Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Management Lecture Series in September 2014 (Youth)



Robert Kennedy
“This world demands the qualities of youth; not a time of life but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of the imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the life of ease.”

Demographic of Malaysia Youth
•             13.37 Mil Youth (15-40 years old)
•             60% Malay youth, 20% are Chinese youth, 10% Indian youth
•             74.1% reside in urban area

Sheer heterogeneity of individuals we have placed under the 'youth' rubric.

Issues among youths conflate around two main themes
1. Competitiveness
Factory - laboratory
Vocational education - >60% of Germans undertake

2. Identity (which I will expand on today)
We live in ethnic silos and lead parallel lives
No domination narrative for Malaysians

What we need to know/do
1. More contact points for people of different backgrounds (increase the contact hours)
Bring people together at the formative years of their lives


At some point, we will need a generational reset.


New words/terms:
·         Pinnacle : a high mountain top : the best or most a a big fish in a small pond : one of the most important people in a small group or organization, who would have much less power and importance if they were part of a larger group or organization
·         Esprit de corps (team spirit): feelings of loyalty, enthusiasm, and devotion to a group among people who are members of the group
·         JAKIM (Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia) - the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia
·         Ustaz (religious teachers)
·         Vernacular (mother tongue) - the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people of a country or region.

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