Management training and development in China revisited

Abstract

In this paper, the topic of management training and education in China is revisited. Following the economic reforms introduced by Deng Xiaoping, a system of management training ‘with Chinese characteristics’ was sought. Assistance was forthcoming from not only the USA but also Canada, the EU and Japan, amongst others. Business schools now flourish and MBA courses abound. However, in the long-run, exogenous influences as much as indigenous ones still prevail.

Keywords:

• business schools
• China
• development
• management
• MBA
• training

Acknowledgements

This was an updated version of a talk given to the Seventh International Symposium on Multinational Business Management – Enterprise Management in a Transitional Economy and Post Financial Crisis, at the Business School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, PRC, 5–6 June 2011.