The Future of Chinese Management Studies in Asia Pacific Business

This edited collection looks at the ongoing state of management reforms in the People's Republic of China, how these have come about, why they have taken place and where they are leading. It analyses recent developments in the context of the changing Chinese economy, notwithstanding entry in the World Trade Organization and the deepening of its economic and managerial reforms.
The contributors, all international business specialists in their fields, examine a wide range of business, economic and managerial topics including decision making in Sino-foreign JVs, entry into the WTO, human resource management, supervisory boards and third country national expatriates. The resulting discussions will be of great interest to both academics and professionals in the areas of Chinese business and management.

The papers that comprise this study examine the ongoing state of management reforms in the People's Republic of China. The contributors explain how and why these reforms came about and where they are heading.

Introduction - Chinese management in perspective, Malcolm Warner; human resource management "with Chinese characteristics" - a comparative study of the People's Republic of China and Taiwan, Malcolm Warner and Ying Zhu; the diffusion of human resource management practices among Chinese firms - the role of Western multinational corporations, Ingmar Bjorkman; the significance of tripartite consultation in China, Simon clarke and Chang-Hee Lee; sharing knowledge and decision power in Sino-foreign joint ventures, Dominique Jolly; adjustment of third-country national expatriates in China, Jan Selmer; the supervisotry board in Chinese listed companies - problems, causes, consequences and remedies, Jay Dahya, Yusuf Karbhari and Jason Zezong Xiao; which managers trust employees? ownership variations in china's transitional economy, Yuan Wang; WTO accession and the mangerial challenges for manufacturing sectors in China, Godfrey Yeung and VIncent Mok; China's entry to the WTO - prospects and managerial implicatins for foreign life insurance companies, Man-Kwong Leung and Trevor Young; conclusions - the future of Chinese management, Malcolm Warner.