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EDB CAREER PATH by Edgar Schein

Strategic Pragmatism ()

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MIT Press

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EDB CAREER PATH by Edgar Schein

“The general career path for an overseas director is to start out as an industry specialist in one of the operational divisions in Singapore where you learn the workings of an industry in depth. . . During that six months, you not only have to train your replacement in Singapore, but use whatever little extra time you have to learn about the other industry sectors that will be involved in your overseas assignment. . . . moving from being a specialist to being a generalist. . . .

To do this job well requires three kinds of knowledge. You have knowledge of the industries involved, . . . you have to know about the specific companies with which you are dealing, including their strategies and issues. Third, you have to have knowledge of Singapore’s strategy and its situation. The job then is to integrate these three sets of knowledge into a coherent idea or project that will be a success for the company as well as for Singapore. ” —Unnamed EDB director

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