...Wozniak discover Apple Computer Incorporated in 1976. In 1982 Apple became the first personal computer company to reach one billion dollars in sales. Apple is the 5th largest company worldwide because Apple incorporates globalization, technology, innovation, diversity, and ethics along with the four functions of management to increase profits. The main goal of Apple is to distribute products such as the I-phone, desktop computers, and notebooks to consumers worldwide. Managers need to use the four functions of management such as planning to understand the consumer wants and needs. Apple set the speed for innovation. Apple creates a workplace and products for diversity. Diversity means people in a workplace have different races, genders, sexual orientation, and nationality. Ethics is a set of rules to explain how associates should act in the workplace. Apple uses ethics and the four functions of management to create a workplace that is free of harassment and provides a safe working condition for employees. Delegation, which is management giving tasks to lower employees also uses the four functions of management. Today Apple is the leader in globalization, technology, innovation, diversity, and ethics because those factors affect the functions of management. Globalization Apple receives its products from Foxconn, which is in China and is the 5th largest company worldwide. The main goal of Apple is to provide the best product technology to its consumers globally. Some Apple products...
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...policies that govern air, water, food, transportation, technology, taxes, health and immigration. But this is not an exclusive list of Canadian public polices. Two domains of public policy are domestic and foreign. Internal rules and regulations that govern within a nations border are known as domestic policies (Gale, 2008). Foreign polices are diametric in that they consist of international relations that take place outside a nation’s border (Elman, XXXX, p. X). When take together on a global scale, they can be described as global public policies. Globalization can be defined by “homogenized culture, a global economy, and a borderless world” (McBride, 2011, p. 10). To fully understand globalization one should consider all aspects such as, social, culture, technology, economic and political. Globalization has mainly impacted foreign policy, but it has also had an effect on domestic policies. Both policies are not only influenced by globalization, there are various other factors that contribute to the formation of public policies. Often times it can prove difficult to separate the effects that impact both forms of public policy because they are intertwined. Need thesis statement – what are you arguing or exploring in this paper. Also, should there be definitions in your intro? Maybe consider breaking the intro into 2 paragraphs. Governmental policies in Canada today continue to change and evolve along with the needs of people and the consequences of globalization. More recently...
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...Globalization Name: Institutional affiliations: This paper focuses on highlighting how the processes of globalization have changed the experiences of growing up and being educated in for the adolescent children aged 12 to 15 in Australia. Globalization is the process by which organizations and businesses establish international relations through the exchange of world business views and ideas, culture and products with other nations of the world. These businesses and organizations then start to operate and trade on an international scale. Globalization can be attributed to advances in the industrial sector, changes in the transportation and telecommunication systems, infrastructural changes, and the rise in the internet culture and development. The interplay of these forces in politics, religion and economies influence the economic trends of each country. Some of the social effects of globalization to the world economy include: poverty reduction due to increase in the wages and employment rate in the participative developing countries, improved healthcare provision due to the registered decline in the maternal and infant mortality rates, the provision of better educational standards, in line with the global millennium developmental goals. However globalization has also been viewed as a key in increasing the unemployment rates in the third world countries due to massive sacking of workers, high poverty rates and low income generation among the working...
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...Political Political factors have a very minimal effect on the operations of eBay. However, there are some countries that have put up policies that are affecting the various operations of the firm. The effect of globalization must also be acknowledged as having a great influence on the various operations of the firm. The effects of globalization will lead to the continued expansion of the firm. Globalization has led to the growth of international commerce between people who are located in different countries. The effect of this trend is an increase in the markets that the firm serves. Apart from the effect of globalization, the operations of eBay are also affected by the different government policies especially those that govern e-commerce (Klink E. & Klink S., 2005). The company is required to comply with various legal requirements within countries of operation, thus creating a major challenge on the company`s operations. The policies have come through varied regulatory instruments which are geared towards making the various activities that are carried out online to be safe and secure. This will have an effect of increasing the operating costs of the varied online businesses. eBay Inc. is an American multinational corporation that was founded in 1995 and it has continued to grow its revenues in the online auction industry. The company currently operates in more than thirty countries across the world. The net income of the firm stood at $1.8 billion with revenue levels of...
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...it possible to further shorten this considerably. 3. Knowledge dissemination has created awareness, consciousness, and hence empowerment unparalleled in the past. The very rising grass roots opposition to the negative by products of globalization is an evidence of the positive force that economic globalization has created. 4. The capacity to generate wealth has accelerated beyond belief. Negative Outcomes: 1. Rising socio-economic insecurity; mainly due to the rapid transitionary period currently underway. 2. Financial market instability across the globe with huge socio-economic and human costs. 3. Political and ideological tensions emanating from the undesirable manifestations of the evolving global order. 4. The mismatch between the economic and financial system and the historic institutions that have been designed to govern the global economic and financial system. 5. Etc.. The Dichotomy of Economic Globalization Increasingly, the welfare of nations is becoming inter-dependent. This has been a process over centuries, culminating in today's evolving world order in which the powerful and the weak, the poor and the rich nations have become organically interrelated. However, the process of socio-economic globalization has highlighted some major fault lines in the existing socio-economic order - which is rapidly degenerating into a global 'disorder'. Despite this evident inter-dependence, a substantial proportion of global society suffers from grinding...
