As long as individuals can work independently and they are aware of the project deadline, goals, risks and accountability then they can still succeed Gandhi, Building collaborative teams in the university setting can be simulated to some extent. These tools can be used to connect with one member of the global team or have a whole global team meeting. They can also be used for informal get together or so called global team coffee breaks for non work related talk or to celebrate team events i.
Today international corporations and industries are looking for individuals who can work in a global world. International organizations have offices all over the world or may work with other organizations in order to get innovative products or services to market at the fastest possible speed. These individuals will need to know how to work successfully in international, multicultural, and interdisciplinary teams. Engineering can be used as an example of one of these professions where industry has emphasized the need for more soft skills from the engineering graduate, who usually graduates with a multitude of technical skills in their related field of study and very little in the way of teamwork, communication, flexibility, multidisciplinary team work, leadership, and hardly any thoughts to multicultural and global awareness.
One example of teaching multidisciplinary team skills to engineering students was conducted in Europe with a group of six European university institutions from five European countries; Denmark, Czech Republic, Poland, Portugal, and The Netherlands. This group of universities working with an industry partner in Denmark developed a summer school for engineering students, which was specifically designed to include innovation, as well as the following:.
Team- oriented Activities- Students worked collaboratively in teams to develop and engineer a product. Problem-based Learning —Learning was centered on students, using open assignments with several solutions possible and professors served as tutors. Intensive Schedule —Students worked solely on the project because of the short three week summer term. Industry-oriented — Summer school takes place in an industrial setting and the assignments given to the students are closely aligned with the industry requirements Larsen et al.
The students, who participated in the multidisciplinary, multicultural project, summer school were pleased with the course. The industry partner was very impressed with the quality of the innovative ideas, the animations and the prototypes. The faculty involved planned to improve the technical analysis from industry partners and plan to add more multidisciplinary activities in cost and marketing analysis. There was no doubt that it was a very successful summer school Larsen, et al.
The research and education program was started in by a multidisciplinary team of educators from MSU and other engineering educators from a variety of universities around the world; Technical University Deft, University of Utrecht, Eindhoven University, Kaiserslautern University, Tsinghua University, Catholic University of Leuven, St.
In addition, the University of Michigan has also added an Engineering Global Leadership Program, Global Product Development Course, and a partnership with a Chinese university, Shanghai Jiao Tong University in order to prepare their engineering students for a global career.
All of these changes in engineering education show that the faculty and administration in these universities are at the forefront of educating a global workforce. This course provided students with an opportunity to be in a productive cross-cultural experience in an effective manner.
This course was not meant to replace face to face interaction in different cultures study abroad opportunities but was meant to supplement students practice in international virtual teams and to successfully use their engineering skills. With over corporate and non-academic institutional members, the CMC's mission is to foster, encourage, and cultivate the dialogue between industry and engineering educators.
Its strategic goals are:. The Attributes of a Global Engineer Survey Project grew out of an expressed need by CMC members to identify and validate specific knowledge, skills, abilities, and perspectives that would be required of an engineer living and working in an increasingly global context. Specifically, the goal was to refine a list of attributes that would be applicable to engineers regardless of specialty, location, or background. The process began in early, led by the International Engineering Education SIG, and involved CMC members developing a list of competencies derived from representative job descriptions, literature reviews, and other reports.
This initial list was consolidated through a series of SIG meetings and events throughout and ; thus, here are the attributes that emerged through this process Hundley et al, :.
Foreign Language Technically fluent in at least two languages acknowledging English is considered a key global language. Competent at Internet Collaboration and Communication Tools Web-based meeting tools, team rooms, teleconferencing; file sharing, E-mail, etc. The initial list totaled 48; however, through in-person meetings at the Conference, and through bi-weekly telephone conference calls and other electronic communication, the list was ultimately synthesized and consolidated.
After further review and validation from CMC members, a total of 20 competencies associated with the attributes of a global engineer emerged Hundley et al. These are:. Demonstrates an understanding of information technology, digital competency, and information literacy. Demonstrates an understanding of project planning, management, and the impacts of projects on various stakeholder groups project team members, project sponsor, project client, end-users, etc. Demonstrates an understanding of the ethical and business norms and applies norms effectively in a given context organization, industry, country, etc.
Functions effectively on a team understands team goals, contributes effectively to team work, supports team decisions, respects team members, etc. The Attributes of a Global Engineer study indicated that a majority of the respondents, As well, the same study indicated that, In addition, the study indicates that a majority, S to have complex social, global and professional skills to be successful in the future.
There are a number of underlying guiding principles that lead the authors of this study to their conclusions, they are: 1 the continued pace of accelerating technological innovation; 2 the fact that technology deployed will continue to be intensely globally interconnected; 3 those affected or involved with technology will be increasingly diverse and multidisciplinary; 4 technological innovation will be shaped and affected by social, cultural, political, and economic forces; and 5 technology in everyday lives will be more seemingly transparent and more significant than it is today.
Given those underlying principles the authors of the study suggested strongly that engineers of the future should have the following team skills in a global context: collaborate in a multidisciplinary and multicultural team of experts across multiple fields; have excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical individuals; be able to communicate with technology, have an understanding for complex global markets and social context, be flexible, be receptiveness to change, and have mutual respect for everyone Committee on the Engineer of , In the past, the engineering profession use to respond as technology and society changes, but today technology is changing very rapidly and society is continually changing.
We need to know how to work in a faster more global society. To best teach globalization, students need to experience it, so it goes without saying that university students must take advantage of studying abroad, international internships, or research opportunities abroad.
