Management and Organizations in a Global Environment: Report Analysis

This report delves into the complexities of global management, exploring the impact of globalization on organizations and their operational strategies. It examines the perspectives of Thomas Friedman and Pankaj Ghemawat on globalization, analyzing the differing views on the extent and nature of global interconnectedness. The report also investigates the role of cultural dimensions in shaping management practices, emphasizing the challenges and opportunities that arise from cultural diversity. It highlights the need for organizations to adapt to a global environment, considering the interplay of national cultures and the rise of globalized interactions. The report concludes by suggesting that globalization, while creating challenges, can also foster a more harmonious and interconnected world through increased interaction and respect.

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The world is flat and the Globalization eras
According to Friedman, the globalization can be dived into three eras depending on their
individual characteristics. He identified first phase of globalization as the nations’ interacting
with each other in the period of 1400 to 1800 (Thomas Friedman’s Three Eras of Globalization,
2008). He explained that the second phase experienced the higher level of globalization during
1800 to 2000. In this period the companies around the world globalised with each other. He
believes that these two eras were successful in the globalization as they successfully brought
people closer and enhanced the economic activity. However the globalization mostly occurred
among the nations, organizations and groups. In the third phase of globalization, individual’s
power increased as they engaged in individual globalizing. The individuals control it by their
own wish only their own interest focused, so it is dangerous (Thomas Friedman’s Three Eras of
Globalization, 2008).
Through this explanation of the third phase of globalization he concluded that the world is now
flat. The people from all over the world interact without any limits and so easily and the
societies, religious lives, politics, economy and geographical time frame integrated in such a way
that the world has become flat (What Thomas Friedman means when he says “The World is
Flat”, 2008).
Pankaj Ghemawat presented a different perspective by stating that the world might not be so
globalized as proposed by Friedman. He discussed that such parameters like communication,
direct investment, exports and immigration do not support the idea (Ghemawat, 2016).
However after exploring those two contradictory theories, it is undeniable that the world
dynamics has changed due to the increased level of individual, organizations or countries’

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interaction (Kim, 2009). The dynamics that each country offers is different from other countries
so Hofstede suggested parameters cannot be applied to determine a nation’s culture even though
the socialization, economy and changed cultural dimensions and peoples’ minds (Ghemawat,
2016). Every country has tried to retain their own culture and tradition based dynamics, at the
same time the people are experiencing the globalization creating a mutual space of inetrset and
respect (Piketty & Goldhammer, n.d.). Therefore the wave of globalization could not hamper the
national culture and identity. Indirectly globalization led to increase the value of national culture
by the explosion of norms and cultural values that the globalization caused. However cultural
conflicts can arise but globalization is capable of minimizing it through the individual interaction
and participates actively in creating a globalized world with more harmony.

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Reference
Ghemawat, P. (2016). Actually, the world isn’t flat. Ted.com. Retrieved 20 August 2017, from
http://www.ted.com/talks/pankaj_ghemawat_actually_the_world_isn_t_flat
Kim, J. (2009). Cultural dimensions of strategy and policy. Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies
Institute, U.S. Army War College.
Piketty, T. & Goldhammer, A. Capital in the twenty-first century.
Thomas Friedman’s Three Eras of globalization. (2008).
What Thomas Friedman means when he says “The World is Flat”. (2008).