Orientation & What is Globalization?
Class: IS403 Created Time: October 1, 2021 2:20 PM Database: Class Notes Database Last Edited Time: December 1, 2021 7:02 PM Type: Lecture
- Different important questions to be answered in the course
- Cambodia affected by the spread of SARS, but not so serious as with COVID-19
- More affected due to higher levels of globalization
- How could we measure degree of globalization?
- History, Origin, measurement methods/frameworks for globalization
- What are the impacts of globalization? focus on this
- Globalization can have both good and bad impacts
- We have to prepare to cope with or adapt to the negative impacts
- Security: does globalization make us more or less secure? Transnationalism
- Politics: impact of globalization on democracy?
- Economic: does globalization help with economic development?
- Environment: does globalization make our environment more polluted or purer?
- Social: does globalization make us richer or poorer?
- Globalization can have both good and bad impacts
- What policies can be adopted to deal with globalization?
- What measures can companies, institution, states take to cope with upcoming issues and crises from globalization.
- Debate on future of globalization, digital globalization, …
- Cambodia affected by the spread of SARS, but not so serious as with COVID-19
- Use all these information in a research project
- There are reading materials to give details
- There cannot be one definition, framework, or guidelines to follow in dealing with globalization
- You have to know them all and think by yourself which is best
Assignment
- Topic Presentation: He gives us the freedom, creativity to pick our own topics and questions we’d like to explore.
- He won’t trap us in any specific topic you don’t want to learn about
- Term Paper + Presentation is assigned topics in Cambodia
- How globalization impacted aspects of Cambodia
In-Class Activity
- Read before class
- In class 20-30 minutes to share everything you read
- Don’t expect to come to class and learn from lectures
- Assigned class readings, share, then lect will add things we missed, examples, and give answers to questions
- We note down all the key points
- lect won’t give powerpoint slides
Semester Exam
- No MCQ, True/False, matching, defition
- There will be high order questions
- Ability to explain, compare, contrast, evaluate, analyze, argue, frameworks, concepts, weaknesses, strengths, connection between cause and result, policy recommendation for certain issues of globalization
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Formal submission of absent request
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Try and use your own examples put in your own words either in Assignments or Tests and not just what examples lect mentioned
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Discussion on concepts of globalization October 1, 2021 3:30 AM 20-30 minutes come back at October 1, 2021 4:10 AM Group 5:
What is Globalization?
- Define what globalization is without looking at material
- Globalization is how the world has seemingly gotten closer togethe
- cosmopolitanism
- communication became instant
- transportation between countries become effortless
- every culture reach every corner of the world
- Many ethnicities all over the place
- What are the examples or contributions to globalization?
- Les importance of borders transnationalism
- Silk road, BRI, not only spread economic activity but also cultural
- Globalization is how the world has seemingly gotten closer togethe
- How to measure globalization?
- what methods?
- level of diversity in society
- Flow of trade, FDI, trade relations,
- Diplomatic embassy
- Functional organization: airports
- Cultural exchange programs operated by schools and governments to expose
- Internet
- Indicators on Globalization must be a variable that is measurable.
- We will learn this in the lessons on frameworks of indicators