Global networks

• Globalization


  The emergence of an international network, belonging to an economic and social system, born out of the inter-linkages of nation-states which has in varied ways influenced the life of people worldwide
• Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations
• Globalization is a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology
• Globalization has effects on the environment, on culture, on political systems, on economic development and prosperity, and on human physical well-being on societies around the world
• Migration


  A movement to another place, often of a large group of people
• Labor


  Work, especially hard physical work
• Labor migration


  The movement of persons from their home/country to another country for the purpose of employment
• Types of globalization


  • Economic globalization
  • Social globalization
  • Political globalization
  • Financial globalization
  • Technological globalization
  • Ecological globalization
  • Geographical globalization
• Economic globalization


  The increasing economic integration and interdependence of national, regional, and local economies across the world through an intensification of cross-border movement of goods, services, technologies and capital
• Examples of economic globalization

  • Trans-National Companies (TNCs) or Multinational Companies (MNCs)
  • World Trade Organization (WTO)
  • Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
• In 2019, China and South Korea followed Singapore as the largest investors in the Philippines
• Social globalization


  A social transformation or process leading to the achievement of people-centered development, referring to the sharing of ideas and information between and through different countries
• Examples of social globalization


  • The Internet
  • Social Media
  • International Films, TV shows
  • International books
  • United Nations General Assembly
  • Social Integration, Gender Equity and access to Social Services
  • HIV/AIDS Awareness
• Political globalization


  The development and growing influence of international organizations such as the UN or WHO, meaning governmental action takes place at an international level
• Examples of political globalization

  • European Union
  • War games
• Financial globalization


  The rise of a global financial system with international financial exchanges and monetary exchanges
• Examples of financial globalization


  • Stock markets
• Technological globalization


  The increasing speed of technological diffusion across the global economy, referring to the spread of technologies around the globe, and particularly from developed to developing nations
• Ecological globalization


  When ecosystems are constantly exchanging materials through the movement of air in the atmosphere, the flow of water in rivers and the migration of animals across the landscape
• Examples of ecological globalization


  • International treaties to deal with environmental issues like biodiversity, climate change, wildlife reserves
  • Montreal Protocol
• Geographical globalization


  The set of processes (economic, social, cultural, technological, institutional) that contribute to the relationship between societies and individuals around the world, a progressive process by which exchanges and flows between different parts of the world are intensified
• Examples of geographical globalization

  • Migration to major cities and first world countries has increased during the period of Globalization
• Collaboration


  Working together with others to achieve a common goal, unconditionally sharing everything and helping each other while mutually working together in cohesive "collective" in unusual roles embracing talents of each person to synergize or invent something new in a way that benefits all the groups, serves the whole team's goal, and may result in creative innovation
• Cooperation


  The process of working together to the same end, an active help from a person, organization etc. such as an orderly sharing of space and resources, functioning together within an independent "connective" in typical roles with workloads accepted as unequal to change something in a way that benefits some individuals in a group, meets their personal needs, and may result in disrupted innovation