The people of Dayton, Ohio, were ecstatic to have jobs once again. However, they quickly learned that the work expectations of their new Chinese managers were radically different than that of their American counterparts.
is a gritty documentary that tells a chilling story of the impact of globalization. The film was produced by Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions, as part of a partnership deal with Netflix. At the start of the film, a large General Motors automobile manufacturing plant, in Dayton, Ohio, has closed its operations. It is worth noting that the closure took place in 2008, at the beginning of the Great Recession.
Selected factory workers were flown to China in a public relations stunt. Chinese management believed that if they watched their methods firsthand, they would become disciples and spread the gospel to the American workers back home. The chairman and company executives believed that the workers will be infused with the motivation to drink the Kool-Aid and commit their lives to the mission of making the company and China great.
How can we take advantage of American characteristics to make them work for Fuyao? There’s a culture in the U.S. where children are showered with encouragement. So everyone who grows up in the U.S. is overconfident. They are super confident. Americans love being flattered to death. You will get into trouble if you fight with them. Donkeys like being touched in the direction their hair grows. Right? You should touch donkeys in the direction their hair grows. Otherwise, they’ll kick you.
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