Critically Analyse the Reasons for the Growth of Globalisation, with Reference to the Advantages of It for Businesses, Suggesting Ways in Which They Could Bring About Cultural Social and Economic Change and Discussing

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BUSINESS GLOBALISATION ASSIGNMENT Critically analyse the reasons for the growth of globalisation, with reference to the advantages of it for businesses, suggesting ways in which they could bring about cultural social and economic change and discussing the effects on their employees in particular and the worldwide workforce in general. By Salim Mohammad Wali MBA ID:_________ Word Count: 1604 Globalization is the creation of interconnections between countries. It is a process wherby barriers (physical, political, economic, cultural) which separate regions of the world are reduced or removed completely. This process hence stimulates exchanges in goods, services, money and people. Globalization helps countries to specialize in goods and services they are very good at and allowing goods and services they are lacking to be provided by those countries that have excelled in them. Therefore as these exchanges grow, countries and business become increasingly integrated and interdependent (Held, 1999). According to Sanoussi (2001) a trade bloc can be defined as a ‘preferential trade agreement’ (PTA) between a subset of countries, designed to significantly reduce or remove trade barriers within member countries. He further said that a trade bloc comprising of neighbouring or geographically close countries is referred to as a ‘regional trade (or integration) agreement’. The known trade blocs of the world are namely the EU (European Union) and NAFTA (North American Free Trade Area). Nigeria is part of a trade bloc called ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States). This bloc comprises of 16 countries in the West African region. To begin with, the ECOWAS provides free flow of people within the ECOWAS as long as you hold an international passport from any of the members states. Ongoing is a way for the ECOWAS community to establish one common currency to be

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