Clayton J.C Tan | January 29, 2009
When the word “gambling” comes into mind, many people seems to think of it as a very dirty word. It’s often associated to large losses, bankruptcy, robberies and the worst of all “ah long” (Malaysia’s term for “licensed” moneylenders - not too sure if they are legal or illegal).
When Chinese New Year comes about, gambling [...]
Clayton J.C Tan | January 27, 2009
An article in The Star entitled “Ties with China enter new level” on the 23rd of January seems to have brought quite some hope for Malaysia’s economy considering the strong ties with China. However, a portion of the article got most of my attention:
Ong also hopes to create another unprecedented move – to get a [...]
Clayton J.C Tan | January 17, 2009
I’ve just attened a wind band performance this morning and realize that there are many management lessons that could be learnt from it. The lessons covered leadership, organization management, employee career and even external marketing. It was indeed interesting and I reckon that each of these students who played a part in this performance will [...]
Share on FacebookClayton J.C Tan | January 15, 2009
Since I was on the topic of operations in charitable organizations. I’d like to discuss another controversial matter - “Should every single cent of the money collected form the public be donated or used for the mentioned cause?” In Lions and Leo Club, it’s usually very clear-cut; there’s a project fund where money comes from [...]
Share on FacebookClayton J.C Tan | January 15, 2009
Whenever I see an advertisement of a group of people carrying a mock-cheque in the newspapers, I’ll recall that day when one of my MBA coursemates commented “Organizations that carries mock-cheques in newspaper looks for nothing more than publicity, they’re not genuine is contributing”.
While this may be true for some organization especially some corporate companies [...]
Clayton J.C Tan | January 15, 2009
One of the most common statement by HR practitioners or management these days - “The employees today aren’t like the good old days where they are loyal and work hard; employees today are selfish and have no loyalty to the organization”. I’ve heard this many times, and time and again I’m going to defend the Generation [...]
Share on FacebookClayton J.C Tan | January 11, 2009
While reading the articles in New Straits Times on 9th January 2009, I felt that something must have changed in terms of our government’s standpoint of students’ involvement in demonstrations. Either they have finally agree with allowing students to hold demo or there’s an apparent double standard.
In the past, there are often reports about university [...]
Clayton J.C Tan | January 10, 2009
I was considering doing my doctorate and there are several universities in my shortlist. Being on a budget, not wanting any distruption in my career and due to the fact that I would like to do a research on the Malaysian environment; pursuing the doctorate overseas will not be an option although it’s something most [...]
Share on FacebookClayton J.C Tan | January 4, 2009
The Movie - “Click” by Adam Sandler have definitely changed my life one way or another. I grew up in a family where results are important - whether it is exams, extra-curricular activities, competitions are sometimes merely competition among siblings are cousins; sometimes it’s just about being the best in everything, a tough target to [...]
Share on FacebookClayton J.C Tan | January 4, 2009
Having been involved in quite some transformation work, I realize that the strong resistance to change at times come from the exact same person who is championing change. Also, it is very often the people in power that resist change (this is especially true when it’s about changing to cut red tapes, changing to make [...]
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