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Business Leadership Development in China
196 Pages
11 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
196 Pages
11 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
196 Pages
11 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book argues that China’s businesses, and hence China’s 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 China’s businesses evolve rapidly and engage ever more with the global economy. Moreover, the book argues, training is an... Read more
1. Introduction: Reworking Leadership Development in the Context of China’s 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
Biography
Shuang Ren is a Lecturer at Deakin Business School, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
Robert Wood is Professor of management at Melbourne Business School, Australia
Ying Zhu is Professor and Director of the Australian Centre for Asian Business at the University of South Australia
"This is a well-written monograph on the problems of business leadership in China and the so-called ‘leadership gap’, covering training and development, as well as self-development. It is clearly written and very much to the point."
Malcolm Warner, University of Cambridge,
Journal of General Management-BOOK REVIEW-CHINA, 2016
