Understanding Chinese Firms from Multiple Perspectives [electronic resource] / edited by Zhi-Xue Zhang, Jianjun Zhang.

Introduction: Developing the Chinese organization and management -- Enterprises and the social environment -- Enterprise and government -- The growth path of entrepreneurs -- Organizational and institutional building of enterprises -- Corporate culture -- The survival wisdom of middle managers -- Employee characteristics and management -- The relationships between employees and organizations -- Interpersonal communication and conflict resolution -- Work teams in enterprises -- When the East meets the West: a retrospect on China’s negotiations with foreigners -- Postscript.

Previous analysis on the “Chinese Economic Miracle” mostly talks about macro-economy but neglects the study on the basic element of the Chinese Miracle – the enterprises. With China’s economic rise, Chinese enterprises experienced a rapid process of adaptation, change and development, and also become strong competitors in the world market. This book sets forth the explorations and thoughts on Chinese enterprise management practices from both academic and practical perspective, extracts the management theory of Chinese characteristics, and represents the efforts to establish and develop Chinese organization and management.