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How Does Chinese Culture Affect Chinese Management? Word Count: 1637 Ella Chivers A Culturalists' perspective on Chinese management maintains "the influence of Chinese cultural values on management practises is so significant that it has created the distinguishing characteristics of the Chinese managerial system"1. It is said that the prevailing Chinese culture has strongly influenced management in terms of centralized authority, hierarchical structures as well as informal co-ordination and control mechanisms2. However, in studying Chinese management thought, although one can readily trace its development from the past to the present, it remains unclear whether this is wholly due to Chinese culture3. This essay will explore cultural influence on Chinese management, followed by a brief discussion on the validity of this argument in the PRC today. There are four deep-rooted treads of culture that have bound the Chinese people for over 5000 years4. The first is agrarianism, which conjures a very communal ethos, group cooperation and...

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