'A2' ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
New SoW now available thanks to Miss Davidson
New textbook produced by Philip Allan which is EXCELLENT for this unit. Mine has a different front cover though...
a) Economic activity is highly varied in employment structure, organisation and location
Economic activity: start with EMPLOYMENT STRUCTURE
4 sectors: PRIMARY, SECONDARY, TERTIARY and QUATERNARY.
Will then obviously look at the variations within these broad definitions and the changes over time.
For lots of THINKING SKILLS activities visit the excellent SLN page in this area
b) Employment structure, organisation and location are dynamic
Changes in employment structure. Mechanisms for change.
See my new OUTSOURCING page, which will take shape over the next month or so.
See the new CAR INDUSTRY page for more information on this industry. This will form the basis for a timed essay as part of preparations in Spring term.
Also in development the new DYSON case study page.
c) The Globalisation of industry and the role of governments is increasing
There are plenty of resources relating to GLOBALISATION. Try my GLOBALISATION page for example.
A recent posting on SLN GEOGRAPHY introduced me to the TECHNOPARK in Kerala, India - there are more Science Parks than just the one in Cambridge: Silicon Fen / Silicon Glen
This is described in the Specification / Teachers' guide as being a continuation of some of the themes in 4.1 of Module 4.
Start with these LESSON IDEAS and watch them develop over the next few months.
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LESSONS |
Resources | Activities | Links | Homework Tasks |
| Recap on Employment
Structure. Primary / Secondary / Tertiary / Quaternary Definitions of the sectors. |
Job descriptions - a little
harder than lower down the school ? Discussion of: SECTORAL SHIFT |
Be able to describe typical
employment structure. Increasing significance of quaternary activities in the control and direction of industrial development. |
We use the Student Unit Guide
for this topic
(see details below...) A useful albeit GCSE Glossary from HERE. |
What are the
difficulties in defining jobs using the traditional
structure. Survey of jobs in immediate family and neighbours. Fit the UK pattern or that of another country ? |
| Industrial location theory | Factors affecting the location of factories. | What factors affect the choice of location. | Brainstorm. WORKSHEET here. Need to consider the following models:
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Behaviouralist ideas: what would affect
your choice ? Consider the example of DYSON |
| PARKINSON's PERFECT PIZZAS | Why would we choose a particular location ? | Activity
related to PARKINSON'S PERFECT PIZZAS and factors relating to
location. Went through all the key locational factors and added some other details. |
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| Classic theory: Weber | Search for optimal, or least-cost location. | Explain the theory. What
factors affect the choice of location. Cumulative causation: the development of manufacturing in particular locations. |
Calculations of Material Index | Research: reasons for location of factory.
Classifying reasons into groups. Other models of LOCATION which are more up to date than Weber's 1920s ideas.
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| Industrial Location Theories | LOSCH Most companies end up in sub-optimal location. PRED HOTELLING Locational interdepedence Model uses the analogy of ice cream sellers on a beach...
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Read up on the model of Losch and the various other adaptations of these models. | ||
| Least cost: Iron and Steel Footloose: Call centres Car Manufacturing |
Iron and Steel: S. Yorkshire and S. Wales MAPPING activity to show how the industry changed its location over the years. |
Industrial inertia. Changes in the Steel Industry. Need to consider: 4 case studies GRID TO COMPLETE using various sources of information. |
Location of the Car Industry Essay preparation grid for car industry Article on overcapacity in the industry. Arrival of China in the global car industry. |
Reading around the topic. Newspaper articles. Geography Review article: "The economic geography of call centres" by Alan Young (September 2000) |
| DYSON | Consider the change in location of an industry in response to changing economic conditions. | Use GEOGRAPHY IN THE NEWS article. | Division of labour which is spatial. Homework PAST PAPER Q. |
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| Case Study: Toyota at Burnaston | Starter Image BMW Factory in Dresden |
Images | ||
| Changing Employment Mystery : South Wales Material from Tom Biebrach |
Mystery Why is Mr. Jones.. |
Job losses in S. Wales (Jan 05) | ||
| Deindustrialisation | What is this ? Why does it happen ? |
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| NIC's: the rise of manufacturing - globalisation of industry: case studies of outsourcing | Trade:
Principle of Comparative advantage
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| New International division of labour | Diagram of 3 concentric circles on OHT Core regions NIC's Peripheral regions |
What jobs are
going to be left for people in the UK ? Not just manufacturing jobs that are being lost. |
PAST QUESTION Describe and explain the locational requirements of different types of manufacturing industry. Summer 2006 |
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| MNC's or TNC's: Multinational or
transnational companies What are TNCs ? |
Case Study: NIKE - research task Ford Resources: FORD TNC CASE STUDY (by Miss Martin) - WORD document DVD of "THE CORPORATION" |
Website of 'The Corporation' has teacher resources & lots of other useful information. There is a huge range of additional materials on the DVD. | New MULTINATIONALS webpage is also worth a visit. | |
| Glocalisation | Case study of Japanese car industry - part of the JIT production system | Refer to MG-Rover and the job losses from companies providing components. | ||
| Case Study: Toyota at Burnaston | Waugh textbooks plus additional materials | Additional materials from Burnaston and Tony Cassidy. | ||
| Growth of Service Sector: Call Centres | Articles: 'Geography Review'
- Footloose example Need to explore the growing footloose nature of global industry. |
News articles from file. | Produce an ideal call centre worker. Based on Leat's work and the old "Perfect sweatshop worker" sheet. | |
| Outsourcing | IT in Bangalore
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BBC News articles Case Studies: ICT / Call Centres |
SWOT Analysis 30 Days documentary |
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| Political Factors affecting the location of
industry - relate to Myrdal's theory of cumulative causation Case Study: Mezzogiorno |
Video: Aliano Mystery Why did ? |
Cassa per il
Mezzogiorno EU 'Hot banana' Regional development in the EU: Portugal / Ruhr |
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| Emergence of large
trading blocs Growth of EU Other trading blocs ? NAFTA, LAFTA |
Benefits of economic integration. Starter: match the BLOC in the right place on the map. Do you know your MERCOSUR from your ASEAN ? TRADE BLOCS |
GATT, WTO etc. EU Case Study |
BBC News Articles | SWOT Analysis |
| How does Industry affect the environment ? Research task.... |
Research Task | Case Studies of industries:
Seveso, Bhopal Exploitation of resources - dumping in LEDCs Video: Pollution incidents - Toxic clouds |
RESEARCH
TASK New web page.. |
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| Food Miles: Sustainability - Carbon Reduction | CRed Website Video:
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Food Miles task: Try to identify the countries where the shopping has travelled the first. How is this affecting the world ? |
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| Virgin - a new breed of MNC | GeoFactsheet
No. 123
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Research the differences between Virgin and traditional TNCs | Powerpoint | |
| PUDONG: Shanghai - Development Zone | GeoActive | Flickr work.
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