As a thread, I thought I might write one or two lines on this subject, just to see if anyone is out there.
Anyone who works in an industry that is truly “Global” can understand “Lean” in a different way, whilst the employer is busy trimming in your workplace, it is more than likely that the exact same thing is happening around the globe at different work locations.
Over the years we have seen changes in the way our services are delivered and by whom, in some instances services provided by the company for decades have been switched to agencies not directly controlled by the company concerned.
Normally this means minimum wages and a deteriation of terms and conditions, or rationalisation as the company might put it, strange that the boardroom never undergoes a similar rationalistion process!
So it is easy to see why big companies often go to less well developed places and have a “Lean From Day One” attitude, workers don’t know any different, this is then developed and exported back to the other workplaces, not really global at all, just easy to do.
7 February, 2008 at 4:14 am
(It is not just me, it is a widely held belief that Globalisation is bad for you, here is an extract from an excellent article by Steve Schifferes at the BBC.)
Globalisation splits rich and poor
Analysis
By Steve Schifferes
Economics reporter, BBC News
There is considerable unease about the pace of globalisation around the world, according to a new BBC global poll.
Half of all people polled across 34 countries say that the pace of globalisation is too fast, while 35% say globalisation is going too slowly.
But concern about globalisation is strongest among the world’s richest countries, where it is closely correlated with a belief that the fruits of economic growth have been unfairly shared.
In many of the world’s poorest countries, however, where large majorities say that the benefits and burdens of economic development have not been shared fairly, people are more likely to say that globalisation is proceeding too slowly.
Full Story and Report From the Link Below
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7230202.stm
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/business/7230202.stm
Published: 2008/02/07 00:05:10 GMT