long as I have an internet access‚ I can never be too far from the other side of the globe‚ just like the call center employees Thomas Friedman talked about in his book‚ The World is Flat‚ thanks to the new technology brought to the Philippines. Philippines is not a dominant player in what Friedman calls a flat world‚ but it is fast catching up. In recent years‚ it has become the destination of choice for outsourcing due to the large pool of trainable and highly skilled English-speaking labor
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1.0 Introduction Flat Cargo Berhad (FCB) is an air freight services and ground handling company. Its company’s operations cover Asian Pacific region including China‚ Japan‚ Thailand‚ Singapore and many more. Their main customers are United Parcel Services (UPS)‚ City Link and Nationwide Express. The main shareholder for FCB is Bangor Sdn Bhd which is part of Miri Group represented by 26.5% of the company interest. Kencana & Associates is the auditor company that audit FCB’s account. The leader of
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evaluate the ‘World is Flat’ thesis put forward by Thomas Friedman. Thomas Friedman in his recent book ‘The world is flat’ discusses a short history of globalisation in the twenty-first century. His discovering journey took him around the world to investigate the new concept in transnational business. He views himself as Columbus-like‚ but in a new modern word‚ in which he is searching for the sources of today’s wealth. Only to come to a rhetorical conclusion that the world is “flat” not round! His
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Thomas Friedman’s idea that the world is flattening is based on recent observations that the global economic “playing field” is becoming increasingly easier to enter and to compete in. Friedman notes ten events that have played a significant role in this phenomenon. Friedman noted some very interesting events that helped lead to the flattening of the world‚ such as outsourcing‚ offshoring‚ supply chaining and “insourcing”. The two events of Friedman’s ten that I found to be most interesting
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“The World is Flat” is a very catchy yet baffling title. Initially‚ no clue is given about the book being related to technology‚ yet the author is able to describe how technology is revolutionizing the world. Thomas L. Friedman starts his book by describing how he came up with the phrase “The World is Flat”. He begins his book by comparing his journey to the one of Columbus’ trip to India and how Columbus and had concluded that the world was flat. On his visit to Bangalore he visits Infosys Technologies
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When former Coca-Cola Co. (KO ) executive E. Neville Isdell agreed last May to come out of retirement and become chief executive of the beleaguered soda giant‚ he brimmed with confidence. No Coke newcomer‚ Isdell had spent 35 years inside the vast Coke system as the Atlanta company built itself into the world’s most recognized global brand‚ retiring in 2001 after a three-year stint as head of a large European Coke bottler. "The system isn’t broken‚" Isdell told a BusinessWeek reporter at the time
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Many people say that this is the downfall of society‚ but is it? The World is Flat is a brief history of the Twenty-first Century written by Thomas L. Friedman. In Chapter Six‚ named The Untouchables goes over the problems of the society and how we can fix it. The chapter goes over the importance of upgrading your skills and how important your job can be. Friedman often states the concept of people starving for jobs in other countries such as India and China. Instead of people starving for food‚
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Residential Roof Extension: Flat or Pitched Roof? When many homeowners are faced with an expanding family‚ their first thought it that they must sell their current home and look to move into a larger house. However‚ most roofers will tell you that one of the easiest and most cost-effective ways of accommodating a larger family is to simply expand the size of your current home. While this project is fairly labor intensive‚ it allows your family to remain in the same property and prevents your children
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In chapter 5 in "The World is Flat" Friedman discusses America and Free Trade. Friedman lays out the basic arguments for and against free trade. Friedman first introduces this topic by stating that it is an issue "that needs sorting out immediately‚" followed by his personal experience of a problem with this issue while filming the Discovery Times documentary in Bangalore. The self-identified "free-trader" mentions David Ricardo’s theory of comparative advantage as the theoretical underpinning
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Earth is round. In recent times‚ the rumor of a flat Earth has come up. These rumors are supposedly supported by science and the Bible. They think that there is no question that the Earth is flat. In fact‚ there is even a Flat Earth Convention every year to talk about the flat Earth. Although many people think the world is flat‚ science shows that the Earth is round. Some people may have thought that people in the Middle Ages thought the world was flat. Unfortunately‚ every educated person in the Middle
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