I used to read some articles about Chinese studying in the United States, and they all mentioned a word called culture shock. This documentary once again embodies such a timeless theme. Only this time it is comprehensive and systematic, not personal.
Watching this movie comparing the efficiency of China and the United States, one of the most profound details for me is that most of the Chinese factories are young people, while the people in the United States are mostly middle-aged and elderly people. In this alone, the efficiency of Chinese factories is enough to beat the United States.
And China's national characteristics: hard-working, hard-working, and can score points.
But it's not that Americans can't be transformed. For example, just like their visit to China, I believe it will also bring them reflection.
Write this, write what I want to say.
If I were Cao Dewang and I wanted to open a factory in the United States, what would I do?
The first is to understand American culture and institutions, including labor unions, social security, and American worker culture.
Then prepare in advance for the culture shock: Chinese culture training for American employees, American culture training for Chinese employees (in other words, the person who introduced American culture in the documentary is really not good)
At the same time, some employee representatives can be organized to visit and study in China, and discuss the differences between Chinese and American cultures and employment methods, and exchange and discuss how to solve such differences. It is also possible to organize some Chinese workers to go to work in American factories to experience the American working style. Both parties can exchange and discuss such experiences.
Because I don't know the glass industry, I can only make false assumptions. If it were me, I would transfer a group of Chinese workers to compare the production between the Chinese team and the American team, and discuss the results of the comparison, and design the design based on such discussions. How should labor in Chinese factories in the United States be arranged? In the future, consideration can be given to setting assessment and reward targets.
In addition, this factory can actually have some other benefits to offset some incompatibility, or disadvantages, such as the restaurant can provide inexpensive Chinese food, excellent employees or groups who have completed the target visit China, etc., and hold Chinese language classes. Or a Chinese culture class to incorporate more Chinese philosophy and elements. There are also Chinese festivals that can be shared with the United States.
There can be trade unions, but Chinese people are the dominant ones. Until Fuyao's own unique trade union system is formed, this trade union can also include Chinese people.
Of course, these cost money and costs, but I personally think that if the preliminary work is done well, there will be a lot less friction later, and the work efficiency will also increase, which is worthwhile in theory.
The most important thing is the last question: after automation, it will inevitably lead to a reduction in the number of employees. On the one hand, it improves work efficiency, on the other hand, it reduces the number of employees, and also reduces the cultural conflict shown in the film, but it will inevitably reduce the number of employees. This is the Problems that cannot be solved by the cultural system.
Well, the above is my gibberish, cranky.
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