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Week 1 and 2 Flashcards

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Canada’s Top 5 Export Destinations (2016)

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  1. US
  2. China
  3. Japan
  4. Mexico
  5. UK
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Canada’s Top 5 Import Destinations (2016)

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  1. US
  2. China
  3. Mexico
  4. Germany
  5. Japan
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High quality and value: attracts moderate and high-end US retailers to produce their products in Canada.

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Advantage of Canadian Clothing and Textile Manufacturers

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Innovative design: men’s tailored suit, coat, lingerie/intimate apparel, childrenswear, activewear, fur.

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Advantage of Canadian Clothing and Textile Manufacturers

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Quick turnaround time: 2 to 3 months faster than Chinese producers

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Advantage of Canadian Clothing and Textile Manufacturers

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Flexible in smaller run: far more flexible than their US counterparts

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Advantage of Canadian Clothing and Textile Manufacturers

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Advanced technology

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Advantage of Canadian Clothing and Textile Manufacturers

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Imports from China, India, Third World and the least developed countries (LDCs) have risen over the last two decades due to the manufacturing costs.

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Disadvantage of Canadian Clothing and Textile Manufacturers

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The number of domestics manufacturers closing local operations in favour of offshore production.

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Disadvantage of Canadian Clothing and Textile Manufacturers

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10
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Two countries with lowest minimum monthly wage for garment workers in 2017

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Honduras and Guatemala

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11
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Fair competition

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Benefit of WTO Trading System

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12
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Cut cost and raise the standard of living

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Benefit of WTO Trading System

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13
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More choices for consumers

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Benefit of WTO Trading System

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14
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Settle disputes

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Benefit of WTO Trading System

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Economic growth and employment

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Benefit of WTO Trading System

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Encourages good governance

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Benefit of WTO Trading System

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17
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Helps countries development

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Benefit of WTO Trading System

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18
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Peace and stability

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Benefit of WTO Trading System

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19
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4%+ drop in apparel retail prices from 2006-2008 as a result of quota elimination.

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Impact of WTO

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China has surpassed Japan to become the world’s second biggest consumer market.

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Impact of WTO

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India will become an increasingly important sourcing locale for US firms.

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Impact of WTO

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The opening of apparel retail opportunities in China, India and other emerging markets.

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Impact of WTO

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23
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Retail Market: Fast-fashion companies

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Impact of WTO

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24
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Specific Tarriffs

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per unit or by weight (ex. per kg)

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Ad Valorem Tarriffs

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% ad valorem

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Combined Tarriffs

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$/per kg + % ad valorem

27
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Fordism/Taylorism/Modernism

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1930s-1972

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Post-Fordism/Postmodernism/Globalization

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1973-2004

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Replace rule-of-thumb method

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Key Element of Taylorism/Scientific Management

30
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Developing mass-standardized method

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Key Element of Taylorism/Scientific Management

31
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Division of labour

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Key Element of Taylorism/Scientific Management

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Equal division of work

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Key Element of Taylorism/Scientific Management

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Selecting workers

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Key Element of Taylorism/Scientific Management

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Supporting workers

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Key Element of Taylorism/Scientific Management

35
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Giving incentive payments to workers

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Key Element of Taylorism/Scientific Management

36
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Manufacturing is not buying low and selling high.

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Fordism

37
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Putting service before profit.

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Fordism

38
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The separation of different work tasks between different groups of workers.

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Key element of Fordism

39
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Parts and components of the motor vehicles are highly standardized

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Key element of Fordism

40
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The machines are arranged in the right order to manufacture the product.

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Key element of Fordism

41
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Workers are working on an assembly line.

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Key element of Fordism

42
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Mass production

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Fordism

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Standardized Goods

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Fordism

44
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Economy of scales

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Fordism

45
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Deskilling of work

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Fordism

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Centralization of information and control

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Fordism

47
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Specialized functions and units

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Fordism

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Clear internal boundaries

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Fordism

49
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Bureaucratization of social order

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Max Weber

50
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“Iron cage”

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Max Weber

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Impersonality

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Weber’s Characteristics of an Ideal Bureaucracy

52
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Written rules of conduct

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Weber’s Characteristics of an Ideal Bureaucracy

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Advancement based on achievement

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Weber’s Characteristics of an Ideal Bureaucracy

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specialized division of labour

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Weber’s Characteristics of an Ideal Bureaucracy

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Efficiency

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Weber’s Characteristics of an Ideal Bureaucracy

56
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“Just-in-tie=me”

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Toyotism

57
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Empowerment, or automation with a human touch

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Toyotism

58
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George Ritzer

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McDonaldization

59
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Efficiency
Calculability
Predictability
Technology/Control

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McDonalization

60
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Alan Bryman

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Disneyization

61
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Theme
Dedifferentiation of Consumption
Merchandising
Emotional Labour

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Disneyization

62
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“The way in which ideas and structures that circulate globally are adapted and changed by local realities.”

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Glocalization (Richard Tiplady)

63
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A synonym for mixing or hybridity. Can be defined as different cultural meanings fused to create new forms.

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Creolization

64
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A process whereby cultural forms literally move through time and space where they interact with other cultural forms and settings, influence each other, produce new forms and change in cultural setting.

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Hybridization

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