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Lessons from the East
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educated to begin with, but they also
benefited from more in-house training.
Compared to 60 per cent of Chinese
Eastern delights
managers who hold a degree, only 36 per
cent of US, 21 per cent of UK and 25 per
cent of French managers surveyed hold
this qualification. And on training, some
There is much to be learned from our Eastern
70 per cent of Chinese managers attend
neighbours. Penny de Valk from the Institute of
in-house training, compared to 53 per
cent in the US, 45 per cent in the UK and
Leadership & Management, explains that China has
21 per cent in France.
many positive and exemplary lessons in management
The challenge, it seems, from this
to help Western managers lead the way
ILM study, is for Western managers
and organisations to make a positive
investment in learning and development.
We need to cease resting on our laurels
A
ccording to research recently their performance, identifying several
undertaken by the Institute of weaknesses and areas for development.
and make a positive change that will
Leadership & Management (ILM), In contrast with the Chinese, the UK
enable us to compete successfully in the
managers in the UK, North America and management population in particular
changing global business environment.
France are hugely complacent about their seems under-qualified, under-developed
management ability and we in the West and less interested in improving their
As part of making this change we need
underestimate the challenge that China’s performance.
to become more alert to emerging
managers are making to established Western
Chinese management styles and learn
business and management practices. Through the research, Chinese managers
from their recent success. The West’s
demonstrate a real thirst for knowledge
economic success, according to the ILM
The Global Management Challenges: and experience. And although they report
study, has caused much complacency
China vs the World study – which surveyed being largely satisfied with standards
among its managers. To compete in
over 325 managers in the UK, France, of management in their country, when
the emerging global order we need to
North America and China – highlights compared with Western managers, they
pay more attention to our colleagues,
some fundamental differences between are by far the most focused on improving
counterparts and competitors in the East
the approaches of Chinese and Western performance. In stark contrast, when
and make learning a priority to address our
managers, particularly when it comes to Western managers were asked about
weaknesses and set strong foundations for
learning and development. their management weaknesses, over 65
future growth.
per cent felt there were no weaknesses
Despite scoring our management practices in their organisation that could hold back
the same or lower than the Chinese, their development.
Penny de Valk is Chief Executive at the
Institute of Leadership & Management.
managers in the West did not identify
To read Global Management Challenges:
any clear management weaknesses On the issue of training, the research
China vs the World by the ILM go to
or development needs. Meanwhile, highlights Western managers falling
http://www.i-l-m.com/research-and-
despite scoring themselves highly, the behind their peers in the East once again. comment/3428.aspx
Chinese stand out as being modest about Not only were China’s managers better
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