Bliss English Club

My Dear Blissers,

The topic is astonishing enough to arouse curiosity! Is it related with house remodeling, house renovation, or redecoration? The answer will be unveiled in his coming meeting on Oct. 24, 2020! Here is his introduction and agenda:

Intro:

Every company/government goes through administrative reform and reorganization from time to time to improve effectiveness and efficiency.

A dysfunctional government is like a Winchester House.  It has a lot of redundancy, which can be very inefficient and sometimes can be utterly ineffective.  If a government is structured like a Winchester House, can it be fixed?  If it can be fixed, how do we fix it?

Agenda:

Introduction & Disclaimer

Topic 1:

Compare and contrast the structure of the US government and the ROC government.

Exercise 1:  Each team presents its thoughts on the comparison.

Malls vs. the Pharaoh

Exercise 2:  Presidents’ authorities.

Topic 2:

Dysfunction example 1:

The dead water memorial

Dysfunction example 2:

A manager who cannot manage - words from a public hospital’s superintendent.

Topic 3:

Why is it difficult to fix it?

Reason A:

Fix Winchester House without moving to a hotel as a temporary residence.

Fix the government without interrupting the services.

Reason B:

Permanent employees

Reason C:

People refuse to change

Q&A:

Guided Questions:

1

Which service provided by the government bothers you?  If there any public works that you think should be improved?

2

If you are the President of Taiwan, what would you do?

3

If you are the mayor of any city in Taiwan, what would you do?