Call Centers
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Transcript of Call Centers
How are Call Centers representative of globalization?
How has India been effected by globalization?
Write an essay on …How Bombay is a globalizing city and how call centers
are affecting the people of Bombay and the rest of the world?
Or
How has globalization affected India, referring to Bombay call centers as a case study
HW: Go to my website and follow the link in the 10th grade page. Read and TNT the information
Make a rubric for the question
A call center is an office where a company's inbound calls are received, or outbound calls are made. Call centers are increasingly popular in today's society, where many companized have centralized customer service and support functions. Call centers employ many staff in customer service, sales and support functions.
Call centers are often large offices staffed with representatives who either make or receive phone calls. Depending on the size of the call center, a single office could have anywhere from a few dozen to hundreds of telephone staff.
Average Indian worker pay per month: $225
Average Australian worker pay per month: $3067
BrainstormWhere:
What for:
Why there:
Mr Collett:
Customer: Not you again!!! Take me off your list you (bleep) and never call here again!!!!
Mr Collett:
Customer: You make me sick.
Mr Collett:
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Watch Bombay calling and answer these questions
Why are Indians suited to Call Center work?
Why do call centers send their work to India?
Where is Alex from, where are they calling?
Why does Kaz use other countries for calling also?
Why does the world use the US dollar as currency?
Next to the “ladies man” there is a blue poster, what does it say?
Why do they learn accents and do culture training?
Why did Wendy miss seeing her grandmother?
What do the old couple (sweetie’s aunt/uncle) think about the new globalized world? Why?
List 5 foreign brands you see in this film
Why did sweetie leave her small town for the big city?
What Australian film do they show for “culture” training?
How has the manager given up his culture for globalization?
Do you think the global call center companies care about the workers or cash more? Why?
What does the increased number of call centers do to the callers and the places they call?
What happens to the Indian call center workers when the world starts to reject them?
Discuss