Jason's Reflection
These last ten days have been an enjoyable experience. The whole point of the trip for me had been realised. I had basically come here with a few objectives i wanted to fulfill. I wanted to be more independent, meet new people and more importantly get to know more about china, how businesses work there and the people who live there. For now I’ll cover the culture of the Chinese,
I'll start off with the people. I've realised so far in China, People in china are more willing to take risks. This can be seen everyday on their public road systems.. More importantly, it can be seen from the way they handle their businesses. They are willing to do things which are not guaranteed to succeed. This can be seen from the investors from Hong Kong into china as compared to investor from Singapore. As one of the guests from IE Singapore during our networking dinners, Singaporeans mostly fail in china because they spend too much of their time worrying if an idea is possible rather then risking some money and hopefully getting some returns. They would rather spend all their money and time on research and feasibility reports, sometimes missing the opportunities which present themselves. The Chinese on the other hand are willing to take a chance and go for these opportunities and invest money into it. They are willing to even help fund the efforts of others based on their relationships with others rather requiring any proposals and such. This brings up another point. “Guan Xi” or relationships. These are important things to Chinese. They are friendly to each other and are willing to help each other out. In doing so, they build rapports which are beneficial to each other. This can be seen from little things such as maybe helping each other look after their children. Things such as this also help establish your reliability with others and help you secure their help in future.
The next thing I’ll talk about is the ways of business here. In China, businesses, specifically the sales, seem to like to actively try to get the customers involved with the product to get them interested, unlike in Singapore, where the sales process still more passive. There, they will show you the way the product is made, let you participate in the process, all to get you interested enough to purchase the product. Examples of this can be seen from our previous trip to the almond cake factory, the tea plantation, and the Kiln. There, they introduce us to the process of making, let us play around with the partially made products and sample the products. We also get a brainwashing routine. It is effective but I’ve never seen it in Singapore before except from the mass marketing people.
Lastly I’ll touch on independence. I’ve always been a bit of a shut in for lack of a better term. Always staying at home, never going out. The only time I’ve ever been out of the country without my family has only been for camps with Ngee Ann. I’ve never gone on this long a trip before and I have to say it’s been an eye opening experience. Now I know. Pack my own bags. There is no need to bring that many clothes along. Also, I ended up doing all the normal survival stuff myself, learning how to survive outside by myself.
Overall this trip has been a great experience. I’ve probably learnt more practical knowledge about International businesses then I would have learnt in the old lecture tutorial method back in school. The people I’ve met so far have all been great, helpful and friendly. I’m a bit sad actually that the whole trip is coming to an end but at least I’ll still see everyone around the school.
Name: Tay Jian Sheng
Student No. 10005128B
Class: TT02
These last ten days have been an enjoyable experience. The whole point of the trip for me had been realised. I had basically come here with a few objectives i wanted to fulfill. I wanted to be more independent, meet new people and more importantly get to know more about china, how businesses work there and the people who live there. For now I’ll cover the culture of the Chinese,
I'll start off with the people. I've realised so far in China, People in china are more willing to take risks. This can be seen everyday on their public road systems.. More importantly, it can be seen from the way they handle their businesses. They are willing to do things which are not guaranteed to succeed. This can be seen from the investors from Hong Kong into china as compared to investor from Singapore. As one of the guests from IE Singapore during our networking dinners, Singaporeans mostly fail in china because they spend too much of their time worrying if an idea is possible rather then risking some money and hopefully getting some returns. They would rather spend all their money and time on research and feasibility reports, sometimes missing the opportunities which present themselves. The Chinese on the other hand are willing to take a chance and go for these opportunities and invest money into it. They are willing to even help fund the efforts of others based on their relationships with others rather requiring any proposals and such. This brings up another point. “Guan Xi” or relationships. These are important things to Chinese. They are friendly to each other and are willing to help each other out. In doing so, they build rapports which are beneficial to each other. This can be seen from little things such as maybe helping each other look after their children. Things such as this also help establish your reliability with others and help you secure their help in future.
The next thing I’ll talk about is the ways of business here. In China, businesses, specifically the sales, seem to like to actively try to get the customers involved with the product to get them interested, unlike in Singapore, where the sales process still more passive. There, they will show you the way the product is made, let you participate in the process, all to get you interested enough to purchase the product. Examples of this can be seen from our previous trip to the almond cake factory, the tea plantation, and the Kiln. There, they introduce us to the process of making, let us play around with the partially made products and sample the products. We also get a brainwashing routine. It is effective but I’ve never seen it in Singapore before except from the mass marketing people.
Lastly I’ll touch on independence. I’ve always been a bit of a shut in for lack of a better term. Always staying at home, never going out. The only time I’ve ever been out of the country without my family has only been for camps with Ngee Ann. I’ve never gone on this long a trip before and I have to say it’s been an eye opening experience. Now I know. Pack my own bags. There is no need to bring that many clothes along. Also, I ended up doing all the normal survival stuff myself, learning how to survive outside by myself.
Overall this trip has been a great experience. I’ve probably learnt more practical knowledge about International businesses then I would have learnt in the old lecture tutorial method back in school. The people I’ve met so far have all been great, helpful and friendly. I’m a bit sad actually that the whole trip is coming to an end but at least I’ll still see everyone around the school.
Name: Tay Jian Sheng
Student No. 10005128B
Class: TT02
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