Report- Critical Review of Dicken’s -2015- Global Shift- Mapping the Changing Contours of the World Economy
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Part 1: Critical review of the book, “Dicken’s (2015) Global Shift: Mapping the Changing Contours of the World Economy”
Introduction
Problem Statement
The global shift has been referred to as transitional, multidimensional, aggregate and transformative procedures that have been utilized by one state or a group of States for strategically and actively mitigating the challenges regarding power positions of status within the global perspective. The global shift has been seen to be developed by improvements in communication and transport along with the promotion of reduction of economic liberalization and trade barriers through opening FDI. It has been observed that the Global shift has not only had a positive impact it has several constituencies as well especially structural unemployment can also be observed among industrial workers. It has avoided socioeconomic inequality among unskilled and skilled workers resulting in a successful employee retention rate.
Argument
Dudás et al. (2016) argued that several academic contexts have described global shifts and have made remarkable insights into them. The book would be reviewed for identification of drawbacks and shortcomings of the book. After analysis of the shortcomings of the book, a recommendation for a chapter edition within the book would be provided that would eventually increase the quality of the information provided in this book.
Roadmap
The study would execute a critical review of the book proposed by Dicken in 2015. By critically reviewing the book, the thesis would propose a chapter for the book that would mitigate its shortcomings and make it more beneficial for the current business context.
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Topic Sentence
Peter Dicken was an ‘Emeritus professor of economic geography in the School of Environment and Development at the University of Manchester”. In his book, “Global Shift: Mapping the Changing Contours of the World Economy”; he shed special light on continuous changes in the geography observed within the world economy. The whole Book has been developed based on four principles that have guided this book in every chapter with the global shift.
Evidence
The book has 17 chapters that have been structured and categorized into four distinct sections. Section 1 of the book entitled “What in the World is Going On?” emphasises the shifting Global economic map and also describes continuous changes in the centre of the global economy. Section 2, composed of four chapters from Chapter 3 to Chapter 6 emphasizes an exploration of several Complex strategies in which the factors, procedures and situations that have been influencing the global economy for the development of interaction among countries (Kotarski, 2008).
Analysis
This section has also highlighted the impact of global factors on the development of global production networks. Section 3 of this book has been composed of five chapters from Chapter 7 to Chapter 11 that have mainly emphasized on disadvantages of the global shift in the global economy (Derudder & Witlox, 2008).
Topic sentence
This section has also represented the impact of global Swift on places and people. By analyzing the section, it has been observed that the writer of this book has provided special attention to the unhealthy relations of transnational Corporations among the states. The impact of environmental local or national value on global networks and the global economy has been assessed in this section. Section 4 of this book has been comprised of 6 chapters from chapter 12 to chapter 17 that have represented the implementation of the above theoretical discussions on practical business aspects. In this section 6 case studies have been provided that have represented operations of several globalization procedures from different perspectives and different industries.
Evidence
The case studies have been ranging from Primary Industries such as mineral extraction and food production; manufacturing industries such as automobiles and clothing and lastly advanced business industries such as distribution services, logistical and financial. In this section, in-depth knowledge has been generated regarding the impacts of global Shiv on different economic sectors that have been reconfigured as per the perspective of consumer and labour relations, state-private Enterprises relations and technological pressures.
Analysis
In the Book, the author has successfully identified the imperative changes in social, economic, technological and political dimensions developed due to globalization. It has been essays while receiving the book that though the author has successfully argued the keep critical aspect has failed to provide real-life examples and provide an in-depth elaboration of the provided theory. It has been assessed that the primary audience of this book has been identified as undergraduates. Therefore, the main objective of this book has been regarded as educating and guiding young audiences toward developing an accurate and in-depth view of globalization (Dicken, 2007). Regardless of the highly explicit nature of the theories, they have been regarded as unusual without proper support from practical examples.
Topic sentence
In the study, it has been stated that “There is a real danger of resource exhaustion in specific areas and the geopolitical complication that access to a localized resource (like oil, for example) may be restricted from time to time by states within whose territory it is located”. The author has also embedded an example; such as “When the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo removed about 25% of the world’s daily crude oil from the market ─ oil prices increased significantly”. The author of this book has not emphasized practical examples whether he has been emphasizing drawing pictures with good reasoning that has allowed the readers of the book to receive and relate enhanced views of the argument.
Evidence
Throughout the whole book, the author has focused on representing procedures and patterns of the global sheet that have been developed on the forms of economic activities by globalization and has emphasized the forces or factors that have been identified to be associated with the production of those forms. Therefore, the author has built arguments in context with three interconnected procedures that have helped reshape the author’s view on the global economic map (Roberts, 2012). These interconnected procedures have been identified as Technology states and transnational corporations or TNCs.
Analysis
The author has also argued that TNCs can be regarded as the primary shapers and movers of the global economy as they have the power to coordinate and control production networks worldwide. In the chapter code of the book, the author has profusely stated the influence of TNCs on the global economy and in the same chapter, he has also stated that TNCs would show a tentative abundance in their country of origin and would emphasise taking over smaller and weaker firms.
