5 pages in length. Despite the immediate implication of Friedman's (2006) title to the physical flatness of planet Earth, The World is Flat provides a comprehensive, unabashed chronicling of what has transpired across the globe to have leveled the economic and political playing field where countries like China have been summarily equalized with power nations like the United States. Friedman (2006), whose perspective of this ever-growing leveled playing field incorporates ten specific factors that collectively created such a precedent-setting phenomenon, duly points out the viability for more people from all over the world to "collaborate and compete in real time with more people on more different kinds of work from more different corners of the planet and on a more equal footing" (p. 8), yet he is not remiss to acknowledge how something so monumental in man's timeline as globalization is without the inherent challenges and struggles associated with such concepts as outsourcing, the World Wide Web and offshoring. No other sources cited.
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to have leveled the economic and political playing field where countries like China have been summarily equalized with power nations like the United States. Friedman (2006), whose perspective of
this ever-growing leveled playing field incorporates ten specific factors that collectively created such a precedent-setting phenomenon, duly points out the viability for more people from all over the world to
"collaborate and compete in real time with more people on more different kinds of work from more different corners of the planet and on a more equal footing" (p. 8),
yet the author is not remiss in acknowledging how something so monumental in mans timeline as globalization is without the inherent challenges and struggles associated with such concepts as outsourcing,
the World Wide Web and offshoring. With global governments and multinational companies as his protagonists, Friedmans (2006) primary objective in The World is Flat is to portray globalization in a
broader light than what has previously been achieved. For many, globalization equates to the sole objective of financial gain at the direct expense of social and cultural institutions, yet
Friedman asserts this is simply not true. The extent to which information systems have virtually transformed the way contemporary society conducts every level of business is both grand and
far-reaching; that these same information systems - which single-handedly support the daily operations of entire industries - are an integral component to the overall importance of globalization is wholly dependent
upon whether one follows or rejects Friedmans (2006) opinion. One of the most applicable aspects of Friedmans (2006) book in relation to Information Systems is his criticism of outsourcing/offshoring and
how these activities have become so commonplace in todays globalized business environment. Friedman (2006) argues that moving tasks out of this industrialized nation to developing countries like China and
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