How Will Globalization Affect Your Career?

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How Will Globalization Affect Your Career?

Globalization is referred to as ‘a necessary evil’ by many scholars. In as much as it has brought with it many technological advancements and advantages, globalization is also responsible for the numerous emerging global issues such as war and terrorism. For Friedman, advancements in telecommunications and technology as a whole have ‘flattened’ the world such that it is no longer a globe, but a flat plane in which the economy has weakened and the assurance of economic stability is nil. The world has become a phenomenon quickly unfolding before the eyes of its occupants due to the unstoppable rate that globalization is rising and spreading. As Freidman puts it, globalization will not adapt to anyone’s pace, but everyone’s pace will have to adapt to globalization’s pace. For individual survival in the economic realm of today’s world, a person has to put his best foot forward at all times to ensure they remain competent and relevant.

Moreover, with the ‘flattening of the world’ a person qualified to be a doctor in Africa is as competent as one qualified in the same discipline, in North America or any other part of the world (Friedman 44). As such, an opportunity may stem for an individual in a different part of the world, due to their competencies and aggressiveness while locking out people in that part of the world with equal skills. Globalization, therefore, challenges individuals to go an extra mile in trying to push for economic success and keep in mind that the whole world poses the threat of being worthy competitors. In addition, as the years mature, so does globalization. As such, it is not only increasing in scope but also in the rate of its influence and in its spread.

The alternatives to catching up with the fast rate of globalization can only be attained through collective effort and global cooperation. It will not only be achieved through combined efforts of the G8 or the G20, but through a synergy from both super powers and the developing nations. Such that possible solutions and a drafted way forward is wholesome and contains perspective of all nations in the world. Previous attempts to curb the evils brought about by globalization have failed to succeed due to lack of representation of all stakeholders globally.

One alternative according to Tapscott (15) is renewal and transformation. He argues that human beings cannot continue tinkering in the same means in which they created globalization, and try using these to counter its evils. There must be a new breed of thinkers and performers to come up with new strategies of eliminating the evils of globalization, such that globalization produces positive outcomes across each nation of the world.

Secondly, there must be a merge between the old and the new global eras. Such that with the coming of globalization, ideals used to steer the world into global economic success in the past, can be built upon in this globalization era. Consequently, sustainable frameworks will be developed to steer economic growth and success in light of current times. Additionally, Individual initiative is another alternative to survive in the globalization age. Individuals must come up with innovative ways of entrepreneurship and macro-development in order to survive economically, amidst a crumbling global economy. In addition, collaborative innovation should be employed to ensure sustainability and pooling of great ideas and skills together to develop strategies that will help individuals survive in this society where globalization has taken root.

In conclusion, globalization has literally made the world a global village such that economic decisions in one part of the world, affect the others adversely. At the same time where there is economic stress in one continent, it no longer remains a continental issue but becomes an issue of global concern. Cooperation, collaborative innovation and entrepreneurship, are some of the ways of surviving the evils the globalization has brought. Independence and non-dependence is the only way forward for professional competence and economic stability in this era of globalization.

Work Cited

Friedman, Thomas L. The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005. Print.

Tapscott, Don, Alan Sklar, and Anthony D. Williams. Macrowikinomics. Old Saybrook, CT: Tantor Media, 2010. Print