Confucian inheritance from educational system to HRM in China

Abstract

This thesis aims to show how the preparation of Chinese students in school years influences the modeling of HRM and the working performances. Memorization and the whole phase of learning based on superficial factual knowledge had always been the main characteristics of Chinese education because of Confucianism influence in the civil service examination. Furthermore, the mandatory daily exercise of writing and repeating the Chinese characters had conditioned the young minds of Chinese people; indeed, in this scenario the whole process of learning is only considered as a mean to pass and get into the next step of education. In a working environment some misunderstanding and misjudging situations may arise, especially in the case of foreign joint ventures or foreign companies which work with Chinese ones. Here arises the need to create and to adopt flexible standards when approaching Chinese working environment. Indeed, Confucian values had greatly influenced how Chinese people interact with others and which are the core behaviors that must always be respected.