industrial overlord

Chapter 260 Assistant
"Mr. Xiang, bright people don't speak dark words. Hanhua Heavy Industry can develop to the scale it is today, more because it is one step ahead of other companies in concept, luck is much more than management. I am a technical person, and my management ability is really lackluster." Lin Zhenhua said frankly.

"Mr. Lin is too polite. Innovation itself is a kind of management ability." Xiang Zhe said, "Schumpeter believed that the essence of an entrepreneur is innovation. The so-called innovation is to introduce production factors or production conditions that have not been used before. Regarding the production system, Mr. Lin is able to introduce new ideas under the existing market conditions, which itself is an innovative behavior of entrepreneurs, so how can it be said that he has no business ability?"

"Uh... am I so great?" Lin Zhenhua said dully.He has always felt that he is not much of an entrepreneur, but now hearing what Xiang Zhe said, it seems that he can barely get along with entrepreneurs, and he is secretly happy.

"However..." Xiang Zhe didn't make Lin Zhenhua happy anymore, he directly came to a turning point, "As Mr. Lin said, the current success of Hanhua Heavy Industry is largely due to the innovation of concepts. China's current We are in the period of transition from the old system to the new, and there are a lot of undiscovered opportunities in the market. Hanhua Heavy Industry has seized these opportunities, so it has achieved success, nothing more.”

"You are right, please continue." Lin Zhenhua said.

Xiang Zhe nodded and continued: "At present, whether it is the media or leaders at all levels, they only see the prosperous side of Hanhua Heavy Industry, but not the crisis that is accumulating. Due to the lack of a mature management model , the operation of Hanhua Heavy Industry appears to be chaotic and disorderly in many aspects. During the current rush, many internal and external contradictions will be covered up. Once the development speed slows down, all contradictions will be manifested. It will be difficult to clean up in time.”

"Can you give an example?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

"There is an example right now." Xiang Zhe said, "You are recruiting large-scale suppliers, but I noticed that your management of supplier information is still at the stage of manual management, even a basic database system None. Let me ask, how will you rate the credit of suppliers in the future? How will you grasp the supply quality and delivery cycle of different suppliers? How will you motivate suppliers?"

Lin Zhenhua only felt that he was sweating profusely. Before, when he proposed to recruit suppliers, he had talked to the company's leadership about the idea of ​​supplier management, which won unanimous praise from everyone at that time.Listening to what Xiang Zhe said now, his thinking is simply childish and ridiculous, and he is far away from the real supplier management.

"Mr. Xiang, are you saying that we can build a database system to manage supplier information? But, is there any suitable database management software now?" Lin Zhenhua asked stupidly.

Lin Zhenhua's words bear a strong imprint of a time traveler, and only time travelers would question: Is there something now?Xiang Zhe didn't notice the problem in Lin Zhenhua's words, and he replied affirmatively: "It is not complicated to use Dbase-II to build a management system now. I think that for such a large industry as your company, PCs and Chinese cards should Is it ready-made?"

Well, it turns out that the artifact Dbase-II already exists?Lin Zhenhua thought in his heart.

"So, Mr. Xiang, can you develop such a system?"

Xiang Zhe said: "No problem at all. If Mr. Lin needs it, I can develop it in just one day. However, to develop such a system, only one programmer is not enough."

Lin Zhenhua asked, "What else do you need?"

"I need you to reorganize the entire interview process. Your front desk staff should use standardized greetings. The forms filled by suppliers need to be redesigned, and at the same time propose filling specifications, and have someone responsible for guiding them to fill them out correctly. For suppliers I haven't seen the interview process of the business partner, and I can't make any suggestions now. However, I believe that you must have not used the evaluation scales related to personality and innovation ability. Very wrong." Xiang Zhe talked eloquently, and Wharton MBA's bastard spirit spewed out.

"Can the evaluation scale you mentioned be found in China?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

Xiang Zhe took out a stack of papers from his bag, handed them to Lin Zhenhua, and said: "This is an innovation ability scale proposed by Erec and Galti. I modified it according to the characteristics of Chinese culture. My colleague I have done a pilot survey, and the results of the reliability and validity tests are quite satisfactory. If Mr. Lin is at ease, he can use it as a tool for you to evaluate suppliers. The following is a scale about personality, which is in English. I haven't had time to translate yet."

Lin Zhenhua took the stack of papers and carefully flipped through them from beginning to end.He also read the English part very seriously, and from time to time he picked out a few to ask Xiang Zhe for advice.It was only then that Xiang Zhe believed that Mr. Lin, who was said to have only a junior high school diploma, had a high level of English, which was not something the media boasted about.

