In this final part of this four part series of posts on TBI’s organizational structure- one which we have shown has been plagued by rent-seeking practices which have sapped the energy and competitiveness of the company from the start- we look at the real reasons for Mariam’s ouster in late 2015. Why was the TBI…
TBI is a company which has now had a lost half-decade or more. Between 2006 and 2010 a large number of new franchise schools opened under the guidance of Retty Setiawan, but in 2010 she was forced out of the company by Luke Preece, an Australian con-man who claims to have a degree in Geology…
The time was so close to the expiry date of my tourist visa, but I still hadn’t got my passport back from Frendy. I called Frendy’s fake lawyer to ask about the work permit and she just responded that she had failed to update my visa, so it had expired; I had to leave Thailand…
Nice to meet you. I am victim of the chimp named Frendy Horas, who does nothing but lie and cheat. I’m from China, and I can speak Thai, English and Chinese. At the time I came to meet Frendy Horas (known in Thailand as Hopp), I had just arrived in Thailand, and I was trying…
In recent days we have become aware that Frendy Horas, the con-artist behind the Rumah Bahasa chain in Jakarta, is not (as many have claimed) dead. Rumours of the Chinese-Indonesian con-man’s demise have proven fake and we now know that they were just a smokescreen aimed at hiding his true whereabouts. Frendy, still in his…
“In a dysfunctional society or organization, people acquire wealth via corruption, rent-seeking, and theft. Perhaps they steal it at the point of a sword. Perhaps they acquire wealth through outright corruption. Perhaps they acquire wealth through holding a position in a completely dysfunctional management structure that requires internal politicking rather than actual performance.” That last…
On this blog we have long offered TBI as an example of a dysfunctional company. We have often focused on the personalities of some of its most vicious and dishonest managers: Luke Preece, Mariam Kartikatresni and Binsar Simorangkir were amongst the worst offenders in this regard. However, not all of its weaknesses relate to its…
Banyak jalan menuju Roma. Peribahasa itu tentunya untuk tujuan yang baik dan positif. Tetapi, kini peribahasa itu juga diplesetkan untuk tujuan buruk, di mana banyak cara orang berbuat keburukan atau kejahatan. Warga kota Surabaya, waspadalah. Orang tua dan para siswa harus ekstra hati-hati. Jangan gampang terbuai rayuan jika ditawari promo kursus bahasa internasional dengan iming-iming…
Lienny Gunawan, warga yang ditinggal di apartemen Waterplace, Surabaya, bersama dua saudara, Selasa (5/4/2016) malam, mendatangi kantor Sentra Pelayanan Kepolisian Terpadu (SPKT) Polrestabes Surabaya. Mereka melaporkan kasus dugaan penipuan yang dialaminya di salah satu lembaga kursus bahasa Inggris yakni Internasional Language Center (ILC). Menurut Lienny Gunawan, penipuan dilakukan ILC di kawasan Pakuwon Trade Center (PTC)…
So where does that leave Luke Preece and TBI as this company drags itself wearily into 2016, with an 82-year old self-aggrandizing egoist, Ning Anhar, at the helm? The short answer appears to be that Luke Preece’s crimes have largely caught up with him and he has paid a heavy price. The man who once…
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