1st Edition

The Changing Face of Management in South East Asia

Edited By Chris Rowley, Saaidah Abdul-Rahman Copyright 2008
264 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

264 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

264 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

South East Asia has undergone important economic, social and political developments in the last decade. The emergence of China as Asia’s largest pool of cheap labour has resulted in remarkable changes in the volume of foreign direct investment it commands, while the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis has undoubtedly influenced managerial practices in the majority of the countries in the region. In... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Malaysia 3. Singapore 4. Thailand  5. Indonesia  6. Vietnam  7. The Philippines  8. Conclusion

Biography

Dr Chris Rowley, BA, MA (Warwick), DPhil (Oxford) is Professor of Human Resource Management, Editor of the leading journal Asia Pacific Business Review and book Series Editor for ‘Studies in Asia Pacific Business’ and ‘Asian Studies: Contemporary Issues and Trends’.

Professor Rowley has published very widely, with over 80 articles, over 60 book chapters and other contributions and 12 edited and sole authored books. He has recently co-edited Globalization and Labour in the Asia Pacific Region (2001), Managing Korean Business (2002), The Management of Human Resources in the Asia Pacific Region (2003) and Globalization and Competition: Big Business in Asia (2005). He has also written The Management of People: HRM in Context (2003) and regularly contributed to Mastering Management Online from the Financial Times.

Dr. Saaidah Abdul-Rahman, B.Sc, MSc (London), PhD (Bristol) is lecturer at the Faculty of Economics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She specializes in the areas of Social Policy and Human Resource Management. She has had consultancy experience with several government agencies and private companies.