[Vnbiz] Read Google stories - Ask Vietnamese entrepreneurs about enterprise culture.

[Tran Dinh Hoanh]

Dear Brother Nhon & CACC,

Doing business locally or globally has more with size than with culture or
mentality.  When you start out very small, generally you will have to do
business locally.  When you become big, your
"locality" becomes big and the globe becomes your locality.

Most businesses in Vietnam are very small. They can't go global.  But as
they grow, we will see them start to do work globally.  Many Vietnamese food
companies export to many countries now.

Of course, the mentality to expand globally also plays some role in the
global v. local issue.  But the first determining factor is size.  Internet
will change some of this by helping some local companies do selling
worldwide. Many Vietnamese hotels are doing that.

About family business, actually the best way to start a company is doing it
with your family members (if you don't fight).  The family always the best
group of core people for your organization. Look at the Fords, the
Budweisers, the Pabsts, the Kennedys, the Bushes, the Rockerfllers,
etc...).  Most giant companies started out as family business and later went
public to allow outside stock ownership.  We will explore this some time
when I have more time.

Have a great day!

Hoanh


On 2/5/07, Pham Thanh Nhon <nhonpt at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Dear CACC,
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> One of my interesting is talking about business, and enterprise culture in
> Viet Nam & the world is the most interesting topic that I would like to
> discuss. I really like Google culture system (nen van hoa Google) that you
> can read a lot articles mention it. Actually, I think it is not difficult to
> creat a enterprise culture like that. However, why Vietnamese companies
> cannot build a different & effective enterprise culture?
>
> This question is easy to answer. I myself consider two things that
> Vietnamese companies cannot build their unique culture: the lack of leaders'
> enthusiasm, the lack of abilities.
>
> 1. At the first issue, we need to ask the common questions: why we do
> business? why we do own boss?. The answer are plenty that it is for the
> money, for the famous, and for self-management,...Any question can
> come right in your opinions. However, if you want to find the answer
> stressed on the success of enterprise culture building, it is just one
> answer for it. This is you do your business for your community and your
> society. Particularly, you do business because you want to make the rich of
> your comunity that your business will creat the jobs for others (your
> employees). So, the key is here: ask you questions how you can creat the
> most benefit for your employees to help your business & their life better?
> Do you take care of your employee opinions and wishes? Do you want every
> employee being millionaires or billionaires?
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> I know that many entrepreneurs will say yes for above questions as what
> you can find on media. However, my experiences tell that they did lies. They
> did lies because you can look in the way many companies manage their
> employees. I really ask what they are doing for their own future? How many
> Vietnamese companies provide introduction course for their employees? How
> many they provide clearly job-description & responsibility planning? Can
> employee share their ideas directly to their boss? Can employee set a
> personal plan for their career?... I know that the status is not worst, but
> it is seem very bad (in my opinion). Where is the boss enthusiasm if they
> confirm that they are taking care of their employees?
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> 2. The knowledge?
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> When do anything, I always ask myself the question how other do it in
> global. I also wonder why I only look in the big picture evenly it is only a
> very small issue. However, I must thanks myself because although I face
> problem to solve my issues off, I can learn many things from broad view. In
> this topic, I take advance in analytics.
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> Compare between Western culture and Eastern's we can see that an American
> like to self-promote his abilities, while a Eastern is not because of
> modesty thought. So, this is the explaining why when American entrepreneurs
> start-up, they aim to be global-business. For example, Bill Gate guessed
> that in the future everyone would own a computer and Microsoft would be the
> global-corporation. In history, Yahoo discovered into new field that they
> believed their business servicing for the world...The common thought of
> above founders is the quote that now I see many Vietnamese people like to
> say: "think global, do local". The way of thought had produced the
> difference of enterprise culture & the success. While Western firm culture
> is open-culture (culture diversity) that everyone from every country can
> co-work well, the Eastern's is 'nhap gia tuy tuc' (when in Rome, do as the
> Roman do) in kind of 'quan tu tau' (Chinese gentlemant) that you need to
> "biet dieu mot ty" (look others to behave). Difference of opinions had
> created different gained knowledge & experience:
> + American entrepreneurs gain what lessions a global-lead needs
> + Vietnamese entrepreneurs just gain rich enought to proud with Vietnamese
> people.T__T
>
> *So, it is right to say that Vietnamese companies are like family
> businesses (cong ty gia dinh). The global thought bear the giants, the
> local's produces with what it is.*
>
> Do you agree  with this? If you are Vietnamese entrepreneurs, what would
> you do to build your company culture? I am very happy if you send your view
> of points here! Pls.
>
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> --
> Best regards,
> Pham Thanh Nhon
> PR Freelance. If you like to do sth for our country, take me up:
> Phone: (+84) - 987 728 911
> YIM: companion7_18
> MSN: nhon.pt at hotmail.com
> Skype: nhonpt
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> --
> Tran Dinh Hoanh, LLB, JD
> Attorney of Law
> Washington DC
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