Tuesday, December 8, 2009

The comment for the Japanese management class 12/8

I have kept question for a long time, about CSR. Or, Corporate Social Responsibility.
When we talked about CSR, its answer is always, environmental issue, as green, CO2 emmission etc. I feel something weird sense for a long time.

When we mention about CSR, first of all, why should companies do such activity.
The most plausible answer is that Company consume social resource, especially, human power, that is cultivated by society. Therefore companies should pay back to the society.
However, why does Taiwanese companies plant trees?
Think about, someone give you snake for reward of which you helped him, because snake is his favorate creature, you obviously(perhaps) don't appreciate this present. Why? because, you don't demand snake.

Present must be of what accepter demands.
Social resposibility is same. Think about Taiwanese society, does they really demand solving environmental issue, as Co2 emission?
Social demand is social member's total opinion. I see Taiwanese society, especially, Green.
Its life is far from Green, riding motor cycle, free parking, driving car.
they know, it is harmful, but for them more important thing is seemingly improving their consuming life freely, they need freedom, and money!! For that they need more salary, they need more stock.

Therefore, Taiwanese companies' social responsibility is absolutely not environmental issue, but money, that is more plenty compensation, job stability. Those are thier priori responsibility.
I think too much scholars have wrong idea about CSR. It aim is not make companies look beautiful, but fulfilling society's demand.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

The comment for the management history class of 1201

From Today, December starts.
December is for Japanese important month,
we Japanese are very busy to do, and should review whole year.
And it is exciting month as well for us, because we have Christmas, and year-end count down.
Anyway, our semester ignore our Japanese custom, I should abandon to enjoy it.

Today, we mentioned about Service productivity.
At first we debated about "Value". In the Socialist society, value is proportionate to working hours of which produce the goods or service. But Capitalism, we live can't apply it.
Our value is only represented by price of which Customer accepted.
Manufacturing goods can easy to cross the border but service especially of whichone to one can't. Therefore thier value differ in one country and another.
And productivity is dependent on amount of added value, so service "Productivity" is depended on price of which accepted by customers as well as the efficiency of the producing.
In terms of service, we agreed, it is hard to increase its efficiency, that means it is hard to increase its productivity as well.

But there is a way you can increase its added value.
Today, I "dare" not teach you. I already have given all hints, you try to find it.

By the way, Japan and Taiwan has been grawn by manufacturing, and exporting them.
Now we faced new phase that we abandon manufacturing and enter into the service economy with brave. But Service productivity's problem disturb us. How do we resolve it??