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...Globalization “The standardization of world culture, with local popular or traditional forms driven out or dumbed down to make way for American television, American music, food, clothes and films, has been seen by many as the very heart of globalization”. This was stated by an American literary critic, Frederick Jamerson. Globalization is the process in which a company or organization expands internationally. Globalization is not new, for thousands of years, people and corporations have been buying and selling to each other in lands at great distances. Likewise, for centuries, people and corporations have invested in enterprises in other countries. This current wave of globalization has been driven by policies that have opened economies domestically and internationally. According to Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy, since the Second World War, and especially during the past two decades, many governments have adopted free-market economic systems, vastly increasing their own productive potential and creating new opportunities for international trade and investment. Governments also have negotiated dramatic reductions in barriers to commerce and have established international agreements to promote trade in goods, services, and investment. Taking advantage of new opportunities in foreign markets, corporations have built foreign factories and established production and marketing arrangements with foreign partners. A defining feature of globalization, therefore, is an international...
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...University of Phoenix Material Philosophy Matrix Field | Definition | Historical Developments | Schools Of Thought | Key Contributors | Principal Issues | Epistemology | The study of knowledge: What constitutes knowledge, the nature of knowledge, and whether knowledge is possible | Pre-Socratics observe and seek to define physical phenomena.Socrates studied human behavior and tried to determine the essential nature of knowledge.Aristotle sought to categorize his observations.The Scientific RevolutionNewtonian influencesFreudian influence | SkepticismRealismConceptualismNominalismEmpiricismRationalismAbsolute IdealismExistentialismPhenomenologyHermeneuticsStructuralismDeconstructionCritical TheoryPragmatismBehaviorismFunctionalism | ThalesAnaximanderAnaximenesLeucippusDemocritusSocratesPlatoAristotlePyrrhoDescartesLockeBerkeleyHumeKantHegelSchopenhauerKierkegaardNietzscheSartreHeideggerFoucaultDerridaRortyJamesDeweyRussell | What is knowledge?What can be known?Is knowledge possible?How do we attain knowledge?Can we trust our memory?How does language affect what we know? | Metaphysics | The study of being: The nature of being and what characteristics make up being | Plato developed the theory of forms and introduced skepticism about reality.Aristotle coined the word metaphysics.Augustine reconciled Platonism with Christianity.Aquinas reconciled Aristotle with Christianity.The Scientific RevolutionIntelligent design...
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...internal and external factors affect the four function of the Habitat for Humanity organization. Internal and External Factors In any business management is responsible for making sure that the business is successful and that the jobs are being done effectively and efficiently. Management ensures that this happens by using the four functions of management. These four functions of management are planning, organizing, leading, and controlling The most important of the functions is planning. Planning gives us an idea of what can actually be done with the resources that are available. In order to successfully finishing all four functions that are required of management, planning must be thorough. This phase should include a plan on how the company’s goals and objectives should be achieved. Because of the many external and internal factors that can affect any endeavor, a company may have to adapt its course of action over the long haul if it wants to accomplish the goals and objectives set forth in the...
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...Surysekar Discussion Essay “TWO WORLDS ACCOUNTING IS OKAY FOR NOW” By: Ramon Ramirez George Bush Sr. once said“…We are facing with the opportunity to forge, for ourselves and for future generations, a New World Order. A World where the rule of law, not the law of the Jungle, governs the conduct of Nations…A World…in which a credible United Nations can use its peace keeping role to fulfill the promise and visions of the UN founders. ” The world was listening and since then, globalization started to lurk around the hemisphere. Business has gone as usual, yet people ignored the reality that with so many treaties, so many agreements, so many compromises, the Big Wide World as we knew it once, was becoming so small that anyone would hold it in the palm of one hand. Business Globalization, once seemed to be impossible, now a reality of life. Companies throughout the world conduct business and interrelate with each other, regardless of race or culture. The obvious next step is accounting globalization. The Convergence is not a new concept; according to Mark Conmy (2011) “convergence has been discussed for almost a decade...is a done deal.” These words might bring hope to those who expect the changes as a positive solution to a new world order. But, Floyd Norris, in his article “Accounting that comes in flavors, differs from Mr. Conmy. Norris says “The world was supposed to be moving to a single set of high quality accounting standards…That is not going to happen...
