Business Leadership Development in China [Hardcover]

This book argues that Chinas businesses, and hence Chinas future economic development, face a huge crisis in that there is a considerable leadership gap in China, with a shortage of competent business leaders, at a time when new leadership skills are required urgently, as Chinas businesses evolve rapidly and engage ever more with the global economy. Moreover, the book argues, training is an undervalued and often marginalised activity in Chinese companies. The book outlines the nature of this problem, and goes on to demonstrate that there is a new breed of manager emerging in China, aware of the need to upgrade management skills, moving away from skills appropriate in traditional industrial firms, and emphasising more flexibility, positive engagement with workers, and competence in the market economy. The book includes an evaluation of different management approaches in China, reports on extensive original research, including interviews with practising managers, and sets out how self-development in widespread, deep and important.

1. Introduction: Reworking Leadership Development in the Context of Chinas Transition  2. Chinese Implicit Theories of Leadership: Traditional Roots  3. Chinese Implicit Theory of Leadership: Transitional Context  4. Analytical Fallacies in the Framing of Business Leadership in China  5. The Evolution of Training and Development  6. Patterns of Self-Development: Why and How  7. Patterns of Self-Development: What and so What  8. Concluding Remarks

This book argues that China's businesses face a huge crisis because there is a considerable shortage of competent business leaders in China, at a time when leadership skills are required urgently, as China's businesses evolve and engage ever more with the global economy. The book outlines the nature and extent of the problem, but argues that a new breed of manager is emerging, elÖ