Module 8

the easy access to the computerized world we now live in is the direct reason that I am now continuing my education.
I am a 35 year old mom of five who lives in a rural area. I am lucky enough to have a full time job. Before the world went flat I would have never had the time to drive the hundred miles to college daily to attend six hours of class a day or even a week. However, I now get to reap some of the benefits of this new flat world.
The easy and  affordable access has allowed most colleges now offer online courses. I now log on to my online account, where I find my courses. I get to have a college experience from where ever I log on from.
I get the college education with out having to put in the person to person time.this is a life changing opportunity,that is incredible.  
 
Working with computers on has been a daily accuracy since I was a senior in high school, (1994) I can say that when I was waiting for my computer to dial up to Netscape I  never imagined that the computer or Internet would play such a Vital role in my life not only in a work place environment, but in ever aspect of my life. From the car I drive,the phone I talk to loved ones on. The way I get my new,tv and now education.I not only access the direction in my classes, I read most  of my coarse books online from my computer. I write my papers on my computer. Submit then to my online blog from my computer. I have a program that allows me to write on my iPad, using a app that stores it as a corse note book on my iPad. I no longer need to use paper note books.I can only imagine what what's next to come from and to our flat world.

Module 7

Module 7
Why are some countries or regions better at doing something's than other countries or regions?
I believe that it boils down to how hungry that country or region is. How bad the masses want a better life. 
Take China for instance a majority of the people have lived in such a stifling environment that they were just waiting for a chance to spread their wings. China has Such a hunger that has been growing for generations. They're like the water pushing agents a dame,once they find a minuet crack it rushes through with great force at first, trickling down to be a constant familiar flow.
On the other side you have Mexico, although they have layers of people that are suppressed they have a top layer that are living their ideal life. This difference makes it impossible for them to feed their hunger.
I believe that all countries or regions are capable of doing great things, it all depends on the wisdom , knowledge and willingness to work together for change.
What is self-directed consumers? Why that would be me. I want to feel that I have a say in every aspect of my life, I don't want to have someone tell me that I am limited in anyway, the more a company makes me feel like I'm in control the happier I am. I related to the story on about the photographer. I'm a proud mom that thinks her children are the cutest things ever to grace this world, I love to take pictures of everything then I can upload them using soft ware that totally agrees with me.allows me to adjust them or it will do it for me. The days of the red eyes and blurs are long gone.

Does globalization mean Americanization? 
In the beginning that is what globalization meant.
We are the ones that have castes the longest shadow for quite some time. As globalization has evolved it has now morphed in to a passion for people in all of the lands to become the best they can be using the help of the rest of the world. They are now unwilling to be limited by Someones else's idles of perfection.they want to create their own shadow. 

Module 6 What is free trade? It is the act of the world Interacting and doing business together. I think that the overall process is kind of like watching a baby Giraffe walk for the first time, exciting, scary ,promising and such an amazing wonder to be able to watch. I can say that I have never once thought about how an adult Giraffe learned how to walk, or the struggles they may have faced. I am always in awwh of their agile grace. I believe that this is how this new flatted free trade will be looked back on. WHAT SKILLS PERSONALITY TRAITS MAKE A “NEW MIDDLE”? I live in a small town, in an even smaller community. You can not go to the gas station, mercantile or feed store with out, spending time doing what I call solving the worlds problems or shooting the breez. Having the talent to be able to relate and get people to open up and share their thoughts with you that was not lost with the door to door salesman. I want someone that is quick and efficient but I also want someone that leaves me with a smile at the end of our interaction. When your looking to give or hire a company and you have narrowed it down to the most efficient and effective company if your contact is someone that you find you don't like or that makes your head ache when your done dealing with them, that will always stay with you. This makes you open for other options. However, if you have a sales contact that you deal with even in short interactions, that leaves you with a smile, you will not be so easily persuaded to try another company.  This basically simmers down to CQ-PQ-IQ, it fuels us to want to be successful in our passions.

Module five: What is the Triple Convergence ? The convergence of the ten flatters. They built the new platform that we all play and work on today. The affordable options for accessing the new flat world platform. We are no longer Limited in our access to information, or in options of sharing our opinions,desires, wishes,and dreams.  The second convergence is made up of everyone's creativity and their desire to work smarter not harder while making and saving money. The app world is a perfect show case of this, where else can you find a tool that will tell you the local weather, count your calories or your money or if you have an extra minute an app that will let you squish bugs. The Third Convergence is the ability for you to full fill a need,by the best most competitive resource around the world. Who was the exploiter or exploited,that is an intriguing question,that I could not see the answer to. The answer that I came up with was that the state of Indiana was letting their fear of change control them. If they would have taken a less emotional approach to the task at hand they could have figured out a way to save the 8 million in taxes, while encouraging and fostering the hiring and training locals, that the India based company had planned to use.this would be a double bonus for the people of Indiana.  What is intellectual property and why is it important? Intellectual property are the products of the creativity. They are so valued be cause they are the result of the creators hard work, while most people want to share their inventions, they also want to get created and composition. If people in general start to feel that they Don't get due created for their hard work they will lose their desire to share freely. We will end up in a controlling ridged environment.  

