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Ursula Huws
Professor of International Labour Studies
London Metropolitan University, and
Director, Analytica Social and Economic Research
© Ursula Huws, 2008
One face of globalisation
© Ursula Huws, 2008
a second face
» enabled by:
» access to cheap and reliable telecommunications
infrastructure
» digitisation of information
» interoperability of systems
» spread of ICT literacy
» increasingly generic software packages
» increasing use of global languages (especially English)
» liberalisation of trade (including trade in services; IP)
» in short, there is now a new global division of
labour in information-processing work as well
as in manufacturing
in-house outsourced
» separate cost » temp agency
centre
on the » market testing » body shopping
» reskilling » spin-off company
premises » introduction of
» external supplier
new working
practices working on premises
» back office
» offshore to dependent
miles » home teleworkers company
away » nomadic workers » offshore to global supplier
» clients’ premises » offshore to strategic partner
» other branch » ‘global sourcing’
© Ursula Huws, 2008
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