Critically Evaluate the Value of Academic and Applied Psychology in Facing the Challenges of Life in the Twenty-First Century

Globalization of the modern world has really impacted the way we do things today. With advances in communication, transportation, and technologies we can do things like we never did before, like send a message in seconds across the globe etc. With a growing economic, advanced technological world it's hard to ignore the global society that

With the processes of McDonaldization spreading into other parts of society such as, higher education, the health system, shopping centers, media, religion, work, in modern society’s new social and cultural characteristics are created. For example, when a McDonald’s enters a country or neighborhood its consumer patterns are unified that cultural hybridization occurs. For the most part, Ritzer uses Weber's conception of the irrationality of rationalization, of the ways that it comes to contradict its own goals, to reprimand McDonaldization, thus developing an innate critique of the irrationalities that are produced by McDonaldization. In this section, by contrast, I will develop a multi-perspective position to develop a more systematic and contextual

Due to globalisation, the world nowadays is significantly interconnected economically, technologically and culturally. Even though globalisation is not a new phenomenon, and can be argued to have started already in the 1500s when the transatlantic exploration and consolidation of European hegemony began, the pace and the scope of it is greater than ever² (Ruth Wodak, 2011). Consequently, we

Globalisation has a very long history of the social development of the world it started many years ago. It left a remarkable sign throughout the time which many people use this term of globalisation. It often

Globalisation is the process by which the world is becoming progressively interconnected as a result of significantly increased trade and cultural exchange. It has also increased the production of goods and services. The biggest companies (such as McDonald’s, Starbuck’s, Costa

This chapter begins by providing the background and context of globalization as a workplace issue; followed by the problem statement; purpose of the study; and research questions that the study is striving to address. Concluding the chapter are common terminology definitions used throughout the study.

Pankaj Ghemawant- A notable author of the book “World 3.0”, has done a significant research to understand how globalised we are. According to his research-

Globalisation is the interaction among people and the exchange of goods between different nations. The economies of countries grow and become interconnected (Globalisation 101, n.d.). The Criterion group had a lot of success with trade overseas. Managers need to make sure they do research of the country they wish to enter, for example, being aware of other cultures and religion, which could effect how they work. Hofstede’s 5 dimensions include Power distance, Individualism vs. Collectivism, Masculinity vs. Femininity, Uncertainty Avoidance and Long term vs. Short term. Power distance, although not a huge concern in New Zealand due to our open door policy, this is not the case in other countries such as Singapore, where lower members of society accept they will not be treated equally. Criterion put a lot of effort into making their worker feel appreciated and try to

Although the first use of the term ‘globalization’ can be traced back to the 1940s, it was only after half a century that this concept stormed the public consciousness. The buzzword ‘globalization’ exploded into the ‘Roaring nineties’ because it captured the increasingly interdependent nature of social life on this planet. Earlier the concept of globalization was viewed as a techo-economic juggernaut spreading western culture and the intellection of capitalism and quashing local beliefs and national traditions. Thus, it was viewed as a ripple of Americanization. One corollary of the propagation of this perspective created fears in the minds of people, who had utter love and affection towards their own culture.

In this paper, I am going to tell you a little about each school of thought in psychology and who contributed their time in effort in developing each. This will consist of some of the people who were a part of what we now study as history. Many of them made life long and miraculous changes in their life to become the great psychologist they are known for today.

In the book of “The Mcdonaldization of Society” by a sociologist George Ritzer, the term Mcdonaldization is used. Mcdonaldization occurs when a business such as Ikea, Taco Bell, Wendy’s, Wal-mart, Bed bath and beyond, etc. possesses the characteristics of a fast-food restaurant, like McDonalds. Max Weber used the word “bureaucracy” to represent the direction of Mcdonaldization changing the society; with today’s present society, the concept of Mcdonaldization is gaining in consideration of different aspects, such as a culture. The cultural version of a McDonaldization thesis is the recent idea of the world wide homogenization of cultures. The process of it could be summarized in a way in which the fast food principles, are dominating more and more sectors of American society, and as well as of the rest of the world.

Today, we live in a world where Japanese anime and can be watched in New York, celebrities can achieve global pop status on the opposite sides of the globe, and the newest release of a music video can be seen instantly with the help of video sharing websites. With the help of today’s technology, globalization allows us to communicate almost anywhere in the world. Globalization is an ongoing process where different societies, cultures, and regional communities integrate through a worldwide network. Globalization allowed for a speeding up of the flows of goods, people, images, and ideas across the world. The media has impacted the way that the Western culture has predominantly shaped the world. Globalization has affected a wide range of people; whatever their age, class, ethnicity, gender, or where they live is not an issue. Globalization entails the circulation of the West’s way of being: ranging from architecture, the way we dress, music, eating habits, and languages. Due to globalization, cultural boundaries are now being broken down are now being embraced around the globe, which eliminates the cultural difference and results in a more homogenous world.

Impact of Global Trends: – Organizations have become more global in markets and operations, – Organizations will experience higher levels of risk and uncertainty, – The disruptive nature of globalization will increase the need for organizations to be more flexible and agile, – There will be increased political and social pressures for ecological and societal responsibility, – Organizations will be facing and challenged by economic and demographic imbalances. Emerging Trends in Human Resources Management (HRM) Impact of Global Trends: – The use of technology will increase at a rapid pace, –

Global economic interdependence has led to on average longer, healthier more prosperous lives for humans not to mention a remarkable rise in the overall human population. In the west the rise of globalization has led to the rise of a service economy. In the US and the EU most people now work not in agriculture or manufacturing but in the service sector. This can be in anything from information technology to entertainment. and that switch has really changed our psychology, especially the psychology of the upper classes living in the industrialized world. To quote Fredrick Jameson ‘we are so far removed from the realities of production that we inhabit an artificial dream world.’ Put it in these terms if you had to kill a cow every time you vised MacDonald’s you would perhaps eat fewer Burgers. Many social scientists of the now have also noted another change in our psychology, that globalization has led to a celebration of individualism particularly in the wake of the failures of the Marxists collective utopias in the early 90’s. The generation that lived through the great depression and World War 2 saw large scale collective responses to both those crises and they were both responses that limed freedom. The military draft for instance that limed your freedom, well you know not to be a soldier or the collectivization of health insurances in most of the post war west, which limited you freedom… to go bankrupt from healthcare coast or also government programs like social

In this essay I will give a detailed explanation of what sociologists mean by the term ‘globalisation’ and how they have tried to explain it.