If a world-class corporation is to staffed on a global basis without any cost pressure, the positions for its following functions may be filled from the following regions:
Engineers – Germans
R&D workers – Scandinavians, Nordics and Silicon Valley ICs
Technicians – Japanese
Assembly-line workers – Japanese
Marketing and Sale – Americans
Financing – Americans (who have connections with Silicon Valley or Wall Street)
Legal counsel – Americans
Making Corporate Rules and Resolving Labor Disputes: Brits
Back-office administrative support (if not outsourced): Indians
Organizing celebrations and corporate events: Italians
The question is: other than Asian-Pacific operations, in what role can a Chinese naturally fit into this corporation?
