Chinese Leadership [Hardcover]

With the accelerating integration of China into the global economy, there is a thirst to understand how Chinese managers like to lead and how Chinese employees like to be managed. There is no doubt that China can be a difficult and risky market for foreign businesses. The authors show managers how to succeed when doing business in China.List of Figures and Tables Foreword Introduction PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF CHINESE LEADERSHIP Chinese Culture: A Brief History Chinese Leadership Theories Chinese Core Values The Trust Challenge Business Leadership in Modern China PART II: RISING TO THE CHALLENGE - MAKING IT HAPPEN Communications Leading Teams Delegation and DecisionMaking Negotiations Coaching Conclusion Bibliography Index About the Authors

'This is an extraordinarily useful book that should be read by every manager who aspires to do business in or with China. The explanation of the concepts and practical realities of Face, Guanxi and Harmony and how they interrelate is brilliant. This book

will save you years of confusion and misunderstanding.' John P. Shelley, CEO, Retail & Commercial Markets, Asia, Royal Bank of Scotland

'This is an excellent guide to understanding how Chinese leadership styles can impact on the way of doing business here, and it is essential reading for any executive involved in dealing with the Chinese. It is well written, easy to read, captures the essence of the challenges in the Chinese market incisively and provides very insightful practical advice. This book gets to the heart of how things are done in China and sets out the context and practical approaches that every manager working in China needs

to know.' Wang Zheshun, President, Sinopec Petrochemical Institute of Beijing

'China is our second largest market globally and I am of course pleased to see this continuous strong growth here. But the paradox is that China is changing at an unprecedented speed yet thls!