Saturday, August 9, 2008

Powerhouse Indonesia [Who are they?]


Let me describe what a powerhouse is, based on Rhenald Kasali Business Seminar on August 08th 2008 [08 - 08 -08], at Caesar Palace of Garden Palace Surabaya. Powerhouse is a power to push something so that it can move faster, just like a locomotif pulling the wagon. It's supposed to be exist in every institution, a company, a country, a relationship, to bring to brigther future. He push every element in certain intitution to work effectively as well as maximally, in order to put into real vision as well as mission.
Let's say Powerhouse Indonesia, it's very urgent cos :
  1. Its urgancy in creating working field. For example Exxon owns 979.000 employees, Astra International ; 120.000 employees.
  2. Important contribution to GDP. For Example : Saudi Aramco to Saudi Arabian GDP from 1976 - 1990 reached USD 700 billions. Pertamina for about 45 years, it contibuted GDP more or less USD 400 billions.
  3. Powerhouse improving technology, to improve, powerhouse has to be included to research and invention so that it produces patent rights. For example : Nokia conducting research on digital technology, selluler handset.
  4. Icon of Nation. A Healthy Powerhouse identic with increasing of NAtion's wealthy and pride. For example : Petronas identic with Malaysia, Microsoft [America], Toyota [Japan], and so on
What about Indonesia, do we already have a Powerhouse? The answer could be Pertamina. Since, in the end of 2007, It contributed about 11 trillion rupiah to GDP. Though there a huge problem inside. It's supposed to be more than that. What else?
Yes, It could be very difficult for Indonesia to create a Powerhouse, since there are two important elements of Powerhouse in this country. Economy and Politic. In fact, Economic as Locomotive doesn't pull the Politic as a wagon, instead, Politic is a head, so that sometimes economic have a crash with politic matter. Unfortunately, This country learns nothing, but a democrazy. Politic is not more than just a huge play, with silly actors. Corruption, Collution, Nepotism are simply tradition.
However, It needs time to change everything, well a revolution exactly, step by step to go a head.




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