Several years ago, I was called by a recruiter to interview for a job with a major Canadian manufacturer of airplane components. It seems that the hiring manager had spotted the keyword globalization in my online résumé, and because the company was embarking on a globalization initiative, he thought I might be an ideal candidate for the position. I went to the interview. In short order, we determined that in their corporate universe, globalization meant imprinting the stamp of how things were done in the mother ship organization on all associated organizations around the world. I quickly explained ... For immediate access to the current issue of MultiLingual, subscribe to the digital version. Already a subscriber?

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