The culture in other countries is much deeper than one would normally think. In the example of last week, I was surprised to see how different these two cultures where in engineering. I had always assumed that there engineering would be the same for all engineers around. I never thought different cultures and locations would take different approaches to it. Now from knowing this I am so much more aware about differences in culture in many more ways. In the article, “Asciano's Mullen mulls holy grail in supply chain”, the reader is able to get a deeper understanding of many aspects of Australia, if one takes a deeper look at the article. The article deals with business in Australia and at the same time deals with work ethics and habits of Australian workers. Asciano's Mullen, who is the operator of Port Botany that runs through the Patrick Ports division, discusses how he has learned to handle featherbedding, or the practice of hiring more workers than is needed for a job. In the article there is also comments on coals as being a major export of Australia. There are a lot of unnecessary processes being done in the obtainment and transport of coal. The question is how is the company implementing their engineers. Engineers should be their to help eliminate excess and streamline the process so the port can run more efficiently and effectively. The outlook in the future is very bright, because the Australian culture and industry will better be able to utilize their engineers in the future years and now that engineering is becoming more popular the abilities of engineers, like industrial engineers, is better know and understood. It is now understood in what situations they would best be able to help. With the different people owning the ports, they do not always care to grow it, but they want to know the best ways to manage and operate it. Engineers brought into the company would be one of the best ways to receive help to run the whole operation. It was forced near the end, that the with the global economy all of these efforts may cause them to get into trouble, because they are talking themselves up to standards they cannot reach. Now, we wait and see what approach these companies will choose to make.
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