Issues affecting International
Human Resource Management
in China
The significance of culture in international HRM
Managing Diversity
Organisational structures in the context of globalisation
HR 364 Management of international Human Resources
2004/05
Florian Kress
Registration no: 04914686
Table of contents
Introduction 2
The significance of culture in international Human Resource Management 2
Hofstede's five Dimensions 3
Power Distance Index (PDI) 3
Individualism (IDV) 3
Masculinity (MAS) 3
Uncertainty Avoidance Index (UAI) 4
Long-Term Orientation (LTO) 4
Important Terms 4
Gunaxi 4
Lien and Mianzi 5
Guo qing 5
Influences on HRM processes 5
Managing Diversity 6
Negotiating 7
Organisational structures in the context of globalisation 8
Political factors 10
Economic factors 10
Conclusion 12
References: 13
"Napoleon called China a sleeping dragon and said
there would be woe to the world when the dragon awakes.
As the world knows, the dragon is more than stirring."
Introduction
The Chinese believe that the Great Dragon ruled the Middle Kingdom of the world for nearly four thousand years. For most of this period China was a great trading nation. Then the dragon fell asleep for two centuries, while China collapsed under the effects of colonialism, until in 1978 Deng Xiao Ping woke the dragon up. And now the Chinese dragon is back, hungry to take its place as the economic and cultural superpower of the 21st century.
Nowadays China is often called the world's largest market. Many people might think that it is very easy to start business in China and that success is guaranteed ...