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The Flat World

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The World Is Flat not really but literally as pronounced by Thomas L. Friedman in his book ‘The World Is Flat’ A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century. In the world of today everybody has got a level playing field. People in developing world compete and collaborate with those in developed world. This way we are witnessing a phenomenon of widespread distribution of wealth across the globe and are bringing prosperity all around. It all started with advancement in communication and transportation. Inter galactic optical fibers network changed it all. The same work which was done a decade ago in a single office is now being done all across the globe. With some part done in China and some in Mexico and India. So much has changed that you when you book your Mac Donald’s pizza at a take away and you won’t realize that the actual person taking your order is sitting thousands mile away and taking your order over the phone. But for a country like India what is the effect at the grass root le

Global Delivery Model

Global Delivery Model is at the forefront of outsourcing . It helps a company to diversify and outsource its business to a place where it can be done most efficiently in terms of cost and talent available. Two more terms which come to one’s mind are in shoring and off shoring . China is a good example of the benefits of off shoring. It has huge and cheap population to work in industries. Today it has become global hub of manufacturing. Similarly in shoring has enabled companies in USA to inshore some part of there work to other companies in US itself so that it can be done more efficiently. For example today the courier company UPS will fix your faulty Toshiba laptop in India itself instead of first taking it to US where Toshiba guys will fix it. So the turnaround time has come down form a week earlier to just two days. In today’s world companies are fighting hard to bring down there costs and give best return on there customers money. Its better this way, so that companies concentrat

Customer vs Client. Do you know the difference?

This question was bugging me a lot. So I just typed the question in google and found following answers. It’s a possibility that you may get more confused after reading them. http://marketing.mcdar.net/38328.php http://www.translationdirectory.com/article132.htm

Airport Privatization

Airports are the first impression of anyone coming to our country. Those who have gone there know that they are in a state of chaos compounded by the rise in air traffic over the years. People complain about the bad behavior of the airport employees and also rampant corruption. It also lacks in the use of modern technology for the comfort and convenience of the travelers. Modernization of airports is being long due but the government does not have enough money and expertise to do it on its own. So the only option left is to privatize then. Once these private companies come they are going to down size and make them as efficient as possible. Workers are afraid that they will lose there jobs once the airports are privatized. Government has given surety that any employees of AAI who loses there jobs will be absorbed in other sectors. So I don’t understand why they are trying to be a bottleneck. Government should not bend to the unfair demands of the unions and should go ahead and do what