Rencananya hanya iseng mau mendalami lagi skill bahasa Inggris. Akhirnya pilihan jatuhlah ke TBI Serpong yg lokasinya di Ruko Golden Boulevard BSD. Setelah menjalani placement test dan wawancara, akhirnya pilihan jatuh ke kelas General English. Sebelumnya saya sudah tanya, range usia untuk murid-muridnya berapa? Diinformasikan oleh Vivi, bahwa sebagian mahasiswa kok sudah dewasa. Okelah pikir…
“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…
1. TBI Dago Mid 2010 2. TBI Fatmawati Mid 2010 3. TBI Sudirman Early 2011 4.TBI Kuningan Late 2011 5. TBI Riau …
The first thing to establish here is that TBI did lose the fight for Jakarta. Self-evident as it has been to us for a long time, you certainly won’t hear the authorities at TBI admitting it. Even as competitors have stolen massive chunks of market share from them, the TBI ostriches have gone on sticking their heads…
You might remember UIC Design School, the pet project of the kids of Ning Anhar- the corrupt and nepotistic former USG Director. In 2011 she was so busy diverting TBI funds to UIC Design School (run by her own daughter) that TBI students were denied new furniture or even paint in dirty classrooms! It was…
For many years anyone who has dealt with TBI Head Office has quickly worked out that something is very wrong there. Maybe the newcomer noticed their lack of responsibility. Merchandise is out of stock every time you try and order it, and no one ever apologizes for the problem. Or sometimes people learned about the endless…
In this part of the interview we investigate the chronology of events and try and determine how and when the interviewee (a former manager of TBI Kuningan) became aware that something was very wrong within TBI. Can you describe the process by which you became aware that TBI was riddled with corruption? It happened gradually…
Before we move on to Anita, Nunu’s dubious replacement, allow me to share a lovely little story which neatly sums up the vast uselessness of the TBI authorities. Nunu the alleged School Manager, Firlana the, ahem, “Office Supervisor”, Pauwsan Sutanto the owner, Lilies Agustin- Luke’s giddy goombah- they all look like complete fools in this…
TBI defenders are thin on the ground these days. When we first explained that TBI was a rottenly corrupt organization which had stubbornly resisted all attempts to reform it – whether from Yoni, Cameron and myself, the former Academic Manager, Ratna or GA in Malang- we first encountered angry denial. Now things are very different.…
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