Education + Training: Volume 41 Issue 6/7

To Change China Redux: a tale of two cities

In the early 1980s, two ambitious projects were launched, with Western assistance, to bring the concepts of modern management, as it was known in the West, to Chinese managers…

The transfer of management knowledge to China: building learning communities rather than translating Western textbooks?

The economic reforms in the People’s Republic of China have begun to open up this very large market. However, a major impediment to quicker or more substantive growth has been the…

The Chinese learner – a question of style

This paper challenges any misconceptions that Westerners may have about Chinese learning styles by highlighting how the Chinese mind operates and why certain styles of learning…

Towards integrated management decisions

Recent textbook models for management decisions and our orientation of management education are still based on a reductionist, isolationist and linear paradigm. This paper, for…

Current models and innovative strategies in management education in China

With the rapid development of economic reform and organizational change, management education and development has become an increasingly important topic among Chinese…

Developing enterprise managers in China

Outlines the development of business enterprises in Zhejiang Province and explains the need for enterprise management. Describes the background in setting up the Zhejiang…

Building a business school in China: the case of the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)

Under the Chinese planned economy, there was no need for trained managers. Consequently, a huge skills shortage has arisen, focused in areas such as financial management…

Management development in international companies in China

A range of managerial styles are commonly found in foreign companies in China. Multiple factors influencing management development in China require attention owing to differences…

Economic growth, institutional development and personal freedom: the educational needs of China

The transformation of the Chinese economy is underway, and the process of reform has facilitated a sustained increase in economic growth. However, the state‐owned enterprise…

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