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Author Warner, Malcolm, 1953- author

Title Understanding management in China : past, present and future / Malcolm Warner
Published Abingdon, Oxon Routledge, 2014
©2014

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Description xxvii, 244 pages ; 24 cm
Series Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia ; 119
Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia ; v.119
Contents Contents note continued: 10.8.A theory of Chinese management? -- 10.9.Discussion -- 10.10.Conclusions
Contents note continued: 7.1.Introduction -- 7.2.Background -- 7.3.Labour-management relations -- 7.4.An institutional framework -- 7.5.A new institution? -- 7.6.Changes in legal framework -- 7.7.Possible explanation -- 7.8.Protests and strikes -- 7.9.Discussion -- 7.10.Conclusions -- 8.Human resource management -- 8.1.Introduction -- 8.2.Background -- 8.3.Economic reform and HRM -- 8.4.Stages of Chinese HRM -- 8.5.End of the ̀iron rice bowl' -- 8.6.An emerging labour market? -- 8.7.Party influence -- 8.8.At the crossroads? -- 8.9.Discussion -- 8.10.Conclusions -- pt. IV Future -- 9.Looking to the future -- 9.1.Introduction -- 9.2.Background -- 9.3.Possible scenarios -- 9.4.Scenario 1 -- 9.5.Scenario 2 -- 9.6.Scenario 3 -- 9.7.Scenario 4 -- 9.8.A new path? -- 9.9.Discussion -- 9.10.Conclusions -- 10.Conclusions -- 10.1.Introduction -- 10.2.Re-capping -- 10.3.Paradoxes of management -- 10.4.Confucian management -- 10.5.Implications -- 10.6.Contradictions -- 10.7.Challenges --
Contents note continued: pt. III Present -- 4.Economy -- 4.1.Introduction -- 4.2.Background -- 4.3.Economic decline and revival -- 4.4.Making sense of official statistics -- 4.5.Deng's economic reforms -- 4.6.New forms of ownership -- 4.7.Managing prosperity -- 4.8.Employment issues -- 4.9.Discussion -- 4.10.Conclusions -- 5.Industry -- 5.1.Introduction -- 5.2.Background -- 5.3.Industrialization -- 5.4.Thirst for new management ideas -- 5.5.Scientific Management in China -- 5.6.Post-1978 management developments -- 5.7.Performance management -- 5.8.̀Show-case' enterprises -- 5.9.Discussion -- 5.10.Conclusions -- 6.Managers -- 6.1.Introduction -- 6.2.Background -- 6.3.Imitating Western management practices -- 6.4.Chinese managers in context -- 6.5.Devising a narrative of management -- 6.6.Visibility of the management literature -- 6.7.Management training and development -- 6.8.Reforming management training -- 6.9.Discussion -- 6.10.Conclusions -- 7.Labour---management relations --
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Introduction -- 1.Introduction -- 1.1.Introduction -- 1.2.The structure of the book -- 1.3.Background -- 1.4.An emerging China -- 1.5.Seeking modernity -- 1.6.Taking-off -- 1.7.Setting out a model -- 1.8.Periodization of management -- 1.9.Managers and management -- 1.10.Discussion -- 1.11.Conclusions -- pt. II Past -- 2.History -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.Background -- 2.3.China's past achievements -- 2.4.Proto-management in ancient China -- 2.5.Proto-management training -- 2.6.Opening-up to Western ideas in economics and management -- 2.7.Management's continuity with the past -- 2.8.Sinification of Chinese management -- 2.9.Discussion -- 2.10.Conclusions -- 3.Culture -- 3.1.Introduction -- 3.2.Background -- 3.3.Deconstructing Chinese thought -- 3.4.Reputations of classical thinkers -- 3.5.Culture and values -- 3.6.Adoption of management in China -- 3.7.A Confucian route? -- 3.8.Institutionalization -- 3.9.Discussion -- 3.10.Conclusions --
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Business ethics -- China.
Management -- China -- History.
Management -- China -- Philosophy.
LC no. 2013017304
ISBN 9780415506113
9780415506120