As a foreigner, running a company in China is a tough job, language difference bring misunderstandings, culture shock make you confused, stuff seems didn't act as you used to see.
There are several main difficulties occurred during management:
1. Language might be the chief difficulty.
embarrassed when pass your thoughts to your stuff.
misunderstanding
lose efficiency, misunderstandings kill efficiency and also bother you.
2. Culture difference makes everything goes weird.
your stuff haven't got the culture and attitude as you used to see in your country.
Nothing to ensure all staff you ask for to be done properly as you want.
So set up rules, and execute rules by software. make every detail exact.
3. Turn to a interpreter?
but they don't know what exactly you want to express, which would leads to misunderstanding. and you cann't carry a interpreter along with you all the time.
How to informationize you business acculturately?
1. Professionals with experiences in foreign tradding business
Some frequent mistakes happen to foreigner managers working in China when informatinizing.
Who will be the right one for you? qualities listed below are demanded:
1. With chinese as native language.
2. Smoothly english speaking.
3. Experienced in foreign tradding business.
4. Top-notch technical skills in software design.