The big difference in the family
defined in American and Asian.
In America, a family is made up of
husband, wife, and children up to age of 18. In Asia, a son may be
50 yrs old, he is still the son to his parents and part of the
family. With these different definitions come the differences in
responsibilities to one another. How the parents teach their
children, or how much time they put in depends on what they view as
importance for their children, but what the children grow up to be
largely depends on the children, you can blame the school, the
teachers,…..
It is rightly pointed out that
fundamentals are needed before we talk about creativity. We need to
know what are in the box before we can think out of the box. Of
course, how much fundamentals are needed is debatable. Hold a pen
correctly so you will feel less tired in writing, hold the
chopstick properly to ensure you don’t drop the food on the table,
these are fundamentals.
But there is more to that.
you should know what is table manner, when you use chopstick
or even fork and spoon. Use your hand to pick up your hamburger,
and take bite with your mouth opened as big as possible,
hehehe….lick your finger after that, no wonder the
European question the american culture.
Take your example, it doesn’t
matter how you hold the chalk as long as you know how to DRAW.
American emphasis is on result, not the way to achieve. American
MNCs retrench thousands of workers in order to achieve results,
switch to production in china leaving thousands of contract workers
in Indonesia jobless to reduce product cost, and to pay fat bonuses
to the CEO…there are other values, such as ethic, morality besides
creativity and independence.
It is time to walk outside American
and see what civilized world can be.
Singapore MNCs retrench workers in order to cut costs, EVEN IF
they still have positive results.
"It's better to retrench now when there is profit, than to
retrench later when the company is making losses" - Lee Hsien
Loong
And what is your explanation to that? I would really like to
hear how you defend Singapore MNCs and see if you have double
standards or not.
In addition, are you so sure that American MNCs are all bad and
nothing good? AT least the ones I was in, emphasized a lot on human
rights and ensuring people do not overtime without getting
off-in-lieus. In our local firms, people are made to slave for them
without any benefits.
I quote a clause in a contract that I knew about from a certain
supermarket chain that is affliated to the govt:
"There will be times when you have to work extra hours, during
weekends, or public holidays. You will not be entitled to any
replacement off or be able to claim overtime pay, should the above
be required"
In addition, American MNCs pay much better than Singapore MNCs.
As such, I prefer working in them, coz I can deliver
Finally, in USA here, there are many companies that still offer
pension schemes, not like Singapore.
And, you claimed that USA companies retrench and move jobs to
China. In Singapore, we easily import many PRCs here to compete
with the locals for jobs. Now, is there much difference between the
two?
It's time to walk out of Singapore and learn more of the world,
than to just read newspaper reports that focuses only on the
negative and the dramatic.