperated in race & gender, which have impacts on their lives
In theory: upward mobility seems to be open to everyone
Education is equally available to everyone & educ. Standarts have risen
Only a few ppl refer to `class`
Improvements through social welfare & strengthening of womens rights
What are the advantages and the disadvantages of outsourcing?
Outsourcing = assigning a companys business processes to an external agency
Companys outsource their companies for
Higher quality
Lower labor cost and increased realization of economics of scale
Tapping in to a knowledge for better innovation
-> more profits
Cons:
Loss of control over a companys business processes possible
Problems related to quality and turnaround time
Less work for qualified employees in countries with high standarts -> consequently high overhead costs
Ppl have the attitude that any less appealing work should be outsourced
Lower working standarts outside -> exploitation oft he poorest
Outline the most pressing global challenges
There are a lot of challenges we have to do, like the rich-poor gap, education, energy, climate change, clean water and and and
I will tell you more about the climate change, bc its the most important one
 global warming etc -> consequenzes (das kann man ja von global warming nehmen)
if we dont do anything there will be a mass extinction, such as in the trias -> bc of the consequenses of climate change (rapid temperature increase through vulcanos, today nearly the same through humans -> if we dont change we may all die)
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