Another best practice opportunity for students is to be proficient in at least one foreign language, while it is common to be proficient in several languages in Europe this is not widely practiced in the U. During a graduate program, students should take advantages of enrolling in foreign universities and pursuing a dual degree, especially one that has an agreement with the university you are attending.
Faculty should create sustainable networks with a foreign university in education or research in order to provide their students with these options. The institution should have a formal process or framework for globalization.
The Wharton School of Business is changing its curriculum to better prepare its graduates for a fast changing global business environment. Changes to their curriculum include several focused short term courses in the U. For example, the course in Brazil is about the environment, the one in Israel is about technology, etc. Wharton has also added courses to their curriculum in global finance, management and an increased focus in soft skills like writing, leadership and multicultural understanding Korn, These types of curriculum changes are happening in other elite business schools as well.
In Finland, globalization is integrated in the curriculum to promote internationalization of higher education. However, specialization and depth is more important in engineering education in the United States than internationalization. In Finland, internationalization is defined through three areas: mobility, multiculturalism, and networking. The key areas for internationalization in the engineering education in Finland are through:.
Wayne Clough, took office in President Clough realized fast that there were a number of talented students on campus who were multi-dimensional. These students were good in music, sports or some other area and in addition these students also were interested in engineering. These students were not the best engineering students, these students were able to communicate, they were more socialized, they asked for help when needed, they thought horizontally, and most of all these students were able to tie things together from different disciplines and fields.
As Donald Trump prepares for his tenure in the White House, he talks of dismantling a whole history of globalized trade that he sees as having had a catastrophic effect on the global economy. His strategy so far has involved tearing up established trade agreements, such as NAFTA, and burying others that are yet to get off the ground. The incoming president's pledge to "make America great again" is based partly on challenging countries such as China by limiting imports and boosting exports.
But the backlash against globalization is not confined to the United States. Those who wished to remain in the EU accused those who wished to leave of being protectionist, even racist — but much of the concern over immigration stemmed from fears real or imagined over the number of new people arriving on British shores and what it would mean for jobs, the economy and British life as they knew it.
If globalization is facing a fundamental threat, perhaps now is a good time to remind ourselves of exactly what it is. In simple terms, globalization is the process by which people and goods move easily across borders. Principally, it's an economic concept — the integration of markets, trade and investments with few barriers to slow the flow of products and services between nations. There is also a cultural element, as ideas and traditions are traded and assimilated.
To help explain the economic side of globalization, let's take a look at the well-known coffee chain Starbucks. The first Starbucks outlet opened its doors in in the city of Seattle. Today it has 15, stores in 50 countries. It's what you might call a truly globalized company.
And for many suppliers and jobseekers, not to mention coffee-drinkers, this was a good thing. The company was purchasing million kilograms of unroasted coffee from 29 countries. Through its stores and purchases, it provided jobs and income for hundreds of thousands of people all over the world. But then disaster struck. In , Starbucks made headlines after a Reuters investigation showed that the chain hadn't paid much tax to the UK government, despite having almost a thousand coffee shops in the country and earning millions of pounds in profit there.
As a multinational company, Starbucks was able to use complex accounting rules that enabled it to have profit earned in one country taxed in another. Politic Globalization Quotes Globalization quote by the former U. Image credits to map on Shutterstock , environment pollution on Shutterstock , cultural interaction on Shutterstock , economic globalization on Shutterstock , globalization on Shutterstock and connected world on Shutterstock.
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The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. Globalization's motives are idealistic, as well as opportunistic, but the development of a global free market has benefited large corporations based in the Western world. Its impact remains mixed for workers, cultures, and small businesses around the globe, in both developed and emerging nations. Globalization is not a new concept. Traders traveled vast distances in ancient times to buy commodities that were rare and expensive for sale in their homelands.
The Industrial Revolution brought advances in transportation and communication in the 19th century that eased trade across borders. The think tank, Peterson Institute for International Economics PIIE , states globalization stalled after World War I, and nations' moved toward protectionism as they launched import taxes to more closely guard their industries in the aftermath of the conflict.
Globalization has sped up to an unprecedented pace, with public policy changes and communications technology innovations cited as the two main driving factors. Governments worldwide have integrated a free market economic system through fiscal policies and trade agreements over the last 20 years. The core of most trade agreements is the removal or reduction of tariffs. This evolution of economic systems has increased industrialization and financial opportunities in many nations.
Governments now focus on removing barriers to trade and promoting international commerce. Proponents of globalization believe it allows developing countries to catch up to industrialized nations through increased manufacturing, diversification, economic expansion, and improvements in standards of living.
Outsourcing by companies brings jobs and technology to developing countries, which help them to grow their economies. Trade initiatives increase cross-border trading by removing supply-side and trade-related constraints. Globalization has advanced social justice on an international scale as well, and advocates report that it has focused attention on human rights worldwide that might have otherwise been ignored on a large scale.
One clear result of globalization is that an economic downturn in one country can create a domino effect through its trade partners. For example, the financial crisis had a severe impact on Portugal, Ireland, Greece, and Spain. All these countries were members of the European Union , which had to step in to bail out debt-laden nations, which were thereafter known by the acronym PIGS. Globalization detractors argue that it has created a concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a small corporate elite that can gobble up smaller competitors around the globe.
Globalization has become a polarizing issue in the U. It's seen as a major factor in the economic squeeze on the middle class. For better and worse, globalization has also increased homogenization. Starbucks, Nike, and Gap dominate commercial space in many nations. The sheer size and reach of the U.
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