ENTERPRISE

06 october 1992

POLISH GROUP IN TOWN

By Steve Whitmore

Monday night`s Simi Valley City Council meeting was the firdt venture into the capitalistic classroom for member of Poland`s business community.
The council also gave the 18 people from across Poland visiting Simi Valley resolutions applauding their educational efforts. The group is on a fact-finding tour to help improve polish business practices, especially in the ongoing conversion from Communism to a free-market system.
The group sponsored by Poland`s Creative Leader Center and the International Association for Manageral and Organizational Psychosynthesis, is here for another two weeks. They`re staying at the Clarion Hotel, where they will be attending business seminars.
"We are from all over Poland" said Agata Milczarkiewicz, the group`s interpreter. "this is a wonderful place. We love it here".
Milczarkiewicz said the grouo just arrived Saturday and spent Sunday at orientation, but so far so good.
The industries represented by the Poland group include publishing, medical supplies and mining, to name a few.
The state of Polish business is good, said Milczarkiewicz, but improvement is always in order.
"We are the best, um, the strongest of the former Communost countries", she said. " But the people need to change the way they think about business. That`s why we are here".
John Cullen, president of the International Assocation and a Thousand Oaks resident, said that Simi Valley was chosen because in part, the Clarion hotel made it economically feasible, while the community climate here is good example of succesful partnership between business and government.
"This city has good business climate", Cullen said.