Author Archives: John Samuel

Introduction A video interview was shown on YouTube, where Richard Lim was interviewed about a join clout between Tesco and Carrefour . Richard explained the purpose of this merger and the reason why this move is a ‘ Strategic alliance ‘ which would in turn strength both companies to be able to compete against otherContinue reading “The inevitable evolution of growth.”

Introduction The task was based on a growing company which could not handle high volume of tasks and management of the company . This was a case of mismanagement and task sharing where staffs were unable to be given proper responsibilities or rather task not meeting up to the growing state of the company resultingContinue reading “Improper distribution of Tasks and Functions in an Inefficient Management”

Introduction The short documentary showed the rise of Fuji-film which was on the brink of extinction like it’s fellow counterpart and competition Kodak . The documentary relayed the interesting impact of the CEO who made drastic changes and intelligent decisions in making use of the company’s resources to branch into various business lines like healthContinue reading “The effect of vision upon mission and values.”

Learning objectives What are the effects of political environment to management system? How does culture influence leadership styles? How to benefit from different cultural work ethics? Keywords Human/worker rights, human capital, human value, new market in new country, law & regulations, balance between cultures, trust (employee, employer), communication, safety, automatization What are the effects ofContinue reading “The collision of two cultures”

‘ Change does not happen in comfort zones ‘ — John Samuel