Comments on: Biz 101 :: The Books http://www.2thebigmango.com/u-of-mango/2007/05/10/biz-101-the-books/ Insiders take on Thailand Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:40:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Tom http://www.2thebigmango.com/u-of-mango/2007/05/10/biz-101-the-books/#comment-8762 Tom Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:14:51 +0000 http://www.2thebigmango.com/2007/05/10/biz-101-the-books/#comment-8762 Actually How To Establish A Successful Business In Thailand can be ordered online at www.paiboonpublishing.com too Actually How To Establish A Successful Business In Thailand can be ordered online at http://www.paiboonpublishing.com too
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]]> By: ideacon http://www.2thebigmango.com/u-of-mango/2007/05/10/biz-101-the-books/#comment-8202 ideacon Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:23:39 +0000 http://www.2thebigmango.com/2007/05/10/biz-101-the-books/#comment-8202 My friend has written a book “How to Establish a Successful Business in Thailand” for Paiboon Publishing. You may buy the book at your local bookstore or online at http://advisaweb.com/publications-thailand-en.html Cheers! My friend has written a book “How to Establish a Successful Business in Thailand” for Paiboon Publishing. You may buy the book at your local bookstore or online at http://advisaweb.com/publications-thailand-en.html

Cheers!
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]]> By: smitty http://www.2thebigmango.com/u-of-mango/2007/05/10/biz-101-the-books/#comment-4234 smitty Fri, 11 May 2007 07:41:46 +0000 http://www.2thebigmango.com/2007/05/10/biz-101-the-books/#comment-4234 Well. This is what I was looking for! Well I did read the first 2 books on my list and I stand by them. Looks like working with Thais sucks! Good to know. Well. This is what I was looking for!

Well I did read the first 2 books on my list and I stand by them.

Looks like working with Thais sucks!

Good to know.
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]]> By: nampla69 http://www.2thebigmango.com/u-of-mango/2007/05/10/biz-101-the-books/#comment-4218 nampla69 Thu, 10 May 2007 20:22:36 +0000 http://www.2thebigmango.com/2007/05/10/biz-101-the-books/#comment-4218 "Working with Thais" is a truly awful read and patronising rubbish. Mind you one very bright Thai lady I know in London read it all the way through and loved it. "Tae see ourselves as others see us" as a famous Scotsman once said. "Reflections on Thai Culture" by Willima Klausner is 25 years old old but timeless and a great resource. "Thailand's Boom and Bust" by Phongpaichit and Baker is a good warning to anyone thinking of investing in the Thai stock market or even buying a single share. Probably the best book to read is "Managing people is like Herding Cats" by Warren Bennis. Great ideas for the unpredictability of meaung Thai. To quote T.S.Eliot on Cats: "For he will do as he will do, and there's no doing anything about it. When you let him in, then he wants out; he's always in the wrong side of the door." Ring a bell with anyone doing business in Thailand? Anyway soon be ringing another bell in Big Mango Bar !!!! Good luck one and all......... “Working with Thais” is a truly awful read and patronising rubbish. Mind you one very bright Thai lady I know in London read it all the way through and loved it. “Tae see ourselves as others see us” as a famous Scotsman once said.
“Reflections on Thai Culture” by Willima Klausner is 25 years old old but timeless and a great resource.
“Thailand’s Boom and Bust” by Phongpaichit and Baker is a good warning to anyone thinking of investing in the Thai stock market or even buying a single share.
Probably the best book to read is “Managing people is like Herding Cats” by Warren Bennis. Great ideas for the unpredictability of meaung Thai. To quote T.S.Eliot on Cats:
“For he will do as he will do, and there’s no doing anything about it. When you let him in, then he wants out; he’s always in the wrong side of the door.” Ring a bell with anyone doing business in Thailand? Anyway soon be ringing another bell in Big Mango Bar !!!!
Good luck one and all………
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]]> By: werewolf http://www.2thebigmango.com/u-of-mango/2007/05/10/biz-101-the-books/#comment-4191 werewolf Thu, 10 May 2007 15:34:00 +0000 http://www.2thebigmango.com/2007/05/10/biz-101-the-books/#comment-4191 Werewolf wrote: "Unless I just had a very old addition [sic]..." "edition" I'm starting to spell like a Thai bargirl. Maybe I should design the next Big Mango t-shirt! Werewolf wrote: “Unless I just had a very old addition [sic]…”

