Work
Company values
Employee benefits/wages
decrease profits
decrease loyalty
Companies profit, nations don't
cheap labour
ethics
Domestic
Environmental issues
Transportation issues
Work from home (4 day work week)
New problems
New products
green products
New careers
Economy
Communications & transportation (ease of trade)
Trade services
Flat
Global
Wal-Mart
very affordable
impact on local economics
Subtopic
- impact
+ impact
very publicized
controversial
low benefits/wages
own employees can't afford products
laying the groundwork
Inventory access
Supply chaining
Wal-Mart very successful
copy catting
WWW
Communication
VOIP
social networks
blogging
podcasting
IM
email
Equalization of knowledge
credibility of resources
Search engines
search engine optimization
in-forming
credible resources
navigation
google
Web-enabled platforms
population
world catching up
Informing
Uploading
Wikipedia
credible resource?
YouTube
open source
Globalization
Increased global economy
24/7
Intellectual property
North American advantage
Insourcing
FedEx
UPS
UPS Capital
provide financing
Offshoring
cheaper products
> purchase power, lower wages
Outsourcing
Fibre-optic cable
seamless (behind scenes)
call centres
increase in jobs for some
lower wages
loss of jobs
higher value jobs
Homesourcing
JetBlue
Equalization eventually
equalization of wages
decrease work for some countries
increase work for some countries
Entrepreneurship
small businesses
require multi-taskers
lots of job opportunities
often overlooked by job seekers
unknown needs
new inventions
Creative opportunities + education
socialization
increased social skills required
More grad students required to be competive
Teachers/faculty/PhD
Higher education required to sustain economy
North Americans need to maintain competitiveness
China
Russia
India
zippies
liberal arts
integration of subjects
Math & engineering
high school students PISA scores
research funding
Higher education more attainable
strive to be "untoucable"
Technology
Steroids
WiFi
better outside North America
Consumers doing work for corporation
Work flow software
streamlined work
reduced repetition
Reduce unskilled jobs
Higher level jobs
Demographics
Immigration
flexible
Re-engineering of corporation
Transitory
Spiral
Retail
Gen X - box stores
Boomers - no box stores
Tourism
Real estate
home renovations
boomers: rec properties
Baby boomers
> Money, < time
afford more services
willing to pay for better customer service
Leisure & rec
gentler activities
walking
golfing
birdwatching
Stock market
investment in ideas/future
Health care
Decrease in workers due to boomers retiring
anticipated shortage of workers
Increased need
unwillingness to wait
two-tier system
unhealthy life styles
new health care professions
Ophthalmology
Cosmetic surgery
Baby-boom echo
9.9 M
shortage of workers
lifted mandatory retirement
Creativity
Education
combine technical with creative arts
better social skills
Passion
CQ + PQ > IQ
Make personal
new middle job
