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Management in Chinese cultures - for iPod/iPhone

The Open Universitywww3.open.ac.uk
What can we learn from the way business is done in Asian cultures? The dominant management philosophy in the Asia-Pacific region is a Chinese one, emphasising Confucian values, the family and respect for authority. Does the enduring success of this approach have important lessons for us in the West, or is this management style increasingly redundant, as economies and companies internationalise and mature? This album visits several companies in Asia to explore the relationship between value systems and business management. This material forms part of The Open University course B822 Creativity, innovation and change.
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Episodes

Clan-based networking

Exploring the relationship between Confucian values and the way companies do business in Asia.

Oct 07, 20094 min

Guanxi

How a form of business relationship that entails mutual obligation is a common way of starting up businesses in Asia.

Oct 07, 20095 min

Transcript -- Guanxi

Transcript -- How a form of business relationship that entails mutual obligation is a common way of starting up businesses in Asia.

Oct 07, 2009

East-West management

Asian companies are less hierarchical and therefore have better agility to compete in global market.

Oct 07, 20096 min

Confucian values

How Chinese cultures emphasize group benefits and working towards a common goal.

Oct 07, 20097 min

Organisational creativity

The differences between Asian and Western workers when finding routes into creativity.

Oct 07, 20095 min
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