TASK 1

Modes of Enquiry:
a) Briefly describe the differences between the modes of enquiry.
b) Using ONE of the modes of enquiry develop a plan to show how you will ca
rry out the research for Tasks 2 and 3
c) Provide a short summary justifying the method of enquiry you have chosen
and identifying the strengths and weakness of your approach
INTRODUCTION
Since the introduction of globalization on the market place, the way of carrying
out trade has greatly changed. Globalization has changed behaviour of productio
n of goods, communication and technology across the world. Globalization has int
ertwined economic and cultural activities. Confusingly on the other hand, global
ization is used by others to refer to IMF (International Monetary Fund), the Wor
ld Bank to come up with free global market for goods and services. Globalization
is a political project which can be damaging to the poorer nations economy, man
y believe that what is being done today in the name of globalization has been do
ne before only that this time around itâ s being done in a different manner.
Globalization has powerful economic, political, social and cultural dimensions.
In this report we will focus on multinational corporations (MNC). A further, cru
cial aspect of globalization is the nature and power of multinational corporatio
ns. Such companies now account for over 33 percent of the world output, 66 perce
nt of the world trade (Gray 199:62)

1.0 ENQUIRY METHODS

Inquiry â â An Inquiry System, or IS for short, is a system of interrelated component
s for producing knowledge on a problem or issue of importance.â Every IS has an i
nput from the outside world which act as building blocks for knowledge. What is
considered as valid input to one system can be considered invalid by another sy
stem. This means that for every kind of problem there can never be one approach
of inquiry.

Figure 1: An Inquiry System

The Inquiry Systems process:
Firstly, they accept distinctive inputs from outside in the form of inputs which
is information collected that serves as the building blocks or bases of the kno
wledge needed to be obtained.
Secondly, they employ different operators to work on the inputs to transform the
m into the final outputs of the system.
Thirdly, the output of an inquiry system can be considered as valid knowledge, t
he result of the inquiry, the aim of the inquiry which can be used for the advan
tage of the organization.
Finally, there is a guarantor involved with every inquiry system, whose function
is guaranteeing that it is possible to derive a particular output as valid know
ledge. â The guarantor is the most critical aspect of an IS because it literally in
fluences everything in does.â