What is

Globalization
Prepared By:
Prof. Jet T. Castillo, Ivan Descartin and
Capt. Michael John Reyes
Learning
Objectives
 Formulate a personal
diagnostic definition of
globalization (CO1)

 Enumerate the descriptions of

globalization (CO1)

 Agree on a working definition

of globalization for the course
(CO1)
 Diagnostic
Question
 What is globalization?

 No web browsing
7 Descriptions of
Globalization
 1. Globalization
is a phenomenon
 It is an unusual event
 It’s like a war, an earthquake and
the likes.
 It is something on the history
timeline
 It is a phenomenon on the
“contemporary times” in the
history
 timeline.
 2. Globalization
is a process
 It is not something that happened
in a zap
 On the history timeline, it is from
point A to point B; not point A
only.
 A process undergoes different
stages, from early stage to
advanced stage.
 So does Globalization
 3. Globalization
has drivers
 There are reasons why
Globalization takes place.
 We call them drivers.
 These can be events, people, etc
that served as stimuli or spark for
the Globalization process to start
rolling.
 There is no single one driver of
globalization, it is a combination
of several factors
 4. Globalization
involves the
collapsing of borders
 Not necessarily borderlines
between countries
 Breaking down of figurative walls
that divide interaction between
and
among individuals, nations and
governments
5. Globalization
involves the shrinking
of the world
 Not that the planet gets smaller
physically size.
 It means that individuals,
nations, and governments have
ease in interaction.
 Example: communication,
transportation, business,
education
 6. Globalization
is geographic
 Some places on earth experience
it, some don’t
 Some people are affected by it,
some people are not affected
 Example: The Gods Must Be Crazy
movie
7. Globalization
is inevitable
 Globalization spreads from one
place into another.
 But since Globalization is a
process, there will come a time
when all places and
people on earth will experience
it.
 It cannot be avoided.
 We must therefore prepare for
it.
  A phenomenon
 A process
 Driven by many factors
What is  Collapsing of borders
Globalization?  Shrinking of the world
 Geographic
 Inevitable
Thank you for
Listening….