MATS COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

R. Castillo St., Agdao Davao City

Name:__________________________________ Subject:_______
Year&Course:_________
Instructor:_______________________________ Date:________

GLOBALIZATION: ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

Choose at least Three (3) Scenarios.

SCENARIO POSITIVE/ADVANTAGES NEGATIVE/ DEPENDS

DISADVANTAGES
1.

2.

3.

Scenario A: In your local town, one of the main sources of employment for three generations has been
the fruit cannery. The company has recently decided to close the factory and outsource the canning of
fruit to another country where labor and fruit are cheaper.

Scenario B: Your friend’s garage band has really taken of on Youtube and people from places as distant
as Finland and Ghana are downloading it.

Scenario C: You meet someone really nice while you’re on holiday in Bali and can now keep in touch via
Skype.

Scenario D: The shoes that you really like are much cheaper via an online shop in America.

Scenario E: The Australian Government is being pressured to decrease the current annual minimum
quota of 55% Australian television programming (between 6am and midnight) to 40%.
Scenario F: The Company that your father works for has recently been taken over by a transnational
corporation with job opportunities in many parts of the world if he is prepared to move/relocate.

Scenario G: A representative from World Wildlife Fund invites students to become involved in and
advocate to help secure the future of orangutans.

Scenario H: Your mother’s superannuation fund has been affected by the Global Financial Crisis and she
is worried that she won’t have enough money when she retires.

Share your responses with the class. Try to tease out the difficulties of each situation and ensure you
understand that globalization affects local communities in complex and interdependent ways.