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Kenny says...: All about Kenny
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Something about ES2007S: Professional Communications. Wednesday, April 1, 2009. To end off, I would like to quote from a ST “Think” column (it is a weekly ST column which has its columnist circulated amongst the directors of various think tanks/research institutes in Singapore, do read it if you have the time, it’s kinda good) which I read recently, and has since left a deep impression on me,. 8220;Do what you can today, for you may never know whether there is tomorrow.”. April 1, 2009 at 9:49 PM. The sk...
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Kenny says...: April 2009
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Something about ES2007S: Professional Communications. Wednesday, April 15, 2009. The Last One. ALREADY? 8221; Thirdly, the presentation at the end of the project has also forced us to put on the hat of a “salesman”. Essentially, we had to think of ways to put across our ideas in the paper effectively and concisely, without boring the hell out of the audience. Wednesday, April 1, 2009. 8220;Do what you can today, for you may never know whether there is tomorrow.”. I intend to seize the day and live life t...
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Kenny says...: March 2009
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Something about ES2007S: Professional Communications. Sunday, March 15, 2009. Case of the Stone Lions. Was surfing around for a topic for this week’s open topic, found the following case interesting and decided that it shall be the blogging topic for this week. Let’s just call it “The Case of the Stone Lions”. Why is that so? Please read on…. Translates to “Prado (hegemony), must be taken down! The Toyota fiasco highlights the tricky cultural and historical pitfalls that afflict marketing for even the sa...
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Kenny says...: January 2009
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Something about ES2007S: Professional Communications. Saturday, January 31, 2009. A Conflict Situation: How do we resolve it? A, B, C, and D are NUS students who are taking a particular module together. All of them hailed from different faculties, they didn’t know each other beforehand. By coincidence, they were grouped together for a project which weighed 40% of the continual assessment component of the module. A is the leader of the group. Time is running out for the group as the deadline loomed. Have ...
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Kenny says...: Blog Post #1: The Importance of Effective Communication.
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Something about ES2007S: Professional Communications. Sunday, January 25, 2009. Blog Post #1: The Importance of Effective Communication. Have you ever been in a situation that after blurting out a seemingly innocuous comment, the response from the listening party is just not what you expected? OR have you tried to pass on information to team mates in your project group, but after some time has passed, learnt that what had been interpreted by them were simply not what you meant. Why is that so? Well, the ...
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Kenny says...: A Conflict Situation: How do we resolve it?
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Something about ES2007S: Professional Communications. Saturday, January 31, 2009. A Conflict Situation: How do we resolve it? A, B, C, and D are NUS students who are taking a particular module together. All of them hailed from different faculties, they didn’t know each other beforehand. By coincidence, they were grouped together for a project which weighed 40% of the continual assessment component of the module. A is the leader of the group. Time is running out for the group as the deadline loomed. This ...
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Kenny says...: February 2009
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Something about ES2007S: Professional Communications. Saturday, February 28, 2009. This particular incident was recounted to me by a Thai tutor, of my Human Resource Management class. In a Toyota car manufacturing plant in Thailand, an engineer from USA was just posted to the plant as a manufacturing engineer. One of his first tasks was to lead the Thai technicians under him to accomplish part of the manufacturing operations. After giving a briefing to the local technicians, he asked,. On the other hand,...
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Kenny says...: Case of the Stone Lions
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Something about ES2007S: Professional Communications. Sunday, March 15, 2009. Case of the Stone Lions. Was surfing around for a topic for this week’s open topic, found the following case interesting and decided that it shall be the blogging topic for this week. Let’s just call it “The Case of the Stone Lions”. Why is that so? Please read on…. Translates to “Prado (hegemony), must be taken down! The Toyota fiasco highlights the tricky cultural and historical pitfalls that afflict marketing for even the sa...
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Kenny says...
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Something about ES2007S: Professional Communications. Saturday, February 28, 2009. This particular incident was recounted to me by a Thai tutor, of my Human Resource Management class. In a Toyota car manufacturing plant in Thailand, an engineer from USA was just posted to the plant as a manufacturing engineer. One of his first tasks was to lead the Thai technicians under him to accomplish part of the manufacturing operations. After giving a briefing to the local technicians, he asked,. On the other hand,...