Understanding Chinese Firms from Multiple Perspectives

Previous analysis on the Chinese Economic Miracle mostly talks about macro-economy but neglects the study on the basic element of the Chinese Miracle the enterprises. With China's economic rise, Chinese enterprises experienced a rapid process of adaptation, change and development, and also become strong competitors in the world market. This book sets forth the explorations and thoughts on Chinese enterprise management practices from both academic and practical perspective, extracts the management theory of Chinese characteristics, and represents the efforts to establish and develop Chinese organization and management.

Illustrates the growing patterns and dynamics of Chinese enterprises in the past three decades from multilevel and multidisciplinary perspectives Concludes the experience and lessons, perplexity and paradox, learning and innovations encountered by Chinese enterprises Reveals the characteristics of external environments of Chinese enterprises, the changing track of entrepreneurs, the evolution of the enterprises' organizational structure and systems, the formation of firm culture, the unique pattern of Chinese team work, and the Chinese communication styles and conflict resolution Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Contenu
Introduction: Developing the Chinese organization and management.- Enterprises and the social environment.- Enterprise and government.- The growth path of entrepreneurs.- Organizational and institutional building of enterprises.- Corporate culture.- The survival wisdom of middle managers.- Employee characteristics and management.- The relationships between employees and organizations.- Interpersonal communication and conflict resolution.- Work teams in enterprises.- When the East meets the West: a retrospect on China's negotiations with foreigners.- Postscript.