“edition”

I’m starting to spell like a Thai bargirl. Maybe I should design the next Big Mango t-shirt!
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]]> By: werewolf http://www.2thebigmango.com/u-of-mango/2007/05/10/biz-101-the-books/#comment-4187 werewolf Thu, 10 May 2007 15:30:58 +0000 http://www.2thebigmango.com/2007/05/10/biz-101-the-books/#comment-4187 BTW, I read the book "Working with the Thais" about 3 months ago. IMHO it was a shockingly bad book. Unless I just had a very old addition, the information in it seemed about 15 years out of date, and it did not reflect AT ALL the experience I have had working with and managing Thai people in the workplace. Needless to say, I would not recommend it to anyone. BTW, I read the book “Working with the Thais” about 3 months ago. IMHO it was a shockingly bad book.

Unless I just had a very old addition, the information in it seemed about 15 years out of date, and it did not reflect AT ALL the experience I have had working with and managing Thai people in the workplace.

Needless to say, I would not recommend it to anyone.
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]]> By: werewolf http://www.2thebigmango.com/u-of-mango/2007/05/10/biz-101-the-books/#comment-4184 werewolf Thu, 10 May 2007 15:26:21 +0000 http://www.2thebigmango.com/2007/05/10/biz-101-the-books/#comment-4184 Nope... I was doing some research last year expecting to get shafted by my former employer. He managed to pay me everything he owed me when I left, so I didn't need to take any action, but I still had these references saved on my favorites, so I thought I'd share them. Nope… I was doing some research last year expecting to get shafted by my former employer. He managed to pay me everything he owed me when I left, so I didn’t need to take any action, but I still had these references saved on my favorites, so I thought I’d share them.
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]]> By: smitty http://www.2thebigmango.com/u-of-mango/2007/05/10/biz-101-the-books/#comment-4169 smitty Thu, 10 May 2007 08:39:16 +0000 http://www.2thebigmango.com/2007/05/10/biz-101-the-books/#comment-4169 WW. Thanks. Will incorporate these into the main section. Just curious. Any experience with this firm? thanks! WW. Thanks. Will incorporate these into the main section.

Just curious. Any experience with this firm?

thanks!
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]]> By: werewolf http://www.2thebigmango.com/u-of-mango/2007/05/10/biz-101-the-books/#comment-4168 werewolf Thu, 10 May 2007 08:28:00 +0000 http://www.2thebigmango.com/2007/05/10/biz-101-the-books/#comment-4168 For some on-line reference regarding legal issues in Thailand: thai labour law overview: http://www.boi.go.th:8080/issue/200506_16_6/14.htm overview of Thai labour laws in general http://www.bia.co.th/013.html Bangkok International Associates http://www.bia.co.th/legalguide.html For some on-line reference regarding legal issues in Thailand:

thai labour law overview:
http://www.boi.go.th:8080/issue/200506_16_6/14.htm

overview of Thai labour laws in general
http://www.bia.co.th/013.html

Bangkok International Associates
http://www.bia.co.th/legalguide.html
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]]> By: smitty http://www.2thebigmango.com/u-of-mango/2007/05/10/biz-101-the-books/#comment-4165 smitty Thu, 10 May 2007 06:59:16 +0000 http://www.2thebigmango.com/2007/05/10/biz-101-the-books/#comment-4165 Yeah. At the bookstore there are more books about building a house, bar girls stories and culture books than anything else. Thanks for the tip... Yeah. At the bookstore there are more books about building a house, bar girls stories and culture books than anything else. Thanks for the tip…
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