I like to read
books. The most memorable book I have read is “The World is flat” by Thomas
Friedman. I read this book in my CIS 2200 class. This is the most entertaining
book I have read last semester. The book talks about how the world is getting
flat in the 21 century. Nowadays everything
has an equal opportunity. For example, people have been using same technologies
all over the world in the same time. Most countries are now using internet as a
worldwide web. Also the book talks about the world as a level playing field in
terms of commerce. Friedman defines ten
"flatteners" that he sees as leveling the global playing field. The one I like the most is Outsourcing. Outsourcing
talks about how companies split works and services into components which can be
subcontracted in the most cost efficient way. For instance many company
manufacturing in china because of cheap labor and cost efficient. Another one I like is offshoring. This book talks
about company’s manufacturing to a foreign land to talk advantage of cheap
labor and cheap operation. For example, now businesses have expanded to Malaysia,
Mexico, Bangladesh and Brazil. To conclude, I agree with Thomas Friedman idea
and his ten flatteners that the world is becoming flat and we are all equal.
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I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE WORLD IS FLAT AND WE ARE ALL EQUAL. IF WE TRACE BACK ALL THE WAY TO WHEN MEN WAS FIRST CRRATED,WE WERE ALL CRRATED EQUAL
ReplyDeleteI agree with your comments. This books provide us equal opportunity to observe the world. Nowadays companies use these advanced technologies to enhance their products and promotions as well. People use internet in daily basis. We can use these resources to help us to communicate better.
ReplyDeleteI like the way you describe Technology. Renovation of technology expand our vision wider and allows us dream farther. Networking narrow our distances globally. Internet communications zoom in our social world conveniently meanwhile allows us share joys and care.
ReplyDeleteThats a very interesting perspective on the world
ReplyDeleteI certainly agree to this idea of the world becoming flatter. It used to be that the internet was only used for military purposes, but now it has expanded its usage across globally and now even people like us can get access to it. The way that businesses are playing out their business strategies into outsourcing and off shoring are very interesting topics to talk about and learn from it. We all raise questions in matters of how ethically sound the company is in terms of their strategies.
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