The use of mobile phones IS PROHIBITED during the class. Cell phones disrupt learning. Cell phone noises of any kind disturb the instructor and the whole class. Tablets and laptops can be used during class but ONLY for taking notes and doing readings and assignments as instructed by the professor. Allowed for translation. However, use of your tablets and laptops for email, social media sites, and web-surfing IS PROHIBITED, and such actions will lower your grades. Course Schedule Week One: Course Introduction Week Two: Debates Pro and Con regarding Globalization 1 Readings: Globalization: A Very Short Introduction (and other readings on Sakai) Week Three: Debates Pro and Con regarding Globalization 2 *Meet with me this week about your group’s Final Project topic, research plan, assignment of team-roles… Week Four: Case Travels of a in the Global Economy Readings/Resources: The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy (2015). Road” documentary “Cotton (2015). *Draft of Group Project Bibliography Due Week Five: Gender and Globalization I: Women Factory Workers in China Reading: Excerpts from the book Factory Girls (2010); Sakai links about recent developments Week Six: Gender and Globalization II: Women Workers in Transnational Call Centers in India Reading: Excerpts from the book Working the Night Shift (2010) Week Seven: Case Study: Kunshan Harvard Business School Case Study and other readings. *Class Presentations on Final Project*
The use of mobile phones IS PROHIBITED during the class. Cell phones disrupt learning. Cell phone noises of any kind disturb the instructor and the whole class. Tablets and laptops can be used during class but ONLY for taking notes and doing readings and assignments as instructed by the professor. Allowed for translation. However, use of your tablets and laptops for email, social media sites, and web-surfing IS PROHIBITED, and such actions will lower your grades. Course Schedule Week One: Course Introduction Week Two: Debates Pro and Con regarding Globalization 1 Readings: Globalization: A Very Short Introduction (and other readings on Sakai) Week Three: Debates Pro and Con regarding Globalization 2 *Meet with me this week about your group’s Final Project topic, research plan, assignment of team-roles… Week Four: Case Travels of a in the Global Economy Readings/Resources: The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy (2015). “Cotton Road” documentary (2015). *Draft of Group Project Bibliography Due Week Five: Gender and Globalization I: Women Factory Workers in China Reading: Excerpts from the book Factory Girls (2010); Sakai links about recent developments Week Six: Gender and Globalization II: Women Workers in Transnational Call Centers in India Reading: Excerpts from the book Working the Night Shift (2010) Week Seven: Case Study: Kunshan Harvard Business School Case Study and other readings. *Class Presentations on Final Project*
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