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Why is so hard to for majority Chinese companies to take documentation seriously?
Subject:Why is so hard to for majority Chinese companies to take documentation seriously? From:Simon <wingman1985 -at- yahoo -dot- com -dot- cn> To:"techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 15 Jul 2013 20:45:55 +0800 (CST)
I contribute my two cents here:
Most Chinese companies have no proprietary technology. Secondly, most Chinese bosses think business is an art of connection(Guanxi). Good processes and practices come next.
What do you see the reasons? I have been with alocal Chinese company for three years and the notion of "documentation" seems to be very disconnected with local staff.
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