"Not bad, not bad, indeed very professional, worthy of an MBA background." Lin Zhenhua returned the things to Xiang Zhe and said with emotion.It is very reasonable to say that there is a specialization in the art industry. Lin Zhenhua has the aura of a traveler on his head, but when it comes to specific corporate management issues, he is still not even comparable to an MBA 30 years ago.

Xiang Zhe was very happy to be affirmed by Lin Zhenhua. He continued to sell his management knowledge to Lin Zhenhua: "There are many problems involved in enterprise management. For example, in terms of human resources, the current personnel department and labor management department of domestic enterprises are basically It is only responsible for file management, attendance management, and salary distribution. It rarely does comprehensive human resource planning. For employee recruitment, training, assessment, and incentives, it is still the method of the planned economy. It is different from the commodity economy that our country is building. The society is very uncomfortable. In the big factory I stayed in, the brain drain was very serious, basically all the capable people ran away, and those who stayed were just making a living. How could the company be competitive in the long run?"

"Mr. Xiang, I understand. I don't have any doubts about your professional level." Lin Zhenhua interrupted Xiang Zhe's statement, and asked instead: "What I want to know is that when you come to Hanhua Heavy Industries this time, Are you really interested in joining us?"

Hearing Lin Zhenhua's question, Xiang Zhe, who was still in high spirits just now, suddenly fell silent. He paused for a while before asking: "Mr. Lin, if I intend to join your company, how do you plan to arrange me? If it is arranged for me to send As for the bath ticket, I would rather issue it in the original factory."

"The position of general manager has not been vacated yet." Lin Zhenhua said with a smile.

"I know." Xiang Zhe said, "I was just joking. The general manager of a large company like yours is something that a junior like me can't get involved in."

Lin Zhenhua said: "As long as you don't want to be the general manager, the rest of the position is easy to talk about. Tell yourself, what position do you expect to be?"

"I hope to work in a department responsible for the operation of the whole company. I am more interested in the overall management of the company, and I can better use my professional knowledge." Xiang Zhe said.

Lin Zhenhua thought for a while and said, "I'm currently short of an assistant to the general manager who understands overall operations management. Before there is no other suitable candidate, I want to hire you to take up this position. What do you think?"

"Assistant to the general manager?" Xiang Zhe asked with wide eyes, "Excuse me, whose assistant is it? What is the specific authority?"

Lin Zhenhua said: "It's my assistant. The specific job is to be in charge of all management affairs of Hanhua Heavy Industry. All the cadres and workers of the factory, including me, are under your command."

"This..." Xiang Zhe hesitated.

"Why, too small?" Lin Zhenhua asked.Of course he knew that Xiang Zhe was not too small. The position he had promised to Xiang Zhe was too great.

Xiang Zhe shook his head: "No, I'm worried that I won't be able to do it."

Lin Zhenhua asked curiously: "Isn't it? Wharton's MBA can say that he is not competent, and you are not afraid that your dean will take back your diploma?"

Xiang Zhe said with a wry smile: "Mr. Lin, it's a joke, but I do not have practical experience in large-scale enterprise management. I am worried about showing cowardice. Can I do this? I will take an ordinary position in the company's headquarters first. In the future, if the leaders think that I The ability is enough, and then slowly improve?"

Lin Zhenhua said: "I hope it's another situation. You will be my assistant at the company's headquarters first. In the future, if I think you are not capable, I will demote you. But don't worry, I will arrange for you to come to the The company's bathroom is going to be a manager."

"I'm just afraid that if I assume such a high-level position out of thin air, the middle-level cadres and workers below will not be convinced." Xiang Zhe said, "If you can give me half a year to buffer and find some opportunities to prove my ability, then It’s a matter of course when you get promoted.”

Lin Zhenhua waved his hand and said: "Your statement is correct, maybe it is also the principle of employing people you learned in your MBA? But this principle is not applicable now. We at Hanhua Heavy Industry are very short of senior management personnel, and I don't have time for you to hide your strength and bide your time .I have been looking for an assistant who can free me from the heavy management work. You are a gift from heaven. No need to wait any longer, I will ask the leadership team for instructions, and you will be ready to take over immediately .”

"Okay!" Xiang Zhe was infected by Lin Zhenhua's words, and he replied straightforwardly, "Give me three days, I will go back and go through the resignation procedures, and I will be able to come to work immediately. We agreed in advance that if I am not qualified for this position, Mr. Lin, please replace me at any time."

"There are no three days for you, you have to start working now. Didn't you say that there is a problem with our bidding process? Now I will appoint you as the person in charge of the bidding working group. The two lesbians outside, Bi Min and Tian Xiaolan is your assistant. If you take over the job right away and finish this matter well, you will prove your ability. If you can't do this well, then you can go back." Lin Zhenhua said.

"President Lin, don't worry, if you can't do this little thing well, I won't go back, I'll just jump into the Yangtze River!" Xiang Zhe replied confidently.

(End of this chapter)