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
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DISCUSS HOW ICT HAS CHANGED MODERN SOCIETY Our modern day world becomes more and more modern every day‚ with new technologies and advances coming up. ICT impacts all parts of our lives‚ and has had a massive impact to society‚ the environment and its future. Information and Communication technology opened up a whole new industry in the work sector‚ and that is clearly one of its many advantages. The ICT industry in Australia alone employs over 541‚000 professionals. Meaning over half a million
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ICT investment trends in small enterprises Enterprise ICT spending patterns through to the end of 2015 Released On 15th November 2014 Summary This report presents the findings from a survey of 1‚109 small enterprises regarding their Information & Communications Technology (ICT) investment trends. The survey investigates how small enterprises currently allocate their ICT budgets across the core areas of enterprise ICT expenditure: hardware‚ software‚ IT services‚ communications‚ and consulting. Key
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Assignment 1: The World is Flat 3.0 (10 points) Listen to Tom Friedman’s MIT talk titled “The World is Flat 3.0” and answer the following questions. Your answers must be short‚ succinct‚ and structured‚ and not of the rambling type. The suggested total length of your answers is 1-2 pages. 1. According to Friedman‚ what are the differences between Globalization 1.0‚ 2.0‚ and 3.0? What was the key driver for each phase of globalization? (3 points) Globalization 1.0 was built around countries having
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An analytic paper on the two books: The World is Flat of Thomas Friedman and Making Globalization Work of Joseph Stiglitz Globalization is process of integration. It is spread all through several fields‚ such as politics‚ culture‚ economy‚ technology and the environment. Internationally‚ these fields are going through a period of conversion and evolution causing this world to turn out to be homogenous and flat. Even nations in the Third World are having the prospects only the developed countries
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Dissecting “The World Is Flat”‚ Thomas L. Friedman “I was in Bangalore‚ India‚ the Silicon Valley of India‚ when I realized that the world was flat.” – Thomas L. Friedman‚ “The World Is Flat” After reading “The World Is Flat” by Thomas L. Friedman‚ I understood the significance of globalization during the twenty-first century. I learned the progression of globalization and the significant changes it has had on the economy and world as a whole. Friedman establishes his text based on the many
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Throughout World War Two‚ it was not only the Allied Leaders’ goal to defeat the Axis power‚ but to create a peaceful post war. They had to be cooperative‚ cunning‚ and diligent in order to accomplish their intents. The Allied Leaders were successful during World War Two based on their individual backgrounds‚ motivations‚ and the events they participated in. The “Big Three”‚ or Allied leaders‚ were Franklin Delano Roosevelt the U.S. president‚ Winston Churchill the Prime Minister of Great Britain
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Evaluate the Effectiveness of Using ICT to Support Teaching and Learning The use of ICT to support teaching and learning incorporates more than the obvious use of computers in the classroom. It includes technology that is used to help children with disabilities. For example children with hearing impairments may need to use hearing aids which is a piece of technology that allows the child to have enhanced hearing. There are six types of hearing aids open to those with hearing impairments; completely
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World War II was a terrible time for the Jews. Close to six million Jews died over the course of the War in Europe. This meant America had the largest Jewish population in the world. After the events of World War II‚ Jews didn’t know where to turn to; the once great sanctions of Judaism were in need of guidence with no one to lead them except for the dominant reform judaism in the United States and eventually Israel with the more conservative view on Judaism. While rebuilding Judaism in post-World
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Horses and mules are such a huge part of our world history and had such a huge impact on the wars that people fought. Both horses and Mules were used in all the wars from the Battle of Kadesh to World War 1. They really changed history and the way that people fought‚ without horses who knows where we would be. The horses and mules were used as mainly a source of transportation but the horses would be the ones to go into enemy fire. World War 1 was the last war where horses were actually used to
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