Conclusion
The reliability of this book is that it’s not only a factor of one traditional industry. On the other hand, this book contains 6 different industry variables in terms of a better understanding of 6 types of global effects financial crisis process and the accessibility of graphical changes as per the institution that helps in many ways for the student. This is because the students can easily avoid the main topic so this book contains detailed traffic solutions for the global crisis as this data references up-to-date sources this new edition of the Ticket of Globalisation touches on the sky in terms of travelling managerial framework development process character process geographical and social logical as well as political science helping hand.
Part 2: Proposal for a new chapter
Rationale
The global shift of the 7th edition is a complexity of global economic changes behaviour and the key resources to be identified in this platform as well as its ongoing process and continuously suffering areas and the locals of the nation (Gereffi, 2014). Additionally, it is also considered that this sector with new materials and new resources in the country as well as new ideas are overcome in the mapping transformations but on the other hand it influences the policies as well as the shape of the global industries in terms of global shift process and it’s required solid film work to understand the graphical data for the betterment of the research. Additionally, this book is a complete guide to critical problems in terms of global shifts. This is the only reason the people are to be visualised in detail with the help of the diagrams and other graphical and charts contained in the book in the solid and article framework also helps to navigate the clear path of the reader and other new commerce is also easily understandable factors that what is the process of an analytical framework and what is the data of its outcome. This book also provides that this is not an argument process or just an update and on the other hand, this is the 7th edition and the theoretical and empirical internal factors which are critically analysed in terms of political debates and processes in real-time in the nation (Clarke, 2018). Dicken also identifies that this interrogation process of theories has addressed the fault issue in the 2018 financial crisis around the globe and its inequality of their own decisions and policies as well as the effects of these policies on the local people of the nation. This is a clear understanding of the amazing framework of the book and it’s an extraordinary standard so that any kind of field of globalisation research work is also a large definition in this containing of a book about the financial crisis of 2008 as well as the effects in the long run of business and living effective life of the people. With the help of this book, many institutions identified and recognised the easy factors solution and the transparent data collection process by recognising the deep sectors of the authority of this book into the outstanding illustrations provided in various research centres and well-known research centres around the globe in terms of political economy in stability and religion stability and many more. Political instability is the biggest factor of production in terms of dimension, the higher resources for the dynamic classes of global appraisal as well as visual context in terms of straightforward accessibility and undergraduates in the recent development process.
Chapter Outline
This book provides all kinds of definite explanations about globalisation factors of production by enlarging different jargon-free platforms of analytics which is appreciated underpinning the world economy and its influence on the people’s places as well as a workplace of the effects of the solution. According to Peter Dicken, the innovative and creative ideas about the empirical data and finding the transparent path through the outcome of globalisation debates and processes in this book is a very useful procedure by underpinning the dynamic intervention and interaction among the nations, transnational corporations and other key players (Dicken, 2007). These factors of production of key players and transnational corporations as well as the role of these factors on the development process of the economic growth of the mission and effect of effective solutions with the help of national activities about the mapping changing system of gravity. The author also provides a clear path of the case studies which directly includes the six major industries in this book. The author also provides many ways to understand the factors of resources in an extensive model through questioning for students and other factors which are directly related to the topic and the economic geographical schools and garments of a mini will know these also rapidly change their ongoing passive thought about their students (Roberts, 2012). The global shift of the 7th edition was gradually welcomed by many academicians due to the reason that it’s editing the strength of the students at and trial level and adopting the world and changing the method of importance and the impact of recent trends of global financial crisis around the world and have the clear image of the financial crisis of many sectors of production. The first principle has been identified as the global economy has been trying to become empirical solidarity and has been avoiding description type of design (Dudás et al. 2016). The second principle has been identified as the utilization of globalization broadly and theoretically for business engagement. The third principle has been identified as connecting current trends with long and short-term procedures. Lastly, the fourth principle has been concerned with the acknowledgement of complexities observed due to globalization. In the book, globalization has been described as an equivocal inter-disciplinary procedure that has provided great strength to the book and has successfully generated an in-depth knowledge of global shifts.
Many well-known institutions also adopted already as per their outcome that clear image of the global financial crisis in the well-known nations in different industries which includes the smartphone instruction changing method around the globe and its effective influencing factors which are climate changing factors. Additionally, it also focuses on the excellent working procedure of corporate social responsibility as well as the national and international financial crisis inequality and many relevant cases are also provided in the book with some failures that will graphically figure in an excellent production feature-able system applied. This will directly give clear extensive information and knowledge about the global crisis around the world. The figures and the graphical production of data are also attractive for students to theoretical underpants concepts in larger production of the analytical framework. The authorities of many institutions already adopted this system into their PhD level courses and departments and courses of human ecology and many project directors are also happily understanding with the help of clear and transparent data sources from this book. The new chapter would be proposed based on current friends on globalization making it more useful and relevant to the current business context.
Short concluding section
It is not only a part of important identification factors but its characteristic about the direct connection of the environmental factors of the business influences the process and other managerial and economic upper-level courses in this textbook addressing in the middle the author also adds the political economic and social complex cities around the globe in terms of globalisation accessibility process (Dicken, 2003). In this research book, many industries are in touch with these authors in terms of analysing their data cycle and the strength of the organisation in terms of inviting un-stabilized factors geographically and interdisciplinary influencing the organisation. This book also contains all types of expository frameworks for a better understanding of all the students and mainly the small tax of daily booster can improve the identification of proper changing behaviour methods and impact directly on the government’s internal political issues and its direct influence on local problem public in terms of surviving their life.
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