“American Factory”

  1. Watch the documentary “American Factory” and discuss the opportunities and challenges of attempting to merge the Chinese and American labor cultures in a common economic endeavor in central Ohio. [Currently only showing on Netflix.]
  2. If you took over as the director of this American subsidiary company after having finished this course, how might you have more effectively managed the merging operation?
  3. If they [Chinese ownership] had decided to specifically hire a woman to manage the take-over in mid-course, how might the outcome have been different? Would this have possibly been a value added or an additional challenge?
  4. Do you believe that this dual nation, economic enterprise will be a sustainable and repeatable success or not?

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