ADMN 1021H Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Jim Balsillie, Shawarma, Cultural Homogenization
14 Dec 2016
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Globalization and business: globalization is a pig - what our task is, is to de-frame, pluralize and look at its etymology (origins, we have perspectives in our head about globalization already pre-set. Lt squared: we can defame it by considering other parts of globalization like: social justice issues in globalization, political economy perspective, environmental concerns, small businesses, culture, language, internal globalizations, etc. Jim balsillie fears that tpp could be a bad thing and cost canada billions. Story of cultural awareness and openness, "sushi and shwarma in peterborough" People think globalization is the act of american values being pushed around the world, but america is also getting different cultures. Fear of the world becoming one huge culture without any diverse culture worldwide. Geert hofstede"s study of business and management around the world, not just x, y & z. Hofstede"s 5 main cultural dimensions - when these are different, norms of effective management are different.
