As we explored, many of the "traditional" workplace settings are being forgotten, and new ways of working are being introduced, as more people want more of a work-life balance, and as companies downsize their workforce. This article explores the benefits of flexible workplaces and the benefits they have for employees. However, it does not explore the negative impacts this kind of work can have on employees

I thought this was a particularly good source to end the term with as it summarizes many of the issues we have been exploring throughout the course

I found this article interesting because it outlines how even our most basic needs, growing food, can be outsourced to other countries. It also explores how outsourcing can be a type of neocolonialism, with rich countries exploiting poorer ones for their resources.

This is from the same websites as the "Importance of Technology in the Workplace", but it focuses on the negative impacts rather than the positive

This article shows how technology has improved various aspects of the workplace.

This article discusses how companies, such as Johnson and Johnson are looking towards countries such as China for new innovations.

This article looks at how the Ukraine is looking to improve their higher educational system to match that of the U.S. It shows how the rest of the world's educational system is pushing out higher quality graduates to compete with American innovation

I thought this was a particularly interesting website as it touches on a lot of things that Friedman has mentioned in his book; including the focus on this weeks readings on education and a knowledge-based economy. It has articles outlining how China is overtaking the U.S in terms of how much money is spent on science and technology funding for example, showing how the developing countries are catching up with us in terms of their high-skilled, more innovative work.

This organization focuses on helping people further their education in order to improve their standard of living. This really aligns with Chapter 5 in Friedman's book, as he discusses how low-skilled workers must improve their education in order to obtain better positions (229). They have to do this as the jobs they were doing have been outsourced to other countries.

I chose this article because Friedman discusses in these chapters how the glob population is exploding and countries such as China and India have populations who are catching up to the Western World in terms of their skills. This article shows how this is already happening as Canada is actively seeking skilled professionals to enter the country to live and work here

This is a short article that I like because it touches on Friedman's Convergence I; the advancement of technology in the workplace and how this can increase productivity.

This article is interesting because we are used to major companies outsourcing their positions across the world, but here a service paid for by Canadian taxes is being outsourced elsewhere, taking jobs away from Canadian taxpayers. This introduces an interesting ethical issue, as many believe it is wrong for a company paid for exclusively by Calgarians is outsourcing jobs to other areas of the world.

This article explores how, although outsourcing has not reduced the number of jobs available in Canada as much as people once feared, it does however impact the wages available in Canada as companies now have stronger bargaining power.

This article explores the anger many Canadians felt over outsourcing. However, the author believes that Canada must learn to deal with this, as it is something that has happened before to us (with manufacturing) and is not happening to other countries as well (manufacturing is moving from China to Vietnam)

This article has a distinctly different view of the fall of the Berlin Wall than Friedman does. While Friedman saw the fall of the walk to be a great equalizer, Jean-Pierre Lehman states that other walls went up in its place.

This website examines the Frasier Institute of Canada, it relates to the InnoCentive program Gratton speaks about in his book. They work to solve various problems in Canada and around the world by uniting people from various backgrounds.