TOK CONNECTIONS

• Does globalization unify our values, beliefs and knowledge or lead to their greater fragmentation? 

• Are some ways of knowing more useful than others when trying to understand the process of globalization and its effects? 

• To what extent is our knowledge and understanding of complex phenomena such as globalization dependent on our particular perspective? 

• Business management uses case studies, a research method most commonly associated with the human sciences. What are the benefits and drawbacks of this in a globalized world? How else does the methodology of the human sciences differ from the methodology of other areas of knowledge?