GLOBALIZATION

The walkway through the course of Trends, Networks, and Critical Thinking was interesting enough to keep us all going. It exercised our keen mental discernment and we were able to develop good judgment as we critically learned to formulate our own stances on issues and concerns, provide alternative solutions for both societal and political conflicts, and fully grasp the interconnections between our neural connections and social realities. The course covers a wide variety of lessons and all of them were discussed to comprehensibly. As we skim through our lectures, we were able to academically discern the definition of a trend, characteristic of a trend, review about strategic analysis and intuitive thinking; understand its key components, and most specially the one that I really got interested about, Globalization. Starting from the basics, the term globalization was derived from the word globalize, which refers to the emergence of an international network of economic systems. The rapid growth of Globalization is highly evident not only to a small international scope but as well as to the large and numerous powerhouse countries across the globe. The strength of Globalization expands the exchange of ideas and commodities over vast distances. Another thing that I highly appreciate in our class was the fact that the phenomenon of Globalization may be commonly presented into highly generalized terms but we were able to understand it since it was discussed until its local level. We were also able to unravel some significant cases of globalization which exhibits various manifestation of interrelations and interconnectedness in the world; how it affects real life interaction of several people into different places. As a Humanities and Social Sciences student, the idea of a continuous flow of social interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, etc. excite me. Interestingly enough, the topic of globalization got it all covered. Despite of its broad scope, it possess several effective 21st century skills from its various effects and causes which may be helpful to mold a well-rounded student. Globalization isn’t limited to its driving forces caused by international trade and investment (which is usually aided by information technology). I believe, from what I learned, that the overall prospect of Globalization is vital for economic change. Its process has a long-term effect on the environment, on culture, on political systems, on economic development and prosperity, and on human physical well-being in societies around the globe. From the observable increasing interaction between nation-states and individuals, it’s only fair to say that the relevancy of globalization all throughout our daily lives will never become insignificant as time goes by. Globalization became as one of the firm pillars of the growth from international trade, ideas, and culture. Its economic aspect might be dominant compare the process of social and cultural integration however, societal conflicts and diplomacy are also one of the main trajectory of globalization. To sum it all up, there might be a lot of specific topics which are correlated to each other, I think globalization covered majority of the given subject matters to the course.