Pros
Good business foundation but not well utilized by local business leaders
Cons
Very hierarchical in terms of management and reporting. Very old school office mentality. Most of the staff adopts a very traditional lazy and non-value adding way of working and has minimal sense of ownership (this is not my job, it's his/her job; i don't know, ask him/her). It's a shame as these group of people pull down their better colleagues' reputation and create a really unfriendly working environment. Very rigid in terms of processes (good and bad; need to find a balance) Resistant to change - new ideas/strategies do not bode well here. There's a reason why many of the good talents chose to leave Politics - so much office politics and that really wears people off Global direction hard to implement in Asia