Synopses & Reviews
Human resource management performs a different function and operates very differently in Asia than it does in the US and Europe. This volume demonstrates how human resource management is enacted in Asian countries, how it is changing in response to recent economic events, and how firms are linking indigenous and external human resource management learning. Examples are taken from firms in Japan, China, Korea and Thailand. Contributors with perspectives from both the East and the West show how multinational firms can incorporate Asian thinking and acting into a modern business strategy for successful human resource development in international ventures.
Review
A valuable book which provides a focused insight into the Asian business of today and the way forward.
Jürgen Kracht, Fiducia Limited, Hong Kong
About the Author
John B. Kidd is at Aston Business School. Xue Li was in the first group of five persons authorized to tutor The Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and Business English Courses (BEC) in China.
Frank-Jürgen Richter is Director for Asia at the World Economic Forum.
Table of Contents
Affirmation of the Central Role of Human Resource Management in Asia--John B. Kidd, Xue Li and Frank-Jürgen Richter * Part I: Human Resource Management of Asian Firms * The Rise of a Venture Business Culture and the Changes in Human Resource Management in Japan--Philippe Debroux * Deployment of Knowledge Workers in Japanese Corporate R&D at the Turning Point Towards the Knowledge--Based Economy--Alexander Fliaster * On Human Resource Development and Human Resource Management in The Chaebols of South Korea in Response to a Natioinal Economic Crisis--Gary N. McLean * Tranistions and Tradition in Chinese Family Business: Evidence from Honk Kong and Thailand--Roger Pyatt, Neal M. Ashkanasy, Rick Tamaschke & Trevor Grigg * Thai Business Culture: Hierarchy and Groups, Initiative and Motivation--Niti Dubey-Villinger * Career Planning and Development of Managers in Thailand--Vinda Chainuvati & Cherlyn S. Granrose * Training in Thailand: Trends and Cases from the Service Industries--Niti Dubey-Villinger * The Future of China's Human Resource Management in its Asia Pacific Regional Context: A Critical Perspective--Malcolm Warner * Part II: Human Resource Management of Western Firms in China * Cross-cultural Human Resource Strategies in China and India--Brij N. Kumar, Birgit Ensslinger and Susanne Esslinger * Human Resource Development for Localization: European Multinational Corporations in China--Verner Worm, Jan Selmer & Corinna T. de Leon * Management of Human Resources in Joint Ventures in China--Brigitte Charles-Pauvers * Cutlure and Brainstyles®™: New Alternatives for Human Resource Strategies to Develop Chinese-Western Cooperation--Dieter Albrecht