Human Resources China

China HR – Balancing Communism And Capitalism

The Chinese government subscribes to a communist ideology. Communism speaks of a proletariat revolution. In such a scenario, foreign corporations investing in China were naturally worried about the extent of government control on labor management. Many communist and socialist countries place numerous restrictions on the employer’s ability to hire and fire workers as they deem fit.

Of course, extreme capitalism is also dangerous because workers are treated as just any other machine and are disposed of the moment they are More

Valuing HR – Education Is A Must

The world is praising the manner in which firms in China are managing valuable human resources. However, the praise should not be restricted to the organizations and corporations alone. The praise must equally be shared with the Chinese government. It is impossible to find good laborers for your firm if the government does not consider human resources as an important asset. Would corporations in China find good labor to manufacture chess sets and various other products being exported all over More

Good HR Policy – Understand External Factors

Business organizations view their employees as independent assets. When productivity falls, managers focus on conditions inside the workplace and try to take remedial action to solve the problem. However, what HR managers fail to realize is that labour is not an asset restricted to the workplace alone.

Your independent financial advisor may be going through a messy divorce and this may be the reason why his or her predictions are not working properly. A look at the recent natural calamity More

Good HR With Low Wages

Many persons make the mistake of thinking that proper human resource management involves paying more salary to employees. A look at the Chinese approach shows that progress has been made by convincing individuals to work well despite not being paid a lot.

There was a time when identifying cheap sources of material was enough to make good profits. However, there is no part of the world which is hidden from competition today. Despite best political efforts, China still struggles to More

China – Handling Workplace Diversity Well

The world can learn a lot about management of diversity at workplace from the manner in which human resources are managed in China. Many persons presume that there is very little diversity in China because bulk of the people speak the same language. Well, what people fail to understand is that mankind has an intrinsic desire to establish a unique identity within the social group. Hence, you will find divisions on the basis of state, reason, dialect and other such More

China – Borrowing The Best From All Nations

China’s growth has been prolific primarily because they have smartly understood the importance of borrowing knowledge from the developed world. Ancient Eastern philosophy has its own set of rules and requirements. On the other hand, western philosophy is slightly more practical and goal oriented. People often criticize the system as being too materialistic. However, it is important to have material comforts in life. China has struck the perfect balance in this regard.

There are many critics who point out that More

The Labour Law Challenge

The need for professional HR experts is becoming a huge market in China. For anyone who has worked in HR in the west, going east can provide a huge culture shock but also an excellent category on the CV.

The first thing you will have to deal with though is helping a company to understand an implement the changes in labour laws that were implemented in 2008 but last year were beginning to be enforced wholeheartedly by the government. The More