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...‘Is there a democratic deficit at the heart of the EU?’ Plan: Intro: -What is a democratic deficit? The European Union (EU) is a unique economic and political union of 27 member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU operates through a system of supranational independent institutions and intergovernmental negotiated decisions by the member states. Important institutions of the EU include the European Commission, the Council of the European Union, the European Council, the Court of Justice of the European Union, and the European Central Bank. The European Parliament is elected every five years by EU citizens. It is often implied that the EU has a withholds some elements of a democratic deficit. A democratic deficit can be described as when a democratic institution or organisation, is seen as not fulfilling its democratic foundations when the operations and practices of that organisation become potentially undemocratic. A good example of this in the UK would be the view that the House of Lords increases the UK Parliaments democratic deficit, as the peers that sit in the House of Lords are neither elected nor accountable. I shall depict in the following essay both the arguments that provide the basis for there being a democratic deficit within the EU, and those that suggest that the EU has become/is more democratic than made out to be. Main body: - Elite domination is often a widely discussed cause of the democratic deficit within the EU. Germany and France...
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...and assigning specific task to each individual to complete. Leading is a task performed by a manager who is a high performer who motivates and responds to employees on a professional level. Controlling is a way the manager can monitor and keep track of all performance levels and make changes as needed. All four functions of management are the key concepts to successful management. The five internal and external factors that have a great effect in the decision making process are as follows; globalization, technology, innovation, diversity, and ethics. The competition of business is always changing and managers must change the way they do business with people around the world. In this paper we will discuss the organization of Apple and how it uses strategic planning and organizational tools successfully to manage and market technology. We will discuss using examples of the five internal and external factors, and how they affect the functions of management in the organization of Apple. Globalization is the process of enabling financial and investment markets to operate worldwide. Some main factors of globalization are advances in transportation and high organization of telecommunications, including the rising of the internet. Globalization has caused increased results of population growth, cultural exchange, investments, and emergent economies. The process of globalization has affected Apple by international market management and production network geared towards global competition...
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...factors that affect these four functions of management. The following will explain how these factors affect the functions of management in Globalization, Innovation, Diversity, Ethics, and Technology. Globalization Capital One Bank, as a credit card giant and one of the worlds’ strongest banks, has evolved with the current market. Globalization allows businesses to interact and trade past traditional geographic and political boundaries. This allows businesses, like Capital One Bank, to platform commerce. Production, customer service, development, and marketing strategies are internal factors to globalization according to the intelligent business plan website. The external factors include new market environments in which any and every business has to be accustomed to (Taylor, 2012). Knowing this information concludes that the manager has to exemplify immaculate planning skills. Planning specifies the goals to be achieved, weighing discrepancies, positive and negative outcomes, and appropriate options to achieve the goals presented. Globalization also includes branding and so on. This should be developed internally to know how to market externally. Capital One Bank is an example of witty branding. Their slogan, “What’s In Your Wallet” has brought many new costumers into their facilities. Consumer analysis and market analysis when globalizing should be considered. An in-depth consumer analysis, internally, has brought Capital One bank much success, and will continue to do so in the...
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...trumpeted here, as well as conditions necessary for a transition to communism. This work was written in 1848 and represents a stark contrast to The Wealth of Nations in principle and in theory. Much has resulted from this manuscript and its ideas as can still be seen in the world today. Lastly, Japan’s Gross National Cool represents modern economic thought. Written in 2002, its basic thesis is that Japan is becoming a superpower again, but it is not becoming a military superpower (being kept out of the Security Council) or an economic superpower (having the same credit rating as Botswana). Instead, it's becoming a superpower of mass culture, an arena where the United States has reigned supreme for the past few decades. This article reflects globalization and the...
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...ideology. Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology. This process has effects on the environment, on culture, on political systems, on economic development and prosperity, and on human physical well-being in societies around the world. : all those processes by which the peoples of the world are incorporated into a single world society. : Globalization can thus be defined as the intensification of worldwide social relations which link distant localities in such a way that local happenings are shaped by events occurring many miles away and vice versa. For eg. Recession US eg The International Monetary Fund (IMF) identified four basic aspects of globalization: trade and transactions, capital and investment movements, migration and movement of people and the dissemination of knowledge. Further, environmental challenges such as climate change, cross-boundary water, air pollution, and over-fishing of the ocean are linked with globalization. Globalizing processes affect and are affected by business and work organization, economics, socio-cultural resources, and the natural environment. Globalization is deeply controversial, however. Proponents of globalization argue that it allows poor countries and their citizens to develop economically and raise their standards of living, while opponents of globalization claim...
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...companies are beginning to expand their business internationally or globally. The advances in technology, and with the use of internet, television shows and politics we see the mention of globalization everywhere. What in fact is globalization, and how has it affected the business world today? When it comes to doing business internationally or globally, there are many different factors that one must take into consideration such as language and culture barriers, negotiation of contracts and various laws concerning issues such as intellectual property rights. With all of these various factors why are companies still looking to expand internationally? How do business and companies survive with all the laws and other forces they have to contend with? This paper will discuss globalization, what it is, and what effect it has had on the business world today. It will also discuss how to overcome language and culture barriers, the various laws business owners and managers need to be aware of and how to negotiate a legal contract. Finally this paper will discuss my own ideas of marketing a professional organization business internationally, and how it would benefit the international market, along with my personal view of international expansion and how I feel faith and your business principles should be integrated together. How International Expansion has affected the Business world today Many companies want to become successful both at home and internationally, so they look towards...
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