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Byline: Kriengsak Niratpattanasai
Mar. 1--Chai had worked in a multinational company in Thailand for 10 years. He was appointed general manager of a large retail service chain owned by a Thai-Chinese family.
After two months, Chai had grown frustrated in his new workplace. The pace was slow compared with his previous organisation. For example, if he wanted a report comparing sales for this month with the same month last year, it would take a week instead of 30 minutes at his previous job.
He subsequently found out that his instructions went to five department managers. They passed the instructions in written memos to their 20 unit managers and ...