Interactive Teaching Methods

A Personal Globalization Inventory

Allan BirdUniversity of Missouri-St. Louis

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Concerns about my task this afternoon…..

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Your Personal Globalization

How many languages do you speak? And, how many people can you communicate with the languages you speak?

How many countries have you lived in or visited?

How many people do you know outside your own country? How many different countries are they from?

How involved are you in the global economy?

Let’s make this more tangible …..

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A Personal Globalization Inventory

Analyze everything you are wearing and that is currently in your possession:

– Where did each item come from?

– What items have components/parts that came from somewhere else?

– What items have raw materials that came from somewhere else?

– If you can, list the countries of origin for the components and raw materials.

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One World, One Thirst

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One World, One Food

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One World, One Car

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One World, One Worldview

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One World, One Galaxy

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One World, More than Two Faiths

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One World, One Language

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One World, Ten Tongue

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Parts

PartsParts

Assembly

Advertising Design

Sales

Location Economies

Pontiac LeMans

Assembly

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Is Pontiac Le Mans American?

Price paid by consumer to GM: $15,000

GM pays:

– to South Korea for labor and assembly $4,500

– to Japan for engines, transaxles, electronics $2,500

– to Germany for styling and design engineering $1,050

– to Taiwan, Singapore & Japan for components $600

– to Britain for advertising & marketing $275

– to Ireland for data processing services $75

– to GM employees, contractors & shareholders $6,000

$15,000