Social Networking and Chinese Indigenous Management -

Preface Lecture 1 Dynamic Balance – The Origin of Chinese Management Thoughts The Doctrine of Dynamic Balance Guanxi-Orientated Management Dynamically Balance Yin and Yang Lecture 2 The Essence of Chinese Management China's Management Philosophy The Essence of Chinese Management Guanxi Management Become Perfectly Sincere to Build Guanxi Circles Self-organization Governance under Rituals and Laws together Dynamic Balance Lecture 3 Guanxi Management Explanations from Local Sociologists The Relevant Theories in the West Guanxi Management: Building an Atmosphere of Trust From Strangers to Acquaintances: When Trust Begins Building and Maintaining Trust Trust in Family and Familiar ties Dynamic Balancing of Relationships Dynamic Balancing between Instrumental and Expressive Motives Dynamic Balancing between Favor Exchange and Equal Sharing Dynamic Balancing between Trust and Power The Levels of Guanxi Management Lecture 4 Dynamics of Guanxi Historical Changes in the Contents of Relationships Dynamic Relationship Changes From Strangers to Acquaintance Ties: Nine Similarities and Identification From Acquaintance Ties to Familiar Ties: The Principles of Requital and Favor From Familiar Ties to Family Ties Damages to Relationships Characteristics of Chinese Management – Flexibility and Quick Response Lecture 5 Guanxi Circle - Why Chinese Want to Work Explanations from Local Sociologists The Relevant Theories in the West—From X to Z Theory The Guanxi Circle Theory The Motivations Behind Circle Members Motive 1 – Favor Exchanges Motive 2 – Building Your Own Guanxi Circle Motive 3 – Enfeoffment Assumptions of the Guanxi Circle Theory Dynamic Balancing of Guanxi Circles Dynamic Balancing of Changes in Guanxi Circles Dynamic Balancing of Interests Inside and Outside Guanxi Circles Guanxi Circles and Flexibility Lecture 6 Self-organization as a Mode of Governance Explanations from Local Sociologists What is Self-organization?The Relevant Theories in the West— Self-Organization as the Third Governance Mode The Principles of Hierarchy-based Governance The Embeddedness Theory of Granovetter Woody Powell Regards Self-organization as the Third Governance Mode Forms of Self-organized Units in China Operating in the Name of Another Internal Contracting Forms of Self-organized Units in Modern Management Closed Cliques Formation of Self-organized Units Grouping by Favor Exchanges -- Explanations from the Perspective of Network Dynamics Establishment of Identity – Explanations from Social Psychology Behavioral Logic of Self-organization Lecture 7 Dynamic Balancing between Hierarchy and Self-organization Explanations from Local Sociologists The Relevant Theories in the West--Rational Selection of Governance Mechanisms Balancing among Market, Hierarchy and Self-organization Extending Governance Modes to the Public Sectors Dynamic Balance in the Mind of Chinese Managing Self-organized Units A Chinese Case The Case of Western Counterpart Comparison between the Chinese and Western Cases Lecture 8 Dynamic Balancing between Governance under Rituals and under Laws Explanations from Local Sociologists Laws vs. Rituals The Rule by Law in China: Focus on Simplicity Order under the Rule of Ritual Governance under Rituals and Laws Together: Local Cases in China Paternalistic Leadership with Benevolence, Authoritarianism and Morality Together The Implications from the Chinese History Balancing between Benevolence and Law Enforcement Reference