i have to agree on this point.

i work at a large corporation. everybody in the office (excluding me for some reason) has time cards they have to punch when they arrive at work, go to lunch, return from lunch, and leave work. these are salaried employees – not hourly. these are educated, white collar professionals that punch time cards. i thought that was bizarre.

the most current management trends and ideas from the states and europe seem a generation or so from taking root here in peru.

cheers,

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Some of you are wrong to imply that countries with a sort of backward thinking have most of their work force dressed up for work. It all depends, for instance, in Europe, and Japan, people dress up for work. Also, in the US people who work in white collar jobs dress up for work. I think it all depends on culture and dress code policy, and what your employer thinks about it

I encourage all of you to do more research about it, and to compare it with other countries. Also it’s a good idea to differentiate between white and blue collar jobs in the US

Elizabeth Pinedo: you are right that now is a time to change in Peru. Half of the Peruvian population is less than 26 years old. All of these young people are starting to grow up and starting their careers and families – sort of like the “baby boom” in the US and Europe after WWII. I’m an old-fashioned guy in many ways (read my earlier post about visiting Accha), but the world around us is changing, and we need to deal with it.

Paul: I too enjoy the San Blas area, very scenic and authentic.

Jessica & Elizabeth Moya: I love how you guys mention “human capital” and “happy employees”. I hope I was able to be a good and happy teacher for you guys!!!

One think that we almost never consider is the fact that there are employee´s rights that the majority of us don´t know and consequently, they don´t be respected by employers. Last month, I hear that a man around sixty-five years old, who was working as bricklayer in a construction, suffered a cardiac shock while he was picking up some blockes, and noboby noticed that…the elderly died and no one of the rest of the employees and neither of his boss engineers couldn´t help him. three hours later, an employee found the died man…and other three hours more, the bosses decided to call the police and inform the fact, because before that they were in front of the construction drinking some beer. When I hear it, I annoyed so much and thought that poor people dont´t have rights in our country. I think that if one of us have his or her own business or is the boss in whatever company, we have to consider that the employee´s rights have to be respected, as if they were us.
In my opinion, the best way to improve a business is making happy to the employees, they work for me, they get money for my business, they have rights, they have to feel happy working for me and I respect them as people.
the majority of peruvians are employees, the majority work for a company or other people…that majority have rigths

PSD: You know Sharon is a crazy girl jeje won´t pay attention

Well to begin a bussines it needs a good maketing strategies and don forget the Money is a factor important in a bussines … the cretivity is important and always think about what is best for the customer… I think that the advertising is the most important as the flyers, tv comercial , radio comercial and why not airplene banners … dont forget that we Would think in big… in the other hand the majority of people buy things by Internet and we need a Internet bannners …

Have a human capital is the better for a bussiness the idea is has efficiency… about the appearance of company is important as there is a saying that says that “ all things enter for the eyes …a striking bright or shine local with local Sellers…different to the other locals … is what everyone looks… for me these things are important to open a Successful business.