Globalization

21 Pages 5164 Words

alibi for taking responsibility for what we say and do, of placing ourselves within the same world that we so willingly place others.

So what will I be talking about and how? How is important.
Firstly, I argue that the macro literature orders perceived events in a particular way to demonstrate that ‘globalisation’ or ‘restructuring’ is happening, and a particular vocabulary of concepts is constructed to show how and why it is happening. These ‘events’, the writers argue, must be responded to in particular ways by governments and organisations in order to succeed in this new ‘competitive’ and ‘global’ environment. The emphasis here is on increasing competitiveness through introducing high-quality, lean production processes, and marketing strategies aimed at quick response to customer demand.

Following this, I briefly examine how writers have perceived the Australian Government’s response to these ‘events’.

Thirdly, I show how writers on workplace change, even critical writers, largely accept that the ‘q...