Public Lecture: Technology As A Tool for State Enterprises to Achieve World Class Excellence
BANDUNG, itb.ac.id - After a public lecture by the Minister for Administrative and Bureaucratic reforms, another public lecture was delivered by another Indonesia's influential figures in the same day. Minister of State Enterprises, Dahlan Iskan, presented a lecture titled "State Enterprises On The Road To Become World Class Corporations" on Saturday, (17/03/12). According to Dahlan Iskan, state enterprises are still far to be worthy of the title of world class corporations. Dahlan then shared how he started his tenure by building a dream team in PLN when he was the president director of the company. "State enterprise's board of directors are easily intervened and set against each others. Those problems are my first priorities to tackle. Dahlan selected the directors himself, and by doing so, a cooperative and solid team is formed.
In Need of Technologists
Another issue that Dahlan thinks is fundamental is to formulate what the country basic needs. “I believe that the state can do business, but it shouldn’t compete against its people,” he said. Dahlan thinks that the state can only monopolize businesses which still hard for people to create—businesses such as railroads, toll roads, or airports. “To develop them, we need a great deal of technologists in this country,” he explained. When the entire nation is focusing on the fuel price increase, he offers a solution so that we will no longer dependent on fuels. “Developed countries are starting to utilize alternative sources of energy for their cars, like electric and natural gas vehicles. I believe this is prospective,” he said. He further said how farmers are in need of technology to improve the quality of their work and life. “They sure want to work more efficiently and effectively. And I believe that ITB students will provide the solutions,” he concluded.
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