The changing face of Chinese management / Jie Tang and Anthony Ward.
By: Tang, Jie
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Contributor(s): Ward, Anthony.
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BookSeries: Working in Asia.Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2003Description: x, 234 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0415258464 ; 0415258472 .Subject(s): Industrial management -- China | Organizational change -- China | Corporate culture -- ChinaDDC classification: 302.350951 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 302.350951 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00112436 | |
| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 302.350951 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00112437 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Chinese management has experienced a dramatic change in recent years. In many areas, established ideas about how Chinese management operates are oversimplified and outdated. This book sets out to provide a more realistic portrait of Chinese management today, and how it has changed dramatically over the past ten years. The portrait of contemporary Chinese management draws on extensive interviews with Chinese managers conducted by the authors. These provide a wealth of concrete illustrations of how managers deal on a daily basis with the opportunities and threats they face.
Bibliography: (pages 218-225) and indexes.
Introduction -- Mandarins and managers -- Inside the enterprise -- Taking the capitalist road -- A shift in complexion: the emergence of new organisational forms -- Managing a surprise: the township and village enterprises -- Where the twain meet -- Conclusions.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction
- 1 Of different minds: Collectivism and individualism
- Power and authority
- Harmony and hierarchy
- Against being blunt
- Saving face
- Trust and suspicion
- Settling disputes
- Negotiation
- Decision making
- Tradition and modernity
- Diversity
- Iideals and reality: a sociology of hypocrisy
- Confucius or Marx?
- 2 Mandarins and managers: The state sector
- The command economy
- Reform
- Nobody's business
- Prinipals and agents
- The institutional framework
- The state banks
- Asset-management companies
- 'Too many mothers-in-law'
- 'Do not falsify accounts'
- Corporate governance
- Blending business with politics
- Bureaucratic entrepreneurs
- Paths to growth
- Transforming the bureau
- 3 Inside the enterprise: Managerial appointments
- Management style
- The workshop manager
- Getting on track
- The decision making process: strategic investment
- Technology and the structure of the firm
- Breaking the iron rice bowl
- Trade unions and the Workers' Assembly
- 4 Taking the Capitalist Road: The return of the entrepreneur
- Red hats and roundabout investment
- Family business
- Finance
- Subsidiaries and diversification
- Creditable conduct
- Government relations
- Business associations
- 5 A shift in complexion: the emergence of new organizational forms
- Changing pockets
- Hi-tech spin-offs
- Learning and organizations
- Privatising the professions
- The changing balance
- 6 Managing a surprise: the township and village enterprises
- Comparative organizational strengths
- Enter the manager
- Contracts and collectives
- A helping hand
- 7 Where the twain meet: Establishing the venture
- Interpreting the law
- The return of the comprador
- Learning and adjustment in the joint venture
- Conflict and control in Chinese organisations
- Us and them
- Formalisation and responsibility
- Human resources
- The homecoming
- 8 Conclusions: The World Trade Organisation
- Continuity and change: a case study