The Management of Human Resources in Chinese Industry

by M. Warner

Overview

This book analyses the management of human resources in Chinese industry, covering the period from 1949 to present, particularly focusing on the period of economic reforms in the 1980s and early 1990s. For four decades Chinese workers have enjoyed job security under the 'iron rice-bowl' employment system. This arrangement is now under threat from the recent labour reforms and the emergence of a nascent labour market. The study looks in detail at these developments in the North-Eastern cities, China's industrial heartland.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333605240
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	07/12/1995
Series:	Studies on the Chinese Economy , #14126
Edition description:	1995
Pages:	217
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

MALCOLM WARNER

Table of Contents

List of Tables - List of Figures - Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - Preface - PART 1: SHAPING THE IRON-RICE BOWL - Setting the Scene - The Iron Rice-Bowl: The Early Days - Labour-Management Relations - Economic Reforms and their Implications for Labour - PART 2: 'OLD WINE, NEW BOTTLES?' - Labour Reforms at City-Level: Background - Selected Case-Studies at Enterprise-level - The 'Three Systems Reforms' - PART 3: BEYOND THE IRON-RICE BOWL - Discussion - Human Resource Management 'With Chinese Characteristics'? - Conclusions - Appendices - Endnotes - References - Index

Editorial Reviews

Warner (management studies, Cambridge U.) traces developments in the management of industrial labor in China since 1949, particularly during the economic reforms of the 1980s and early 1990s. Focusing on the heartland of Chinese industry in the northeastern cities, he presents ten case studies in industries ranging from iron and steel to pharmaceuticals. He also examines closely the reforms of June 1992 that introduced labor contracts, performance-based wages, and social insurance; and how the emerging labor market might impact the country as it expands into an economic superpower of the coming century. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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