The journey continued as I am in my hometown Changsha now. Changsha is about an hour fly north of Shenzhen. I met mum with Rosa on Friday before she headed back to Houston.
So yesterday, I came across this ensemble on my way to a grocery store. Well, you can see the conductor (commander in chief?) in the front, everyone in uniform, singing and clapping. But, wait a minute, what on earth are they doing on the street? To give you a slightly larger picture, they all seemed to be the employees of a restaurant which is located right behind them.
Later I was told this is a new military-style management strategy originated from Japan a few years ago. The manager recruits everyone on his/her team before the work starts. They line up, sing a song in public and gain high morale (supposedly) before discharged to individual posts. Funny, I think…
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Ying,
I've heard about the singing and dancing to raise morale of Japanese workers, but I wouldn't call it military-like. It's been like that for several years, maybe like 10 or so? It seems to werk...
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