Chapter 19 - The regional context. This chapter includes contents: The regional context, focus on Singapore, focus on New Zealand, focus on Indonesia, focus on Malaysia, focus on Thailand, Japan’s impact on region, Australia’s position in SE Asia. | CHAPTER 19 THE REGIONAL CONTEXT *© 2003 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd. PowerPoint Slides t/a Management: A Pacific Rim Focus Enhanced Edition. Slides prepared by David Meacheam & George Sansbury.© 2003 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd. PowerPoint Slides t/a Management: A Pacific Rim Focus Enhanced Edition. Slides prepared by David Meacheam & George Sansbury. Lecture outline The regional context Focus on Singapore Focus on New Zealand Focus on Indonesia Focus on Malaysia Focus on Thailand Japan’s impact on region Australia’s position in SE Asia *© 2003 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd. PowerPoint Slides t/a Management: A Pacific Rim Focus Enhanced Edition. Slides prepared by David Meacheam & George Sansbury.© 2003 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd. PowerPoint Slides t/a Management: A Pacific Rim Focus Enhanced Edition. Slides prepared by David Meacheam & George Sansbury. The regional context ‘Over the past 10 years many multinational companies invested heavily in Asian countries and . | CHAPTER 19 THE REGIONAL CONTEXT *© 2003 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd. PowerPoint Slides t/a Management: A Pacific Rim Focus Enhanced Edition. Slides prepared by David Meacheam & George Sansbury.© 2003 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd. PowerPoint Slides t/a Management: A Pacific Rim Focus Enhanced Edition. Slides prepared by David Meacheam & George Sansbury. Lecture outline The regional context Focus on Singapore Focus on New Zealand Focus on Indonesia Focus on Malaysia Focus on Thailand Japan’s impact on region Australia’s position in SE Asia *© 2003 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd. PowerPoint Slides t/a Management: A Pacific Rim Focus Enhanced Edition. Slides prepared by David Meacheam & George Sansbury.© 2003 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd. PowerPoint Slides t/a Management: A Pacific Rim Focus Enhanced Edition. Slides prepared by David Meacheam & George Sansbury. The regional context ‘Over the past 10 years many multinational companies invested heavily in Asian countries and transferred technologies there only to discover it is harder to transfer management techniques’. East-Asian Pacific Region Major religions are represented Politically known as ‘democratic’ Half of the world’s population Strong cultural roots Cultural ties influence management *© 2003 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd. PowerPoint Slides t/a Management: A Pacific Rim Focus Enhanced Edition. Slides prepared by David Meacheam & George Sansbury.© 2003 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd. PowerPoint Slides t/a Management: A Pacific Rim Focus Enhanced Edition. Slides prepared by David Meacheam & George Sansbury. Focus on Singapore Economic Restructuring Human resource development & management Tight labour market Productivity and quality of work life *© 2003 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd. PowerPoint Slides t/a Management: A Pacific Rim Focus Enhanced Edition. Slides prepared by David Meacheam & George Sansbury.© 2003 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd. PowerPoint Slides t/a Management: A Pacific