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Success Breeds Failure
Wake Up Call for Philippine Business Managers! Lets do some painting, say a conceptual landscape dealing with the Philippine economy. This aforesaid economy is growing nicely on a canvas of good governance and honorable intentions, pasted in a fragile way atop an unattractive mass of dark history featuring power-mongering, shady dealings and favor trading. The manufacturing … Continue reading
The Chinese Puzzle
Hong Kong is different than it used to be. It is Chinese, not British. By my observation, the share of English-speaking workers has diminished markedly since the colony was handed back to China in 1997. It would have to be corroborated by others, but on my recent visit, my fourth, it also seems that Chinese … Continue reading
The Receipt as a Symbol of Philippine Authoritarianism
This topic is a bounce off my family’s recent trip to Hong Kong. Sometimes the smallest of acts reveals the largest of attributes. I’m tempted to call the attributes of which I speak “deficiencies” but will let you decide on that point. Indeed, I was originally going to entitle this article “The Receipt as a … Continue reading
Welcome to joeam.com
The Philippines is beautiful, eh? Dynamic. Yes, troubled in some respects. And on the move . . . The Philippines is the primary subject of this blog, along with cross-cultural issues that are pertinent to understanding the Philippines. Congratulations on finding your way to the new Society of Honor blog site. You have earned one … Continue reading
Discussion Topic: Authoritarianism and the Stateless Society
Your mission if you agree to accept it . . . The real JoeAm? JoeAm will be on family vacation for two weeks, returning in early May. He drops off this blog as a voluntary mission for readers, ala “Mission Impossible”. Here’s the framing: The Philippines is an authoritarian society. Interpersonal rivalries are … Continue reading
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