A close-up and personal look at Switzerland
“Bureaucracy is a specific form of organization defined by complexity, division of labor, permanence, professional management, hierarchical coordination and control, strict chain of command, and legal authority”*. Now isn’t that a mouthful? We’ve all had to deal with various forms… Read moreBureaucracy at its Very Best
Italy is just to the south of Switzerland. As I’ve mentioned before, I find it amazing all you have to do is cross the Alps and you enter Oz. A different language, different architecture, different climate, in short, a different… Read moreItalians, a Culture of Their Own
Ben worked for an American company on a telephone project in Switzerland a couple of years ago. He found the work and the people extremely interesting. For a little entertainment someone hung a description of the qualities a multinational employee… Read moreThe Multinational Employee Has… Stereotypes and Cliché
Spaghetti; long, thin pasta that is fun to eat. Who invented it, China or Italy? Well, China invented pasta and the noodle but Italy invented spaghetti as we know it today. I think it has to do with how it… Read moreSpaghetti in America, Switzerland and Italy
Ben’s dad had a basement full of wine that he bought so it could age. That was cool. Some were really old, too. Although Ben and I both don’t have any major wine knowledge we thought we could try, too…. Read moreBuying Wine from Giordano
Some things in the States seem free but of course, you know the money flows from other places. In Switzerland you are expected to pay for things that you don’t have to in America like restrooms. Restrooms I cannot remember… Read moreFree or Not (part 2)?
The Swiss have a work ethic that is second to none. There is next to no traffic on Sunday evenings not because there is soccer game or a ice hockey game on TV but because the majority of people are… Read moreWork Ethics
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