Globalization goals: Making LGUs globally competitive through digitalization
Globalization is a natural result of computerization. This indicates that our world is becoming more and more computerized and that using computers is bringing the world closer together.
This is the primary point of Thomas L. Friedman’s international best-selling book “The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century.”
The concept of globalization, which is commonly understood to mean leveling the playing field in terms of commerce by computerizing information technology, is examined in the book. This entails giving all rivals an equal chance to engage in a free-for-all global market. “This thing called globalization,” he asserts, “can explain more things in more ways than anything else.”
It is possible to classify this new economic phase as a global economy. Walls and barriers between nations, businesses, corporations, and individuals, as well as between the wealthy and the poor, the employed and the unemployed, and all other stakeholders, have been shattered by the widespread usage of computers and internet-enabled technology in the global economy.
Systems for crowdwork are no longer restricted to the boundaries of organizations, nations, or other legal entities. Crowd workers are now seen as global workers because computerization has caused their activities to become worldwide.
It is anticipated that the workforce would collaborate and cooperate on a variety of international levels. According to Friedman, this globalization which started around 1492, saw a shift in the size of the planet from large to medium and then about 2000, the world became even smaller.
Notice that the pace of global production and service delivery is unreasonably rapid and nonstop. A less expensive payment mechanism would make network transactions faster and more dependable. Additionally, many transactions would be feasible.
Even the employment of workers from abroad is anticipated. In doing so, we envision the entire globe as a massive supply chain that includes managers, analysts, suppliers, manufacturers, and merchants, among others. This is the fundamental idea behind flattening the world, where everyone has the same rights to participate in the global economy through the use of computerization.
However, we pose the following concern: What would happen to individuals who refuse to participate in the global economy’s fierce competition and vehemently reject Friedman’s idea of flatism? Probably they will be abandoned and left to starve.
They should master the trade of information technology, awaken and improve their dormant talents in using computers and internet-based technologies, and enable them to transition into becoming competitors in the global economy. We must provide them with the knowledge and abilities necessary to succeed in the competitive global economy.
The world is transitioning to a computerized or digital world. Governments ought to do the same. They ought to take advantage of the chances that digitization presents. The ultimate winners from digitizing their equipment, goods, procedures, and services would be people.
This is my challenge to the Department of Information and Communications Technology: consider embracing Friedman’s flat-earth hypothesis and transforming the national and local government units as global economic competitors through digitalization.
REGINALD B. TAMAYO,
Marikina City
