How do many Thais deal with constructive criticism, advice and instructions?

[Soutpeel]

17 years experience of working with Thai people (male and female) having all levels of education between labourer and professional engineer (my duties including a significant amount of training and education for the people working for me)....

My experience.... I have only on four occasions met Thai people who responded negatively to constructive criticism.

On the whole I have found Thai people to be receptive to honest and fair criticism and very receptive to new ideas where an effort is made to explain/demonstrate the idea being put over.

I frequently receive emails from ex Thai colleagues asking for advice which seems always to be well received.

My advice to the OP, go in with the idea that 'respect is where we all start from and is something we loose by our own deeds, not something we earn' and apply that to your staff, and most importantly apply it to yourself.

From a basis of mutual respect, the transfer of ideas, working requirements and practices will be easy.

If you knew "lose" and "loose" were different words and when to use which, your post would have greater credibility.

(Unless English is not your first language in which case I apologize)

His post maintains high credibility due to GH's working experience in Thailand. That is 17 years experience of working with Thais.

For several years, under your many guises, you have had a bee in your bonnet regarding GH.

You troll the thread and offer up a spelling error as a sign of lack of credibility. Yet, you have never worked in a company employing or managing Thai people. Paying your GF does not count.

Your experience is zero.

Your credibility is zero.

As this thread is about education, and the poster was claiming 17 years experience in training, pointing out an educational problem is in order.

And please, let's not try to write off not knowing the difference between lose and loose as a spelling error, when it clearly isn't.

It's confusing two entirety different words.

May I humbly suggest re-education in basic English comprehension then, this thread is not about education

"How do many Thais deal with constructive criticism, advice and instructions"

So pack your little satchel, put your nylon tie on and go and "teach" your class, for the record, GH is an engineer and has worked in Thai industry for 17 years who one suspects is at a point in his life as not to need English "lessons" from a jumped up "English teacher" with a chip on their shoulder..

Edited April 24, 2015 by Soutpeel

[ChrisB87]

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17 years experience of working with Thai people (male and female) having all levels of education between labourer and professional engineer (my duties including a significant amount of training and education for the people working for me)....

My experience.... I have only on four occasions met Thai people who responded negatively to constructive criticism.

On the whole I have found Thai people to be receptive to honest and fair criticism and very receptive to new ideas where an effort is made to explain/demonstrate the idea being put over.

I frequently receive emails from ex Thai colleagues asking for advice which seems always to be well received.

My advice to the OP, go in with the idea that 'respect is where we all start from and is something we loose by our own deeds, not something we earn' and apply that to your staff, and most importantly apply it to yourself.

From a basis of mutual respect, the transfer of ideas, working requirements and practices will be easy.

If you knew "lose" and "loose" were different words and when to use which, your post would have greater credibility.

(Unless English is not your first language in which case I apologize)

His post maintains high credibility due to GH's working experience in Thailand. That is 17 years experience of working with Thais.

For several years, under your many guises, you have had a bee in your bonnet regarding GH.

You troll the thread and offer up a spelling error as a sign of lack of credibility. Yet, you have never worked in a company employing or managing Thai people. Paying your GF does not count.

Your experience is zero.

Your credibility is zero.

As this thread is about education, and the poster was claiming 17 years experience in training, pointing out an educational problem is in order.

And please, let's not try to write off not knowing the difference between lose and loose as a spelling error, when it clearly isn't.

It's confusing two entirety different words.

You should be castrated.

Forgive us for not saving our best writing for Thaivisa! Though, I have an English degree, I often write poorly on Thaivisa. Why? Cuz it's Thaivisa! That's why!

Aside from that, experience is the best education you can have!

And by the way, it is 17 years' experience, not 17 years experience! Look it up! Possessive form, duude!

Love it when the grammar police get caught out! Lolz!

[StreetCowboy]

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Well, at least we know now how expats respond to criticism.

I appreciate it when people check my work thoroughly, though sometimes I worry that focus on grammar and spelling detracts from attention to the content of the work.

When I'm correcting non-native speakers' work, I normally ignore the minor grammatical errors if they do not detract from the overall meaning and understanding of the work. If there is a risk of ambiguity, I'll propose an alternative, and explain the different interpretations.

SC

[GuestHouse]

The difference in responses from people who have actually worked with Thai people in Thailand and those who have not is stark.

Even more so when the expat has a career in which their work in Thailand is part of wider international experience.

Interestingly too, so many positive views of Thai workers from people who are often accused of being 'haters' (and I count myself in that group).

Go figure.

[tifino]

I'll keep by a premis:

'there's a Right Way,

a wrong way,

and the Thai way

this works for wives too

[lostoday]

I'll keep by a premis:

'there's a Right Way,

a wrong way,

and the Thai way

this works for wives too

I will choose my way; you may choose your way, and, perhaps, you will meet at someone at some point along the journey of life, and share the way for a while.