Pressures for change in business can arise internally, that is from staff or management observing current processes, or from external pressures like changes to government policies. ... Globalisation is the erosion of national borders, decline of the power of national governments and the rise of organizations that operate across national borders. ... Globalisation has been underway for a few decades now, but the 1980's saw the biggest set of changes in Australia's history. ... Countries were becoming more self-sufficient and Australia was left behind. In the 1980's, Australia low...

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Pressures for change in business can arise internally, that is from staff or management observing current processes, or from external pressures like changes to government policies. ... Globalisation is the erosion of national borders, decline of the power of national governments and the rise of organizations that operate across national borders. ... Globalisation has been underway for a few decades now, but the 1980's saw the biggest set of changes in Australia's history. ... Countries were becoming more self-sufficient and Australia was left behind. In the 1980's, Australia low...

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There is Oceania, which encompasses the Americas and Great Britain, Eurasia, which is Europe and the Near East, and Eastasia, which is the rest of Asia and Australia. ... I think that instead of giving more power to these people, we should give government, which for all its failings is at least democratically elected, more regulatory control. ... It is all very well putting safety nets in place in stable democracies such as we have in the Western world, but how can we let so much economic power be given to the Far Eastern countries, such as Indonesia, which have very unstable...

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There is Oceania, which encompasses the Americas and Great Britain, Eurasia, which is Europe and the Near East, and Eastasia, which is the rest of Asia and Australia. ... I think that instead of giving more power to these people, we should give government, which for all its failings is at least democratically elected, more regulatory control. ... It is all very well putting safety nets in place in stable democracies such as we have in the Western world, but how can we let so much economic power be given to the Far Eastern countries, such as Indonesia, which have very unstable governmental sy...

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People relied on infrastructure in their community to survive; now with the global market open for everyone people can import wheat to Afghanistan from Australia with out a problem. ... Cuba who strictly follow communism are being left behind the world's growth and their civilians are in poverty because of their government's lack of .. to change. ...

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As the world converges into a market based on the ideals of capitalistic economics there is a great deal of pressure forcing competing nations to make their media more commercial with advertising aimed at specific viewers, and also forces countries to privatize their once government owned telecommunications industry. ... The six biggest include AOL Time Warner(U.S.), Disney/ABC(U.S.), Vivendi-Universal(French), Bertlessman(German), Viacom(U.S.), and the Australian media giant Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. ...

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