This article presents an overview of the offshoring of information technology (IT), especially software and IT-enabled services, and its impacts on American labor. Topics include the history of offshoring politics in the United States, differences in attitudes between politicians and economists in their attitudes about the severity of the offshoring “problem, ” national differences in types of offshoring providers, technological and other drivers of offshoring, reasons to offshore, characteristics of work amenable to offshoring, the employment impact in the United States, political and educational responses to offshoring in the United States, and the roles of labor unions and big business.

In preparing students for employment in commerce, the student needs to be aware of many aspects not necessarily included in business programs. In recognizing students often have no or limited exposure to foreign envi-ronments, the authors developed an electronic exchange between students in Canada and Kazakhstan. In this exchange, students not only learned about foreign marketplaces but were able to integrate classroom teachings and text knowledge into their actions. This approach resulted in enhanced learning for students through double-loop processes and development in their other courses. RÉSUMÉ Dans la préparation des étudiants pour un emploi dans le commerce aujourd’hui, l’étudiant doit connaître de nombreux aspects aucune nécessairement inclus dans les programmes d’affaires. En reconnaissant les étudiants ont souvent l’exposition on pas limité à environnements étrangers, les auteurs ont élaboré un échange électronique entre les élèves en Canada et aux Kazakhstan. Dans l’échange, les étudiants ont non seulement appris au sujet des marchés étrangers, mais ont été en mesure d’intégrer les enseignements en classe et l’information dans leurs textes dans leurs actions. Il en a résulté dans l’apprentissage renforcé par double boucle des processus et de développement dans leurs autres cours. 103Double-Loop Learning and the Global Business Student / I. Freeman & P. Knight CJHE / RCES Volume 41, No. 3, 2011 In today’s business environment, students require a global awareness not only of intended marketplaces but also of events and changes in the global landscape that will affect them and the world of commerce. Optimally, this knowledge devel-ops through double-loop learning, achieved through knowledge of global events and understanding of different cultures. Ideally, students begin to interpret and understand these events and cultures through questioning their own their person-

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