From the Great Wall to Wall Street A Cross-Cultural Look at Leadership and Management in China and the US /

• Main Author: Yen, Wei (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Business.; Leadership.; Project management.; Knowledge management.; Organization.; Planning.; International business enterprises.; Business ethics.; Business and Management.; International Business.; Business Strategy/Leadership.; Project Management.; Business Ethics.; Knowledge Management.

Wei Yen explores how differences in world views between Eastern and Western thought and culture have on management and leadership behaviors. In The Geography of Thought Richard Nisbett showed how the thought and culture of the East is rooted in Chinese Confucian ideals while that of the West goes ba...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Chinese Characteristics
• 3. Games people play
• 4. Geography of Management
• 5. The Power of the Whole
• 6. The Irrationality of Being Rational
• 7. Union of Men and Heaven
• 8. Contemporary Expression of Traditions
• 9. Etiquettes with Chinese Characteristics
• 10. The Chinese Model
• 11. Moral Hazard or Moral Imperative
• 12. Exporting China Inc.
• 13. Cross-Cultural Lessons
• 14. Two Systems – One World!.