Management Education and Training Strategies in The People's Republic of China: An Overview

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Warner, Malcolm

Affiliations: University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering, Judge Institute of Management Studies, Mill Lane, Cambridge CB2 1RX, UK

Abstract: This paper looks at management education and training in the People's Republic of China, in relation to the broader issues of modernisation, cross-cultural knowledge transfer, and skills-development. It examines the infra-structure of such training and focuses specifically on the adoption of Western management theory and practices in a selected number of University Management Schools and Senior Executive Training Centres.

Keywords: Economic reforms, evaluation criteria, executive training, management education and training, post-experience training, training policies

DOI: 10.3233/HSM-1992-11305

Journal: Human Systems Management, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 145-156, 1992