What Does Globalization Really Mean?

December 25-2007:

What Does Globalization Really Mean?

Well here are two dictionary definitions:

* Growth to a global or worldwide scale:

* The Globalization of the communication industry:

According to the above definition, it seems to suggest that communication is the key to Globalization. Nothing was said about out sourcing of labor, the production processes, or the assembling of products cheaply overseas. Most people today globally are unable to truly explain what Globalization mean, how it works, who benefits in the long term, and which countries gain or losses the most. However, I am going to explore some of these same concerns a bit further. Because it is also one of my major concerns currently.

I believe that countries that do not have the technical know how, the skills in their national labor force, or the infrastructure to easily accommodate or move from the traditional way of the production process, such as labor intensive agrarian production, labor intensive commercial advertising, labor intensive packing processes, and labor intensive planting, reaping, and harvesting processes, are the ones that will suffer the most from Globalization.

Such countries must allow or consider allowing the necessary corporate skills to be imported into their economies, with restrictions and regulations, as to how these injections will be implemented, managed, supervised, and distributed. The political administration allied with the private sector should come together on such ventures as collaborators for these much needed economic changes. If government could align themselves with the private sector on certain national economic policies, desires, or necessities. All will benefit from this idea.

Both must be prepared to take whatever losses or gains derived therefrom also. And both must be prepared to prepare their workers, and populations on future economic needs, projected within any given period, in these countries. And with a national policy or plan for economic growth, survival, and purpose clearly spelled out nationally, via the media, community press, local media, and official gazettes. Every citizen and worker who is gainfully employed or not, would be prepared mentally and psychologically for what is to come.

The Shock Treatment of Globalization or global investment, out sourcing, and brain draining will be less feared, when people know that their government is striving to protect the working classes from total exploitation from foreign investors. Or that the commercial enterprises are on board with the government on any national policy that would be of benefit to both private investors, the working classes, and foreign investors alike.

Of course natural disasters like earthquakes, typhoons, tsunamis, and forest fires, which could hamper any internal plan or developmental process MUIST be planned for. Monies set aside for national disaster pre-paredness, and systems put in place for national warnings in case of a tsunami, hurricanes, or earthquakes.

Finally, Globalization is here to stay. And any country that does not prepare their economy or working people for these changes, will suffer the most from these exploits. Poor or poorer countries with little or no modern infrastructural systems in place to accommodate changes in the production, manufacturing, and services industries. Will suffer the most, if they fail to make the necessary preparations for it.

Poor countries or economies must seek help or assistance from anyone or any country that is willing to invest in their survival or economy. But must also be prepared to accommodate investors with some tax moratoriums or tax incentives. To lure them into these economies at the earlier stages of this investment.

Derryck S. Griffith.
Educator-Advocate & Blogger.