Cornell Notes on Sources

Source 1:
TITLE: Buisness Without Borders
AUTHOR: Friel B. Business
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2007

Main Idea #1: The ideas Tom Friedman proposes in his book are no longer predictions but they have actually taken place in today’s world.

Summary: The basis of The World is Flat, is that the author proposed that over the next few years China, India, and the former Soviet Union, would eventually level the economic ‘playing field’ with America and they would become very competitive. He based this prediction on the fact that America is outsourcing all the IT jobs to foreign countries such as these and pay them low wages. These people are happy to be paid low wages because their countries are normally over populated and it is difficult to find a job. So now that these jobs have left America most of the corporations in America are aying their money to countries outside the US. Tom Friedman attributes this huge cange in today’s economy to one thing, technology.


Quote: “Friedman describes three primary changes at the dawn of the 21st century as the keys to the changing world. One is the addition of China, India, the former Soviet Union and other countries with a combined population of 3 billion to the global world economy. The second is technological changes such as the Internet that have made distance less of a factor. And the third is the shift from hierarchical, vertical power structures in business and government to democratic, diffuse ones in which it is easier for individuals to make their own destinies.”

Question: Will America face these same problems in years to come?


Main Idea #2: America's imperative to be competitive with new players in the global economy is only part of Friedman's vision.

Summary: This book addresses problems we might face in the future such as the world becoming ‘flat’ meaning that the countries in the world will eventually be equals in having the same amount of resources. Friedman predicts that since we will be employing internationally we will eventually have to find some way to police internationally as well.


Quote: “According to Friedman's thesis, the world is becoming more networked. Federal leaders either can be part of that by connecting with leaders elsewhere in the world, or they can be left out.”


Question: Can these problems proposed in this article be applied today?


How will this source help you write your paper?
This source will help me write my paper because I want to show that this new book that I am trying to put into the curriculum has ideas that truly relate to today’s world. This article really does just that, it first explains what The World is Flat stated for those who haven’t read the novel, then it shows how the idea in the novel could relate to today’s changing economy.

Source 2:
TITLE: best Practices gear You Supply Chain To Compete
AUTHOR: Neil Shister
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2005

Main Idea #1: As a business gets larger and larger the need to take your business international gets greater and greater, but there are a few things to take into consideration beforehand.

Summary: This author talks about the new idea of Globalization that the novel I chose proposes. Tom Friedman proposes Globalization is currently happening through Internet communication, outsourcing, off-shoring, synchronized supply chains. The author then says we have gotten to the point of no return and that Globalization will hav already happened.


Quote: “Readers of World Trade will be familiar with his list: Internet communication, outsourcing, off-shoring, synchronized supply chains. What they may not fully appreciate is the extent which, according to Friedman, these different elements have already converged past the tipping point of no return.”


Question: Is it necessary to educate people about the ongoing Globalization?


Main Idea #2:

Summary: The author then explains what is going on in today’s world and he displays the results of this Globalization of world trade. The results are an even playing field for the world’s countries, this is very important because before this rise of technology America did not have too many important competitors but now that our corporations can outsource the competitors for Americas have gotten much greater.


Quote: The net result, Friedman writes, will be "the creation of a global, Web-enabled playing field that allows for multiple forms of collaboration--the sharing of knowledge and work--in real time, without regard to geography, distance, or, in the near future, even language."


Question: What can be one to prevent America from becoming just like the other countries?

Main Idea #3:

Summary: In this next part of the article the author discusses how many products have been outsourced for lesser costs. So now that companies have invested in other countries those countries in turn will have more money to compete with America and reinvest into their own economies.

Quote: On a related front, PRTM Consulting's Roger Wery surveyed several hundred World Trade C-level readers about globalization, a third of whom have implemented at least one product development involving a significant portion of overseas resources

Question: Why study this sort of subject?

How will this source help you write your paper?
This source displays why this content should be taught to students at my grade level because when they get older it is important they know about the world around them and now is not a bad time to teach that to them.

Source 3:
TITLE: The House on Mango Street: Review of Sandra Cisneros' popular coming-of-age novel
AUTHOR: MB Levine
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2005

Main Idea #1: The book The House on Mango Street is told from the perspective of Esperanza Cordero through a series of Vignettes.

Summary: Sandra Cisneros, the main character of the novel The House on Mango Street tells of her childhood living in a rather poor neighborhood with her family of 6 in her house. She frequently talks about her disliking of her home and her neighborhood and wonders why she is not privileged enough to have more.

Quote: “The House on Mango Street is an often amusing, frequently sad collection of vignettes that come together to tell the story of Esperanza Cordero and her family of six.”

Question: Should this novel be removed from our required reading list?


Main Idea #2: Cisneros talks about the people who venture into her neighborhood scared because they do not know any better.

Summary: The main character discusses different people who come into her neighborhood. During this novel she talks about things as if she was much older and wiser than she actually is and the critic in this article seems to be very impressed with this.

Quote: Esperanza is a young version of an aging widow who spends her days rocking on the front porch watching the movements of her neighbors. She knows about everyone living on Mango Street.

Question: What do we learn from this novel?

How will this source help you write your paper?
I intend to use this article in my final essay because I am going to remove this book from our school curriculum in order to replace it with The World Is Flat. I intend to show how the House on Mango Street is not a very good book to have in our curriculum and instead I will replace it with Friedman’s novel.