GMS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Critical Thinking, Iphone 4, Continuing Education

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Ado Abdoulkadre

Document Summary

National boundaries of world business have largely disappeared. Getting more and more into free trade agreements, canada and the us (nafta) Hyundai, south korea, free trade with canada. Today, best jobs are the ones that use a lot of technological skills. Workforce diversity (gender, age, race, ethnicity, religion) offers challenges & opportunities. Diversity is a trend and it"s here to stay (like globalization) Companies offer different incentives to attract different types of people/employees that are very qualified, attracts more diversity. Intellectual capital=collective brain power used to create value. If a company wants to be successful, they would rather have more talented people than more money. People must make sure that their skills are portable and current. You must upgrade your skills, things are evolving everyday. Skills should be able to be applied in many different fields. Code of moral principles of conduct about what is good and right. Every action you take should be good and right.