China Calling

Alex Mackinnon has extensive organizational experience 'East of Suez' – in the Middle East, India and Pakistan, in Japan, in Taiwan, Hongkong and China, in Malaysia, in New Zealand and Australia. He has written on the 1997 Asian crisis for The Scotsman, on Chinese strategy in Management Decision and regularly lectures at Jiaotong University in Shanghai. His management research on Chinese global expansion was awarded a PhD in 2005. His consultancy activities focus on China and its overseas adaptation, linking actual business practice with strategic thinking. Barnaby Powell is a Chinese son-in-law and veteran of development banking in East and South-East Asia (with Singer& Friedlander and Private Investment Company for Asia.) He has also served as Secretary-General of the European Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan, as initial Director of the Asia-Invest Programme for the European Commission and as a business consultant in East-West cultural intermediation.

• PART I: GENERAL PERSPECTIVES ON CHANGE Convergence and Divergence Decision Making and Problem Solving Imitation and Innovation Paradigms and Worldviews Strategic Shock National Strategies Chinese Practice and Western Theory Summary and Discussion PART II:CHINESE EXPLANATORY PERSPECTIVES Transvergence Induction and Deduction Adaptation Chinese Reality Harmony and People Beyond Control Chinese Strategy Summary and Discussion PART III: CHINESE PREDICTIVE PERSPECTIVES National Controls Strategic Controls Modern Chinese Management ChinaTech Qu Xiang He Fang? Unpredictable Conclusion Summary and Discussion