Week 1 and 2

Question 1

Canada’s Top 5 Export Destinations (2016)

Answer 1

1. US
2. China
3. Japan
4. Mexico
5. UK

Question 2

Canada’s Top 5 Import Destinations (2016)

Answer 2

1. US
2. China
3. Mexico
4. Germany
5. Japan

Question 3

High quality and value: attracts moderate and high-end US retailers to produce their products in Canada.

Answer 3

Advantage of Canadian Clothing and Textile Manufacturers

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Advantage of Canadian Clothing and Textile Manufacturers

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Advantage of Canadian Clothing and Textile Manufacturers

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Advantage of Canadian Clothing and Textile Manufacturers

Question 7

Advanced technology

Answer 7

Advantage of Canadian Clothing and Textile Manufacturers

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Disadvantage of Canadian Clothing and Textile Manufacturers

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Disadvantage of Canadian Clothing and Textile Manufacturers

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Honduras and Guatemala

Question 11

Fair competition

Answer 11

Benefit of WTO Trading System

Question 12

Cut cost and raise the standard of living

Answer 12

Benefit of WTO Trading System

Question 13

More choices for consumers

Answer 13

Benefit of WTO Trading System

Question 14

Settle disputes

Answer 14

Benefit of WTO Trading System

Question 15

Economic growth and employment

Answer 15

Benefit of WTO Trading System

Question 16

Encourages good governance

Answer 16

Benefit of WTO Trading System

Question 17

Helps countries development

Answer 17

Benefit of WTO Trading System

Question 18

Peace and stability

Answer 18

Benefit of WTO Trading System

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Impact of WTO

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Impact of WTO

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Impact of WTO

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Impact of WTO

Question 23

Retail Market: Fast-fashion companies

Answer 23

Impact of WTO

Question 24

Specific Tarriffs

Answer 24

per unit or by weight (ex. per kg)

Question 25

Ad Valorem Tarriffs

Answer 25

% ad valorem

Question 26

Combined Tarriffs

Answer 26

$/per kg + % ad valorem

Question 27

Fordism/Taylorism/Modernism

Answer 27

1930s-1972

Question 28

Post-Fordism/Postmodernism/Globalization

Answer 28

1973-2004

Question 29

Replace rule-of-thumb method

Answer 29

Key Element of Taylorism/Scientific Management

Question 30

Developing mass-standardized method

Answer 30

Key Element of Taylorism/Scientific Management

Question 31

Division of labour

Answer 31

Key Element of Taylorism/Scientific Management

Question 32

Equal division of work

Answer 32

Key Element of Taylorism/Scientific Management

Question 33

Selecting workers

Answer 33

Key Element of Taylorism/Scientific Management

Question 34

Supporting workers

Answer 34

Key Element of Taylorism/Scientific Management

Question 35

Giving incentive payments to workers

Answer 35

Key Element of Taylorism/Scientific Management

Question 36

Manufacturing is not buying low and selling high.

Answer 36

Fordism

Question 37

Putting service before profit.

Answer 37

Fordism

Question 38

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

Answer 38

Key element of Fordism

Question 39

Parts and components of the motor vehicles are highly standardized

Answer 39

Key element of Fordism

Question 40

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

Answer 40

Key element of Fordism

Question 41

Workers are working on an assembly line.

Answer 41

Key element of Fordism

Question 42

Mass production

Answer 42

Fordism

Question 43

Standardized Goods

Answer 43

Fordism

Question 44

Economy of scales

Answer 44

Fordism

Question 45

Deskilling of work

Answer 45

Fordism

Question 46

Centralization of information and control

Answer 46

Fordism

Question 47

Specialized functions and units

Answer 47

Fordism

Question 48

Clear internal boundaries

Answer 48

Fordism

Question 49

Bureaucratization of social order

Answer 49

Max Weber

Question 50

"Iron cage"

Answer 50

Max Weber

Question 51

Impersonality

Answer 51

Weber's Characteristics of an Ideal Bureaucracy

Question 52

Written rules of conduct

Answer 52

Weber's Characteristics of an Ideal Bureaucracy

Question 53

Advancement based on achievement

Answer 53

Weber's Characteristics of an Ideal Bureaucracy

Question 54

specialized division of labour

Answer 54

Weber's Characteristics of an Ideal Bureaucracy

Question 55

Efficiency

Answer 55

Weber's Characteristics of an Ideal Bureaucracy

Question 56

"Just-in-tie=me"

Answer 56

Toyotism

Question 57

Empowerment, or automation with a human touch

Answer 57

Toyotism

Question 58

George Ritzer

Answer 58

McDonaldization

Question 59

Efficiency Calculability Predictability Technology/Control

Answer 59

McDonalization

Question 60

Alan Bryman

Answer 60

Disneyization

Question 61

Theme Dedifferentiation of Consumption Merchandising Emotional Labour

Answer 61

Disneyization

Question 62

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

Answer 62

Glocalization (Richard Tiplady)

Question 63

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

Answer 63

Creolization

Question 64

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.

Answer 64

Hybridization