3rd BRITISH: GLOBALISATION. TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS.

RESEARCH AND WRITING ACTIVITY

1.- Form groups of two students.

2.- Each group must make a RESEARCH about one of the following transnational corporations:

• Nike
• Vodafone
• Toyota
• Volkswagen
• Inditex

3.- Write a composition including the following items:

• History: origin and expansion of the corporation.
• Location of the headquarters
• Location of the manufacturing facilities (factories)
• Skilled workers (research and development; location; number of workers)
• Non-skilled workers (number of workers in factories per country; location; type of work)
• Raw materials and Products (manufactures) OR services
• Shops (location; distribution of the products)

The lenght of your composition is one page at least, and up to two pages. 

4.- DUE DATE: March 10th

• If you don´t hand in on this date, you will fail the activity.
• Hand in your composition BY HAND.
• You must introduce pictures and maps. Imagine the distribution of the text and pictures on a page of a newspaper.
• When your compositions are corrected, they will be posted on the British Project blog.

5.- RESOURCES

     You MUST search the information on the following links. You can search more information on the Internet.

•  Nike
• https://jobs.nike.com/locations
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike,_Inc.#Headquarters
• https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike
• https://u.osu.edu/nikeshoes/raw-materials/
• https://retailjobs.nike.com/
• https://jobs.nike.com/corporate

• Vodafone
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodafone
• https://www.vodafone.com/content/index/careers/our-global-locations.html#
• https://www.vodafone.com/content/index/about.html
• https://www.vodafone.com/content/index/what.html
• http://www.vodafone.com/content/index/careers.html
• http://www.vodafone.com/content/index/careers/diversity.html
• Toyota
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen
• http://www.toyota-global.com/company/history_of_toyota/
• http://www.toyota-global.com/company/history_of_toyota/75years/
• http://www.toyota-global.com/company/history_of_toyota/75years/data/index.html
• http://www.toyota-global.com/company/history_of_toyota/75years/data/conditions/company/toyota/index.html
• http://www.toyota-global.com/company/history_of_toyota/75years/data/conditions/facilities/office/japanese.html
• http://www.toyota-global.com/company/history_of_toyota/75years/data/conditions/facilities/office/overseas.html
• http://www.toyota-global.com/company/history_of_toyota/75years/data/conditions/facilities/companies/manufacturing.html#north_america03
• http://www.toyota-global.com/company/history_of_toyota/75years/text/leaping_forward_as_a_global_corporation/index.html
• Volkswagen
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen
• http://www.volkswagenag.com/en/career.html
• http://www.volkswagenag.com/
• http://navigator.volkswagenag.com/index.html?lang=en_GB
• http://sustainabilityreport2015.volkswagenag.com/people/qualification.html
• http://sustainabilityreport2015.volkswagenag.com/people/management-approach.html
• http://sustainabilityreport2015.volkswagenag.com/regions.html
• Inditex
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inditex
• https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inditex
• http://www.inditex.com/en/our_group
• http://www.inditex.com/en/our_group/facilities
• http://www.inditex.com/en/media/multimedia_gallery/video/arteixo
• http://www.inditex.com/en/media/multimedia_gallery/facilities
• http://www.inditex.com/en/talent/job_areas#panel_1
• http://www.inditex.com/en/talent/professional_development
• http://www.inditex.com/en/sustainability/employees
• http://www.inditex.com/en/sustainability/suppliers

6.- After your teacher corrects your composition, you will have to  MAKE AN ORAL  PRESENTATION IN CLASS. Your teacher will communicate you when you must do it.