INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL

ESCUELA SUPERIOR DE COMERCIO Y ADMINISTRACIÓN

UNIDAD SANTO TÓMAS

LICENCIATURA EN ADMINISTRACIÓN Y DESARROLLO

EMPRESARIAL

Analysis of Management Megatrends

BIMESTER: 23/1-2 OCT-NOV

Name: Javier Omar Aguirre Martínez

Learning activity 1. Megatrends and Paradigms

OCTOBER/2022
 Megatrends and Paradigms

A) According to the article Megatrends and Paradigms complete the categories of megatrends and describe each one.
Categories of Megatrends Megatrend Trend

Aging population • Buying habits.

• Elder care.

• Health care.
Work force gaps when baby boomers retire.
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Immigration • Government service provision.

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Capacity to fill gaps in workforce.
Population growth • Demands and effects on land.
• Climate and water.
Government resources and schools.
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Suburbanization • Demands and effects on land.
• Climate and water supply.

• Small business.

• Entrepreneurship.
Government resources.
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Categories of Megatrends Megatrend Trend

Election issues • Campaign finance reform.

• Redistricting.
Term limits.
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Federalism • Distribution of authority.
• Impact of federal policies on state governments
(international trade agreements).

Participatory democracy • Voting systems (including e-voting).

• Lobbying.
Initiatives & referendums.
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Privatization/outsourcing • Private companies providing public services.

Sending jobs overseas.

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Categories of Megatrends Megatrend Trend

 Bioengineering • DNA.
• Stem Cell Research.

• Cloning.
Genetic engineering.
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Energy sources • Development of alternative energy sources.

Privacy and security issues • Wireless tracking.

• Identity theft.
Cyber terrorism.
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Electronic delivery of • E-commerce.
goods/services • E-government.

Categories of Megatrends Megatrend Trend

Globalization of trade • Outsourcing.

• Free trade agreements.
 EME’s.
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Energy supply • Price increases.
Availability.
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Intellectual property • Standardization of local, state, national and international
regulations.

Retirement issues • Move away from defined benefit plans, pension shortfall,
social security.

Categories of Megatrends Megatrend Trend

Government involvement in • Gay marriage.

social policy
• Abortion.
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Separation of church and state issues.
Redefinition of family and role of • Single-headed households. Unmarried
family couples.

Homeschooling.
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 Redefinition of morality • Re-evaluating definition of indecency.
Censorship issues.
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Spirituality • Homeopathic medicine.
• Spiritual beliefs may be different than religious
beliefs.

Assimilation • Shift from acculturation to maintaining ethnic

identities.

B) Write your own definition of paradigm and mention its characteristics.

Paradigm: