Joanne's Reflection
Joanne Lim Fang Hou
IBSM reflection
3 main objectives achieved
I have benefited a lot from this ten days trip in PRD. First of all, I learned to push myself out to strangers from overseas and even school mates that I have never see before, work together and achieve our targeted result.
1) Better communication
I benefited most is through the networking dinner, I believe that’s one of the best section of the itinerary that most of us enjoyed most. We have been given this great opportunity to communicate with successful Business men and women who had chosen to venture out of Singapore. It is rather a relaxing item in the itinerary which also enhances our questioning power and etiquette manner over the table.
From the conversation that I have with most of the guests, I realized that they are more opened in their topics as compared to Singaporean. They are also able to share their experiences working in China and china’s way of doing business, mainly soft skill in surviving in this real world.
I also observed that what we say is rather important in a meeting or dinner. It expresses and shows our guest if we are prepared and that we are really here to learn or just for holiday. Thus, I would like to conclude for my first objective that, it is very important that ‘We are what we say’ and that I have learnt to act, think and react fast in whatever things we do.
2) Way of doing business in China
Most of us like wants to be an entrepreneur in future but of course it is not easy, it required a lot preparation, planning, product demand, capital, experiences and a lot of good connections. It is only with connection, we can joint venture or having partners with people we trust. China is indeed a great market to invest in, it have lots of land and labour. However, they still encounter shortage of skilled labour and good management systems
There is a lot of opportunity for us to venture in China as compare to Singapore, whereby Singapore is small in size, limited job vacancy and less opportunity to learn to be independent.
I have also learnt that there are four key factors to starting business in China, they are having good infrastructural, location, branding and most importantly Guan Xi. In China, business man talks a lot about Guan Xi, it is the key of getting business done even after the contract has been signed.
3) Understanding of China’s history and culture
Beside company visits, we also visit historical museums to learn more about Chinese china’s culture and believe. I benefited a lot from it as I get to know better at the same time I gained a lot more interesting topics to chat or share with my friends or even clients in future to come. Now that I have learned so much about china, I have no fear working in such a big and developing countries.
Joanne Lim Fang Hou
IBSM reflection
3 main objectives achieved
I have benefited a lot from this ten days trip in PRD. First of all, I learned to push myself out to strangers from overseas and even school mates that I have never see before, work together and achieve our targeted result.
1) Better communication
I benefited most is through the networking dinner, I believe that’s one of the best section of the itinerary that most of us enjoyed most. We have been given this great opportunity to communicate with successful Business men and women who had chosen to venture out of Singapore. It is rather a relaxing item in the itinerary which also enhances our questioning power and etiquette manner over the table.
From the conversation that I have with most of the guests, I realized that they are more opened in their topics as compared to Singaporean. They are also able to share their experiences working in China and china’s way of doing business, mainly soft skill in surviving in this real world.
I also observed that what we say is rather important in a meeting or dinner. It expresses and shows our guest if we are prepared and that we are really here to learn or just for holiday. Thus, I would like to conclude for my first objective that, it is very important that ‘We are what we say’ and that I have learnt to act, think and react fast in whatever things we do.
2) Way of doing business in China
Most of us like wants to be an entrepreneur in future but of course it is not easy, it required a lot preparation, planning, product demand, capital, experiences and a lot of good connections. It is only with connection, we can joint venture or having partners with people we trust. China is indeed a great market to invest in, it have lots of land and labour. However, they still encounter shortage of skilled labour and good management systems
There is a lot of opportunity for us to venture in China as compare to Singapore, whereby Singapore is small in size, limited job vacancy and less opportunity to learn to be independent.
I have also learnt that there are four key factors to starting business in China, they are having good infrastructural, location, branding and most importantly Guan Xi. In China, business man talks a lot about Guan Xi, it is the key of getting business done even after the contract has been signed.
3) Understanding of China’s history and culture
Beside company visits, we also visit historical museums to learn more about Chinese china’s culture and believe. I benefited a lot from it as I get to know better at the same time I gained a lot more interesting topics to chat or share with my friends or even clients in future to come. Now that I have learned so much about china, I have no fear working in such a big and developing countries.
--Joanne
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