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China’s Work SystemChina’s HRM system has undergone drastic changes since 1978 due to:• transition from
command economy -> market economy
• decrease in central planning and public ownership
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China’s Work System: In Transition
HRM system merely administrative and politically/ideologic
ally oriented
HRM system becoming more strategic and
business related but still has a distinct Chinese flavour
“Puppet-like management” –
Chinese government
controlled almost all HRM activities
Management has increasingly more control over HRM
activities
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China’s Work System Before & After
ReformsRecruitment and selection by
government and based on quotas
Merit-based recruitment and selection by management
Central allocation of workers
Two-way job selection(free labour market)
Centrally fixed wage scales(“iron wages”) Performance-based pay
Rewards emphasize egalitarianism
(age, length of service, political view)
Rewards emphasize efficiency and
performance (“to each according to his/her work”)
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China’s Work System Before & After
ReformsPromise of lifetime tenure
(“iron rice bowl”)
No promise of lifetime tenure
(adoption of labour contacts)
Work design (FILL IN- Andrew)
Work design now (FILL IN - Andrew)
Workers had no involvement in decision
makingWorker Influence (FILL
IN - Nicholas)
Centrally planned and uniform training – not job
specificJob-specific training at
enterprise level
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China’s Current Work System
China’s HRM Syste
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Recruiting:
Training:
Retaining
Reward System:
Worker Influence:
Work Design:
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