The Overwhelming Need for Change: An Exploration of the Problem of Globalization on the Engineering Profession

Since the advent of the globalized world, business has been taking advantage of cheap labor and cheap materials, and of ways to turn a greater profit by buying low and selling high. In the past, this was restricted to material goods, with tea coming from China, tobacco from Virginia, and so on. As the world progressed into the 20th century, globalization went beyond material goods and began to extend into the realm of the normal man's career. Looking back, we can already see the results of the Japanese car industry, a result of the globalization of the manufacturing industry and a failure of the US manufacturing industry to keep up with the competition. By now, many people swear by Japanese cars, while some other people simply swear at their American vehicles.



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