In this article, we consider Human Resource Development (HRD) in the People's Republic and analyze the value of an MBA in a transitional economy. MBA education is growing rapidly in China, while at the same time business schools in America are facing declining applications and mounting...

The Chinese economy has dramatically changed in its nature over the last three decades or so. It has moved from being a command economy into market socialist system over the period and has morphed from an economy dominated by state-owned enterprises to an economy with a wide range of ownership...

The contributions to this symposium on 'Demystifying Chinese Management' have attempted to tackle new strategic issues and challenges <italic>vis-à-vis</italic> the newly diversified ownership and management system which has occurred since Deng's economic reforms. It is clear that when we try to 'make sense' of...

A monolayer of spherical non-magnetic inclusions in a paramagnetic fluid is known to crystallize in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field. It is shown, as a function of increasing layer thickness, that an initially stable 2D triangular monolayer becomes unstable with respect to a...

Several countries are on their way towards a market-oriented economy but in conditions where most local companies have a dearth of management expertise. To meet the growing pressure of globalization and integration, many local enterprises are keen to apply foreign know-how and practices,...

This article sets out an emerging model of Employment Relations (including Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management) in the People's Republic of China, particularly in terms of the formation of a distinctly 'Chinese' version. It follows the historical logic of its evolution to evaluate...

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