Dr. Abdulaziz Saddique

Pharm.D., CPHQ,CSSMBB

Arab Conference “New Trends in Hospital Administration”“Performance improvement and cost containment in light of current national &International Changes”

Growing liberalization of trade (in goods and services and inmoney), and accelerated integration into a global economyGrowing dominance of Western forms of political, economic,and cultural lifeProliferation of new information technologies, intensificationof and acceleration of global communicationWeakening of local and national boundaries in many areas of human endeavourWeakening of the role of the State relative to the role of theMarket“The State has become too small for the big problems andtoo big for the small problems” (Wade Davis)

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Best average speed ofhorse-drawn coaches andsailing ships, 10mph.Steam locomotives average65mph. Steamships average36mph.Propelleraircraft 300-400 mph.Jet passengeraircraft 500-700mph.

The Shrinking GlobeThe Shrinking Globe

Is Distance Dead?Is Distance Dead?

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The cost of informationtransfer decreased by 98%in the last 40 years.

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The cost of Goodstransport is reduced by50 %in the last 40 years.

Globalization is associated with “time and spacecontracting”:

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