Topic 3: Globalisation
How does the economy of the globalised world function in different places?
Key Ideas
The balance between
employment sectors
(primary, secondary,
tertiary and quaternary)
varies spatially and is
changing.
Content
Use the Clark Fisher model to investigate changing
employment structure in countries at different
stages of development.
Contrast the importance of different employment
sectors and working conditions in countries at
different stages of development.
Globalisation is changing
employment sectors in
both the developed and
the developing world.
Outline the role of global institutions including the
World Trade Organization (WTO), the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and
transnational corporations (TNCs), in creating a
more globalised economy.
Evaluate the impact of globalisation on different
groups of people, including women as a group and
men as a group, in the developed and developing
world.
What you need to understand
 To know the Fisher Clark model shows how
employment is affected by a country’s
development.
 To be able to describe the changes in
primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary
employment
 To know there are 3 stages pre-industrial,
industrial, and post-industrial
 To know that Ethiopia is a country in the preindustrial stage
 To know that China is in the industrial stage
 To know the UK is in the post-industrial
stage.
 To know the main employment types in each
country and the reasons for changes in
employment type.
 To understand how the working conditions
vary in these countries and how working
conditions generally improve a country
develops.
 To learn a definition for globalisation
 To understand the roles of the WTO, IMF
and TNC’s and how they have created a more
global economy i.e. how they have encouraged
trade, jobs , money to move between
countries more.
 To know the impacts of globalisation on people
can be both positive and negative.
 To understand that more women are now
working in both MEDC’s and LEDC’s
What changes have taken place in the flow of goods and capital?
In the past 50 years both
Examine the changes in the volume and pattern of
international trade and
international trade and foreign direct investment.
the flow of capital across
international borders have
expanded rapidly.
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Explore the reasons for these changes, including
lower transport costs, TNC growth and mergers
and state-led investment.
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Transnational corporations
(TNCs) control a
substantial part of the
global economy and have
created a global shift.
Study one TNC in the secondary sector to show
how it operates in different parts of the world,
e.g. location of headquarters, outsourcing and the
global shift in manufacturing.
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Study one TNC in the tertiary sector to show how
it operates in different parts of the world, e.g.
administrative work moving overseas, globalisation
of products, including the growth of retailing
chains.
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To understand that the amount of trade has
increased.
To be able to interpret a map or diagram
about the pattern of this trade –
imports/exports
To understand the Foreign direct investment
is when a business from one country invests
money in a company in another country or
builds its own factory in another country
To know that reduced transport cost have
increased trade
To understand how TNC’s have increased
trade and the movement of goods.
To know what mergers are (Pixar)
To understand why some governments would
invest in other countries e.g. China-Nigeria
To learn Nike case study and know why it
operates in different countries
To learn Tesco case study and know why it
operates in different countries.