CROSS CULTURAL MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION 2022

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Globalization refers to the increasing interdependence of people upon each other due to
increased trade across the borders in terms of goods and services, people, technology and others.
Some of the biggest examples of how organizations have become successful through
globalization are McDonalds. The assertion made by Johan Norberg that globalization is good
includes discussion on the fact that globalization refers to free trade in any country and it leads to
economic growth of the country. On the other hand, Naomi Klien is of the opinion that the
process of globalization is understood by the corporations these days as a way of earning profits
not by making products but by creation of identities that are branded. That is the major reason for
campaigns of anti-corporations by the activists (Akbari & Shahnazari, 2016). The main aim of
the paper is to compare, evaluate and analyse each of the separate view points on the topic of
globalization as given by Naomi and by Norberg. The paper will discuss about the point of the
view of both the authors about globalization, make use of theories in order to understand the
different behaviours in the present world, make use of examples and others.
Being a manager who supports the cross culture in the organization I agree with Johan
because he has clearly explained how globalization can not only help countries but also different
multinational corporations (Lachner, von Saucken & Lindemann, 2015). According to Johan
Noberg globalization is good and that is the reason why many countries have become
economically rich today which was not so rich before globalization. Therefore he basically
explains the reasons why globalization is important and what will happen in the absence of the
same. Johan travels to different countries such as Vietnam, Kenya and Taiwan in order to prove
that how anti-globalization movements are dangerous for countries and to support the idea of
global capitalism. According to his findings, there is an unequal distribution of wealth due to
which some people are born ion hunger while other are born in riches. In order to understand the

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same Johan decided to travel to different places to understand and explain the impacts of
globalizations in different countries and the absence of the same. Therefore in his opinion, the
main problem being faced by different nations is not the presence of too much of globalization,
or capitalism or multinational corporations but the absence of the same (Zöllner, 2019).
Therefore his assertion that Globalization is good is based on the case study of two different
countries that were equally poor about 50 years ago and they were Kenya and Taiwan. However,
with globalization, Taiwan becomes much richer than Kenya. The entrepreneurs and the farmers
of Taiwan were able to develop the country by making use of market economy and made use of
global trade. On the other hand, Kenya was not ready for globalization and as a result is still poor
(Ramsey & Lorenz, 2016). They are suffering from some major issues such as corruption, lack of
any property rights and others. Therefore the unequal distribution of wealth in the country is a
result of capitalism. An example of the role of multinational corporations as a result of
globalization can be seen in Vietnam, where companies like Nike are helping in poverty
reduction, rapid economic growth of the country, and providing various other advantages
because the company is providing wages that no other company in that country is providing and
moreover the working conditions are also very good. Other local companies try to see and
understand the multinationals operate to adopt the same and still many people say that MNC’s
exploit economically backward countries. Therefore the poor countries are remaining poor
because of their lack of participation in globalization. Therefore according to Johan there are
multiple advantages of globalization and that is why globalization is good for countries and
organizations.
On the other hand, authors like Naomi Klien are of the opinion that Multinational
corporations are becoming symbols of brand worldwide in order to earn profits and not through