Over the past 10-20 years the market for both goods and services has become increasingly global. This has had and will continue to have a significant impact on the function of industrial engineers within an organization.

Your task is to research international business trends, then develop a hypothesis and support it concerning the role of Industrial Engineers' in the future from an international business perspective. You will find it quite easy to explore the business literature (i.e. Wall Street Journal, etc.) via some the electronic resources.