Globalisation is changing employment sectors in both the developed and developing world. It is opening up new jobs and opportunities in some places, while eliminating traditional jobs in others. For women in developing countries, globalisation has provided increased access to education and urban jobs, though many also work in difficult conditions in factories. For men in developed countries, globalisation has reduced access to long-held manufacturing jobs. Overall, globalisation brings both benefits and challenges for different groups through its economic impacts and restructuring of employment sectors worldwide.

1. 3.1b GLOBALISATION is
changing EMPLOYMENT
SECTORS in both the
DEVELOPED and
DEVELOPING WORLD
TOPIC
3-
GLOBALISATION

2. DO YOU KNOW THESE GLOBAL
INSTITUTIONS?

3. WHO ARE THE WTO?
In your own
words write
down what the
WTO is.
There are a number of ways of looking at the World Trade Organization.
1. It is an organization for trade opening.
2. It is a forum for governments to negotiate trade agreements.
3. It is a place for them to settle trade disputes.
4. It operates a system of trade rules.
5. Essentially, the WTO is a place where member governments try to sort
out the trade problems they face with each other.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iywG3_EG1c

4. What does this
say about the
WTO?

5. EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF GLOBALISATION ON
DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE (MEN AND WOMEN
IN DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING WORLD)
 Brainstorm any impacts you can think of
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sBMOH
pPZTI
 What does the video suggest are some of the
impacts of GLOBALISATION?

6. There are more jobs
Has meant thousands of
Women in the UK have increased job available in
women in Kenya have
opportunities in flexible, part time
developing countries,
access to land which
employment especially
especially in
previously they did not Women and men in the developing world
manufacturing and
under Kenyan law
have access to urban (city) secondary and increasingly in
tertiary too
Women in the
tertiary jobs
developing world have Men in the East end of London have reduced access to secondary
increased access to
jobs in car manufacturing that their fathers did
education
Many men in developing Many men in developing countries
have to leave their rural homes and
Many women in countries nations feel work is
children with elderly relatives in
better paid and regular
like Bangladesh work in
in factories compared to countries like China, to work in
‘sweatshops’ for TNCs,
factories
farming which can be
stitching clothes for low
affected by the weather In the UK, fewer full time jobs in
pay, in tough conditions
with limited or no breaks
secondary industries, and more part
time tertiary jobs than 50 years ago
Task
Women in developed
Sort these statements into following groups and draw them
countries have more
into a table
access to work compared
1) Globalisations impact on men in the developed world
to 50 years ago when
2) Globalisations impact on women in the developed world
more jobs were labour
3) Globalisations impact on men in the developing world
intensive- so now women
4) Globalisations impact on women in the developing world
are more equal

7. MEN IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD
Men in the East end of London have reduced access to secondary
jobs in car manufacturing that their fathers did
In the UK, fewer full time jobs in secondary industries, and more
part time tertiary jobs than 50 years ago

8. MEN IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD
Many men in developing
nations feel work is
better paid and more
consistent in factories
compared to farming
which can be affected by
the weather
Women and men in the developing world
have access to urban secondary and
tertiary jobs
Many men in developing countries
have to leave their rural homes and
children with elderly relatives in
countries like China, to work in
factories
There are more jobs
available in
developing countries,
especially in
manufacturing and
increasingly in
tertiary too

9. WOMEN IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD
Women are more equal in
the jobs market
Women in the UK have increased job
opportunities in flexible, part time
employment especially in retail sector.
As male dominated
employment of the past
(mainly secondary) has
declined, this has led to
increased pressure on
women in the developed
world to have jobs

10. WOMEN IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD
Women in developed
countries have increased
access to flexible work
compared to 50 years ago
when more jobs were
labour intensive- so now
women are more equal
Women in the
developing world have
increased access to
education
There are more jobs
available in
developing countries,
especially in
manufacturing and
increasingly in
tertiary too
Women and men
in the developing
world have
access to urban
secondary and
tertiary jobs
Many women in countries
like Bangladesh work in
‘sweatshops’ for TNCs,
stitching clothes for
minimal pay, in tough
conditions with limited or
no breaks

11. EXAM PRACTICE QUESTION
Task
Turn to page 174. Draw the spider diagram showing the impacts on the developed
and developing world
What have been the two broad changes mentioned at the top of the page?
 Outline the role global institutions have on creating a
more globalised world ( 2)
 Explain the potential impacts of globalisation on one group
of people (4)