Chinese Style Of Management

Chinese Style of Management by Andy Liu

Why do we need to learn about Chinese Style of Management?

Economy Globalization Localization New Political Order Harmonization

“There is something in all countries called management, but its meaning differs to a larger or smaller extent from one country to the other, and it takes considerable historical and cultural insight into local conditions to understand its processes, philosophies, and problems.” (reader, p. 33)

A Theory of Culture in Management

A Crash Course in Chinese Culture

Xia Dynasty Tai Chi Confucius Dao De Jing Art of War Lao Zi / Lao Tzu 300 Tang Poems I-Ching (Book of Chan

ges) Romance of Three Kin

gdoms Zhuge Liang

Water Wu Chi Chi Yin/Yang Feng Shui Four Books Five Classics Da Xue (Great learnin

g) Zhong Yong (Book of

Means) Tien Ming (Mandate of

Heaven)

Yin Yang

Western View of God and Human

God

commandments

Human Note: God lives above Human and Human can

never become god. There is only one God!

Chinese view of God and Human

God

Ghost

Human

Note: Human can become god. There are many gods.

Misunderstandings on Chinese and Chinese way of doing things

1) Chinese govt is an one party govt. It is dictatorship.2) Chinese do not have concrete principles. They alw

ays behave strangely and hard to predict.3) They unconditionally obey their superior without any

doubt.4) They are always collective.5) They don’t allow different ideas and don’t like acce

pting different opinions.6) They always praise about their pass and don’t upda

te or change.

Western View

Binary Selection

Select one of out the two

Can

Can Not

Chinese View

Trinary Selection

Two becomes three or two becomes one

Can

Can not

No Can

No Can not

American Style of Management

I want I become

Individualism

Japanese Style of Management

Collectivism

Born Together

Glory Together

Chinese Style of Management

Mutualism

Self Discipline

Confer People

Three Main Characteristics

1) People centric. Humanistic management style.

2) Common goal oriented3) Adapt changes accordingly and

solve problems in a reasonable manner. Reasonable management style.

Cultural Influence on Perception

“The Chinese usually attribute personal success to luck and failures to personal failings.” (handbook, p. 228)

“In contrast, when Americans succeed, they attribute it to personal, internal factors (e.g., hard work, intelligence, initiative). However, when Americans fail they are more likely to blame it on external factors (such as tough competition, poor leadership, interdepartmental problems). This is called the self-serving bias, the tendency for people to attribute their successes to internal factors while blaming external factors.” (handbook, p. 228)

中国式管理

中华文明中国文化中国文字中国管理

Chinese Style of Management

Chinese Civilization Chinese Culture Chinese Language Chinese Management

My two cents

Spent more time on learning Chinese culture Be patient on listening and communicating with

Chinese and bear with their poor English Try to understand the misunderstands on Chinese

and Chinese way of doing things Take a chance to learn Chinese Learning Chinese is the best way or the only way

to really learn the deep insights of Chinese culture.

Joke

“Three men on the desert”

“When a person reaches the point that s/he doesn’t have any desire, the highest nobility of character can be naturally reached.”

Chinese Proverb

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Q & A

Thank you!