Saya mendapat banyak quote keren hari ini. Masing-masing quote punya makna mendalam untuk saya. Bahkan rumus dari The Coca Cola Company pun memberikan saya pelajaran khusus hari ini.

If you don’t have ideas about the future, or want to be a part of it, you have already lost. (No Name)

In calm waters, everyone is a good sailor. (Margaret Riis)

Thinking differently from the outset often leads to the most original results. (Henrik Ibsen)

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

A people who feel the calling are the strongest force on earth. (Bjornstjerne Bjornson)

The leader is the wave that pushes the ship forward. (Leo Tolstoy)

Are you one who watches?

Or intervenes?

Or who looks away, and steps aside…

(Friedrich Nietzsche)

Mission+Commitment=Focus

Focus+Action=Results

(The Coca Cola Company)


Sampai akhirnya hari “quote” saya ini ditutup dengan membaca paragraf di bawah ini. Yup, paragraf yang cukup jelas menjabarkan apa sebenarnya yang akan saya bicarakan di Tugas Akhir Sarjana saya.

Consumers are not robots. They don’t simply buy products, they buy attitudes as well. They want to know who is behind the products that they buy. They want to know the company. They want to know what you think. And the better your company communicates its attitudes, the stronger you will becoma. (Jesper Kunde)

Dari pernyataan itu lah Tugas Akhir Sarjana saya berangkat. Dan pertanyaan untuk Tugas Akhir saya adalah,

“How to make external positioning (the market’s view of the company) and the internal culture (the company’s view itself) come into harmony?”

Because, when external positioning and internal culture come into harmony, the easier it is for the company to consolidate its chosen market position. The more harmony there is between external positioning and internal culture, the stronger the company’s personality will be.

I will write my last assignment about Corporate Personality. Corporate Religion. Corporate Soul. CORPORATE IDENTITY!!

If there is anyone who is expert about this topic, just call me, let’s discuss it together and have a relaxing afternoon tea with me :)