Module 4

The job interview I researched was for a tow truck dispatcher, what dos being a dispatcher have to do with computers you might be wondering. Well another company I have learned that has gone flat is AAA.they happen to be the major contract of a local towing company, they have taken a hands on face to face line of work and flattened it.  You no longer call 411 ask for a local tow company,then hand your tow truck driver your insurance card or credit card. AAA came to the owners of the local tow company and introduced a technical way of doing business. They have installed gps units in all of the tow trucks, through this system not only can the dispatcher monitor the tow trucks that are on duty, through a large screen tv screen that takes up a wall in the office. AAA’s operators can also pull up and track the trucks. this allowed AAA to outsource all of their operator needs to their office in California. Now when you call for AAA, and request assistance anywhere in the united states your talking with a call center employee in california, they then pull up the location of the local tow trucks and a sign the call to the gps unit that is located in the closest truck, they can speak directly to the drive through this system. This allows everyone to track the actual miles of the call, the location and what equipment is required. If being a dispatcher is something of interest now, when you walk in to a impound yard office it is a room full of computer screens, one shows a map of the area and blinking trucks. Several have live camera feeds of the yards the other are the computers that are being used to input the ticket information once the drivers have completed a call, they may be entering in the information in to AAA’s main billing system, or the DMV information if they have removed a car or completed any number of police requested calls e.g. DUI. It is no longer a person to person position, it is now a person to person via computer. I really liked seeing that all of the drivers have smart phones they all upon arrival to a call walk around and video the site, then send it back to the dispatch they store it with the calls information, if there is a question they can simply click it up and review, I thought the was very 3.0.

Outsourcing is the delegation of a task consisting of information to another company that will do the task more efficiently and at the lowest price. The information is processed then sent back to your company. This allows your company to free up the resources and gives a competitive edge. Off shoring is moving your whole company to place that offers the lowest bottom line. Operating your company in a country that has lower wages,tax advantages. allows many companies to stay profitable in today's market. A supply chain is the process that's company has to go through to get a product from point of manufacturing to point of purchase. Walmart took a disadvantage and exploded it. Figuring out that they were losing time and money by having to deal with a brokers, instead of dealing with the  Manufacture directly,lead them down the path of opening a distribution center of there own, this gave them the opportunity to learn what an important key to running a efficient and competitive company. They also took the disadvantage of their location, turning to modern technology to give them the flattening edge. Has put them steps ahead of their competitors. Now they are the standard to strive for. Google is a total equalizer. You no longer have to go out and pitch your product or ideas. You can just go online post it and through the power of the Google search engine, you can be made a super star or a producer of a must have product. This been proven by the new generation of the blogging mom, you can blog and share your daily adventures while bragging about your latest craft or do it yourself project. By adding a link to your etsy store or through PayPal sell them one of their own. Having a link to the product you used for the do it yourself project, gives them a kick back and they are helping support their families from home.   It allows access to resources of the world. By simply doing a google search you can locate customers in all the corners of our flat world.

Module Two

Module Two:

Work flow software, is the protocols that allows you to work with any program you choose seamlessly.  Say that I am a bookie; I need to have a program showing me the up to the minute results, virus the bets.  The up coming events and odds, I also want to see my PayPal activity. To be efficient, I would need to have interoperable work flow software to handle all aspects of my company.

Open Source or Community developed software, are patches or programs that are built on someone else’s source code, that was given a copy right that says you may improve upon just give credit to the original developer of the source code. This is important because it takes something that is good and exploits every once of potential out of it. This is being done from all faucets and industries imaginable. It allows this code to be changed over and over again to make it what ever the programmer needs it to be. While always giving credit back to the original creator, in doing this it allows the creator the option of offering tech support on the programs at a fee. This is important because it allows people to work with their own ingenuity to solve their own problems; this is usually done quicker and more efficiently on their own then by someone else. Giving credit to the original creator makes for a continue supply of new more efficient programs, and a virtual never ending supply of support options, that translates in to cash flow.

Outsourcing, by definition is the process of contracting a business function to someone else. This translates out to, finding the most cost effective, efficient way to run the ins and outs of a business. Once you have, sending your work to be done there.

It is a running joke at my house that I need a clone; the concept of outsourcing may be the solution that I have been looking for. All I need to do is sit down and make a list of jobs, that I need done every day, e.g. laundry, car pool, home work, cleaning of the boys bathrooms. Conduct a search for the most cost effective, efficient person to do these jobs for me and outsource them.  

Outsourcing is important because it allows a business owner that is located any where in the world to look every where in the world for the bottom line, cost effective solution to their needs.