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Tables of Contents for The Changing Face of Chinese Management
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of illustrations
viii
Preface
xi
Introduction
1
8
Of different minds
9
24
Collectivism and individualism
10
2
Power and authority
12
1
Harmony and hierarchy
13
2
Against being blunt
15
3
Saving face
18
2
Trust and suspicion
20
1
Settling disputes
20
2
Negotiation
22
1
Decision making
23
2
Tradition and modernity
25
1
Diversity
26
3
Ideals and reality: a sociology of hypocrisy
29
1
Confucius of Marx?
30
3
Mandarins and managers
33
35
The state sector
36
1
The command economy
37
1
Reform
38
3
Nobody's business
41
2
Principals and agents
43
1
The institutional framework
43
1
The state banks
44
2
Asset-management companies
46
3
`Too many mothers-in-law`
49
2
`Do not falsify accounts'
51
2
Corporate governance
53
3
Blending business with politics
56
2
Bureaucratic entrepreneurs
58
4
Paths to growth
62
3
Transforming the bureau
65
3
Inside the enterprise
68
38
Managerial appointments
75
8
Management style
83
5
The workshop manager
88
3
Getting on track: formalisation
91
1
The decision-making process: strategic investment
92
4
Technology and the structure of the firm
96
1
Breaking the iron rice bowl
97
4
Trade unions and the Workers' Assembly
101
5
Taking the capitalist road
106
26
The return of the entrepreneur
107
1
Red hats and roundabout investment
108
2
Family business
110
3
Finance
113
4
Subsidiaries and diversification
117
1
Creditable conduct
118
3
Government relations
121
5
Business associations
126
6
A shift in complexion: the emergence of new organisational forms
132
20
Changing pockets
133
4
High-technology spin-offs
137
3
Learning and organisations
140
4
Privatising the professions
144
5
The changing balance
149
3
Managing a surprise: the township and village enterprises
152
25
Comparative organisational strengths
156
4
Enter the manager
160
1
Contracts and collectives
161
11
A helping hand
172
5
Where the twain meet
177
30
Establishing the venture
178
4
Interpreting the law
182
4
The return of the comprador
186
2
Learning and adjustment in the joint venture
188
2
Conflict and control in Chinese organisations
190
5
Us and them
195
1
Formalisation and responsibility
196
2
Human resources
198
5
The homecoming
203
4
Conclusions
207
10
The World Trade Organisation
209
3
Continuity and change: a case study
212
5
Notes
217
1
Bibliography
218
8
Author index
226
3
Subject index
229