2. The role of technology
• Technology has played a big role
in speeding up the process of
globalisation
• Advancements in transport
technologies for e.g. container
ships, aeroplanes, freight trains
and trucks, and in ICT have all
made the process of moving
people, money, goods and
information much quicker and
cheaper than ever before
3. Changes in transport
• Developments in transport
have led to fast growth in
global travel and the trade
• Important examples of such
transport include faster air
transport and ocean shipping
4. Faster air transport
• People and goods can travel between
the world’s major cities in less than a
day in some places
• This has led to:
• An increase in the tourism industry
• A variety of goods such as seafood
and fruit & vegetables being sent to
markets far away
• More online purchases from overseas
5. Ocean Shipping
• Super tankers carry bulk cargoes
such as oil and wheat
• Container ships carry large
containers filled with goods and
transported around the world by
sea
• Such transportation has made
shipping very efficient
6. Changes in ICT
• As a result of faster global
communications systems,
information can be sent and
received very quickly between
people; sometimes within seconds!!!
• Fibre-optic cables and satellites can
transmit signals such as phone calls
and internet information from one
location to another at a rapid speed
• Computers and the internet allow
people to access and share
information at a very fast rate
9. • A Transnational Corporation (TNC) is a corporation that
operates in more than one country at a time
• A TNC has its headquarters
in one country and operates
wholly or partially owned
subsidiaries in one or more
other countries
• It owns or controls production
in many countries
Transnational
Corporations
10. There are many different types of TNCs including
manufacturers of:
Takeaway food outlets – for e.g.
Oil – for e.g.
Soft drinks – for e.g.
Computers – for e.g.
Confectionary – for e.g.
Sportswear – for e.g.
Car – for e.g.
Retail – for e.g.
11. TNCs and Developing Countries
• There are many reasons why TNCs have operations in
developing countries such as:
• Access to natural resources
• Lower labour costs
• Cheaper land
• At the same time, developing
countries allow TNCs to operate
in them because they:
• Create jobs for local people
• Encourage investment and development
• Improve living standards
12. Using an atlas and/or
Google Earth, locate
developing countries
Where are they?
15. • A shop or factory in which employees work for
long hours at low wages and under unhealthy
conditions
• It is any workplace in which workers are exposed
to extreme exploitation. This includes not
providing:
• workers with benefits,
• acceptable working conditions, or;
• a living wage
What is a sweatshop?
16. • Children and adults work very long hours in
unsafe environments where workers are:
• harassed,
• intimidated,
• forced to work overtime, and;
• forced to work in dangerous and unhealthy
environments
In a sweatshop
20. 5 Key Responsibilities of
TNCs
1. Do not use forced or compulsory labour
2. Respect the rights of children
3. Provide a safe and healthy working environment
4. Pay workers enough to ensure and adequate standard of
living
5. Recognise the rights of employees to join unions and other
organisations
22. • Through globalisation, the world is becoming
more standardised
Standardisation – making things the same
• Wherever you travel in the world, there are
signs of Western culture seen in food, clothes
and music
• As a result, local cultures are being damaged
23.
24.
25. • Culture includes:
languages, beliefs, customs and traditions
• Cultures have changed through trade,
migration, tourism, ICT and the media
26. Explain why this scene is an example of the cultural
impacts of globalisation
27. The benefits of globalisation
outweigh the costs of
globalisation