Thursday, 13 March 2014

week 7 revision

Week 7

Business and management will take the exam on 18 of March. I would like to focus on globalization. First of all, I will introduce the definition of globalization. Secondly, I will indicate the business strategic in terms of external and internal. Lastly, I will make a conclusion as well as solve the problem.


Globalization is the international integration of human activities with technology, goods and services due to have positive and negative affect on businesses. Globalization is very important for people who expand the business in another countries. It can greatly increase the standard of living for people.

In order to achieve global success, it must be considered the business strategies in terms of internal and external. As regarding internal strategies, exporting can have positive affect people to sell goods and services to other countries, because it more widely to gain profit from aboard. However, this is no operation to establish. Therefore, It saves more money for expenses such as electronic and wages. But, it also detrimental to economy of our own country, since more people decrease buying goods and services in their own country. That means the supply will be less, if the percentage of demand decrease at the same time. Therefore, it will appear more unemployment rapidly. On the other hand, direct investment can run a business and trade in other country. For instance, some countries build a manufactory in China, because China has cheaper wages for labour, which is benefit for cost of production. So it is good to develop a business. As far as we concern negative, it is likely to create pollution in some countries. If the government solve the problem, they may charge high tax to the industry, which create any pollution. That is one of the financial burdens to go business in the future if people keep paying a fine. In addition, e-commerce is buying goods and services from the Internet. This is a good business, as its convenience to the customer who buys a product at home. It also has cheaper costs to operate a business. For example, it has no cost of services, electronic expensive in the shop. So it saves more money. But, some people may worry about e-commerce; it may have potential negative effect people for safety. Maybe some products are fake or second hand. Moreover, it is hard to return the products as well as money if the customer is not satisfied about it. For external strategies, joint venture is meant two or more companies share the cost of investment in anther country. That is good for people who can share the risk and decision-making. It might be lose less profit. But it will be more opportunity to argue about the profit share. Franchising is a franchisor who agrees franchisee to use the brand name to run business in other countries. It can also help for advertising such as McDonald. But it may damage the reputation if worker has bad attitude. Furthermore, merger is a two or more business amalgamates as a single business. Merger can increase the money from other company of property rights. It can help a domestic business gain access to a market. But, the expenses will be high at the same time, as merger will become bigger company. In order to pay less money, an entrepreneur may reduce a number of employees. So it will increase unemployment. Finally, acquisition is a people takeover a company to manage a business. Actually it is the same advantages as a merger. There is more than one majority stakeholder to gain property rights as well as revenue. But it is badly affect to work efficiency for employee, because they may not adopt a new manager.


To sum up, globalization is significantly effect on business. In order to solve this problem, government ought to charge a high tax to protect the environment. This is not only benefit for society, but also benefit for individual such as fresh air and healthy life. From my perspective, I think this is good for business to increase motivation, because they may improve technology if a government to warn them.

Globalisation week 7

Week 7

Globalization is the human activity, which extend to all parts of the world. Globalization can be influence to economic, financial and trade. However, It also has more opportunity to communicate with all around the world.


Globalization can be positive effect economic for trading. There are considering the positive and negative. In terms of positive, most business is trading from all around the world, such as import and export. That is good to expand the business, since the money came from external. Therefore, the government is likely to gain money from tax. As a result the economic will be positive. As regarding negative of economic, some people will set up the manufactory to the developing countries, it is probably created more pollution as well as competition, such as China and India. It also damages the people’s health. People will spend the person cost to the hospital. So it is not only detrimental to the individual, and also costs to the society.


Culture is the characteristics of particular group of people from language, religion, social habits and so on. Some people like remaining the tradition culture without others. That is a barrier of trade when people come to your country. Homogenization is the culture that all people remain the same. That maybe affects people for positive and negative. Homogenization is benefit for people to run a business, since they don’t have conflict between culture and social habits. Some people may concern about homogenization. It may not ethic for some country such as history. Political is relating to government in its country. This is based on the relationship with different countries, since political may due to lost money if it’s occur civil war. However, Political can also use the communications systems during the international trade. So this is quite convenient.


To sum up, globalization can impact positive and negative for business. Sometime this can expand a business rapidly as well as survive for a long time. But this is essential to consider the negative such as pollution and barrier to run business.

Monday, 3 March 2014

Week 6:

International trade is the exchange goods and services that due to increase the money from aboard. As technological advanced can be positive impact on exports and imports. An export is shipping a goods and services from own country to others. As a result the money can earn from out of a country. An import is a good that people buy from external sources, which is supported by other countries rather than own country. Therefore, International trade is hopefully traded an export more than import, since exportation can gain the financial transaction.



There are several factors to consider the context of international trade, which are political, economic, socio-cultural, technological, legal and environmental. Political is organized control over a human community. Political is very important, if political is unstable, a government may spend the money on extra cost such as medical and civil war. However, economic will be based on the quantity of goods and services, which is the same estimated value to exchange. In addition, socio-culture is the consideration of what the people want commonly. Otherwise, some goods and services are likely to waste the cost as well as profit. Furthermore, technological advanced having positive effect for communicating with different nationality, and also benefit for working efficiency if people make decision. Moreover, Legal is depended on the law of other countries, which is the agreement for trade. For instance, drugs are probably illegal for some countries. So it may become trade barrier. Finally, environment is damaged by human activities. A government is strongly focus on the renewable resource due to have positive for environment, such as solar power. Otherwise, it will pay a fine as well as charge high taxes for using limited resources.



Overall, globalization can expand the international trade rapidly. Despite it will create more pollution as well as resources consumption, a government will take over responsibility to solve this problem such as high taxes. So I totally support with International trade.