Church of England

What a strange phenomenon in the UK. A Christian society with Church of England as their official church, they are not even allowed to mention their faith in their recruitment advertisment. What does this “Customer Insight and Strategy Director” mean? Are they looking for someone to attract congregation back to the church? “A Visionary Christian Evangelist” may be? If they are not allowed to mention that the candidate must be a Christian, will they accept a Muslim applicant? Are they even allowed to ask the candidate about their faith and beliefs? If not, how can they be sure that someone of the same belief will be hired? If they hire someone who has a different religion, how can this person do his or her job to allure people back to the Church of England?

Same as the human rights law, the equality concern in our society is tipping to its unbalance to a stage of not making any sense. Any sensible person will look at this advertisment and think “What”? They are putting a veil of commerce terms to hide the true identity of a religious person.

- track record of designing, developing and implementing customer insight programmes
- influence customer behaviour
Without looking at the heading, one may think it’s a recruitment advertisment from Tesco.

Sad.

CUSTOMER INSIGHT AND STRATEGY DIRECTOR

Employer
Church of England
Posted
16 Nov 2011
Location
Church House, Westminster
Job Discipline
Insight, Other
Experience Level
Manager
Sectors
Other
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Position
CUSTOMER INSIGHT AND STRATEGY DIRECTOR
Salary
£65-£73k p.a.

Apply online

Interviews: Likely to be 06/01/12.

You will ensure the Board’s work reflects the needs of its customers, and the challenges of the current pensions environment: building customer insight based on rigorous qualitative and quantitative research, developing an appropriate strategy in response to your findings, and ensuring all stakeholders are fully engaged from the very start.

A strong strategic thinker with experience of delivering significant institutional change, you must have a successful track record of designing, developing and implementing customer insight programmes. A good understanding of how to use different communication channels to inform and influence customer behaviour is also essential.

For further information about the Church of England, please visit www.churchofengland.org

The National Church Institutions (NCIs) support and promote the aims of the Church of England. Applications from a minority ethnic background and from women are particularly welcome as they are currently under-represented in parts of the NCIs.

To apply, please visit www.prospect-us.co.uk/job/c2216-272-1.

Alternatively call 0844 880 5154 quoting Ref: C2216-272-1.

Closing date: 07/12/11.

Tips on China’s Culture

One quarter of the population on this earth are Chinese. Just in China alone, there are 1.3 billion people. As I am writing, how many more are born? It is impossible to generalize the tactics to deal with different Chinese people. Here I am sharing with you some of my experience from working in the area and being a Chinese myself! Remember: this is my personal experience only. You need to spend time, show respect and open your mind in order to understand anybody, as it is true in all human relationships.

There are so many different aspects involved in understanding Chinese. You can take the approach of ideology, business, philosophy, religion, economy and of course the most trendy “the art of war“.

What is the religion in China?

What is the religion in China? Or what are the religions in China? Tradionally, do the Chinese believe in God? I need to be careful. This is a theological question, but with political sensitivity. Everybody knows that one of the Communist’s ideologies during Chairman Mao period was “religion is poison”.

The basic philosophies which formed more or less the traditional Chinese moral system are Ru (Confucius), Fo (Buddhism) and Dao (Daoism, also called Taoism).

These are philosophies, not religion, because they do not point us to worship any specific deity. But the values between parents and children, between husbands and wives, between emperors and citizens, between different hierachies are laid-out. It is the norm that seniority deserves respect. This belief of giving respect to your seniors is very much deep-rooted in the value sytem of the Chinese. That may explain some of the behaviours of the Chinese government.

Fate is another subject that derived from the 3 major streams of philisophies, especially from Taoism. Fate is something mysterious, beyond our control. Our life is somehow guided by fate. The way to deal with it is to come to terms with fate. Another major concept, which comes from the Buddhism, is Yuan Fen (an ordained tie that brings people together, especially couples). This Yuan Fen is a lubricant in all sorts of relationships, be it business or personal. There are so many manufacturers, why do I feel particularly drawn to you? Apart from you have a better offer, Chinese believe, it is Yuan Fen that brought us together.

So, go back to the question. Traditionally, do the Chinese believe in God? My own personal view is yes. Chinese believe in “a” God. We have sayings from the ancient books like “3 feet above there is a God”, “the heaven’s net is tight, you can’t run away with it” (meaning if you have committed a crime, no where you can hide), “you will be punished by what you did, if not today, the time will come”. This concept in heaven forms the conscience in our heart which guards our behaviour.

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