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TRANSFERRING MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE IN CHINA🔗

TRANSFERENCIA DE CONOCIMIENTOS DE GESTIÓN Y NEGOCIOS EN CHINA🔗

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Author(s)🔗

Mike Berrell , Wadematheson, Singapore
Jeff Wrathall, William Angliss Institute of TAFE, Australia

https://doi.org/10.35564/jmbe.2021.0017

Abstract🔗

This study of transferring management and business knowledge in China tapped the views and opinions of 43 expert management educators who had participated in the transfer of management knowledge in China from the mid-1990s to the present time. It traces the development of management education in China following the implementation of the 1978 Open Door Policy, demonstrates the impact of China’s national culture on knowledge transfer, identifies success factors in the process, and exposes the noncomparability of culture-specific approaches to managing people and organizations. We argue that the management values, attitudes, and practices of Chinese managers are diverging from those in the West, which has significant implications for the curriculum and pedagogy employed in the delivery of management education. Understanding the basis for this divergence will benefit expat and local manager alike as they negotiate their managerial roles in cross-border organizations like international joint ventures (IJVs).

Keywords
China, international joint ventures, management education, knowledge transfer, international management

Resumen🔗

Este estudio sobre la transferencia de conocimientos de gestión y negocios en China aprovechó los puntos de vista y opiniones de 43 educadores expertos en gestión que habían participado en la transferencia de conocimientos de gestión en China desde mediados de la década de 1990 hasta la actualidad. Traza el desarrollo de la educación gerencial en China después de la implementación de la Política de Puertas Abiertas de 1978, demuestra el impacto de la cultura nacional de China en la transferencia de conocimiento, identifica los factores de éxito en el proceso y señala la incompatibilidad de los enfoques específicos de la cultura para administrar personas y organizaciones. Argumentamos que los valores, las actitudes y las prácticas de gestión de los directores chinos son divergentes de los de Occidente, lo que tiene implicaciones importantes para el plan de estudios y la pedagogía empleados en la impartición de la educación en gestión. Comprender la base de esta divergencia beneficiará tanto a los expatriados como a los gerentes locales mientras negocian sus roles gerenciales en organizaciones transfronterizas como las joint ventures internacionales.

Palabras clave
China, joint ventures internacionales, educación en gestión, transferencia de conocimientos, gestión internacional

Received
6 May 2021

Accepted
26 June 2021

Copyright
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

Citation🔗

Berrell, M.; & Wrathall, J. (2021). Transferring management and busiess knowledge in China. Journal of Management and Business Education, 4(3), 289-321. https://doi.org/10.35564/jmbe.2021.0017

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