Research Paper on:
Western and Eastern Management

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Management in the East and management in the West has been seen in the past as being two totally different concepts, similar only in the fact that they each are  intended to result in effective management of the organization. The trend of globalization has done much to even out many of those differences, however, as has increased attention to  transparency in management. Economic difficulties in both the East and West have obliged organizations in each to operate more efficiently, which in turn has led businesses of both origins  to be more pragmatic in their operations. The result to date has been that Eastern management is less circumspect than in the past; Western management has begun to acknowledge  more than only the bottom line and quarterly results. Management in the East and West has begun to converge into another form that has taken the best of both.  Introduction Until the 19th century, the Chinese believed themselves and their culture to be superior to any other to which they had been  exposed. Europeans had made contact in the 16th century and found desirable reasons to trade with the Chinese but for their part, the Chinese could see nothing in the  Europeans that could be of benefit to them. That all changed in the mid-19th century as Britain became dictatorial over what products China  would accept in payment for the teas and silks the Western world craved. Britain wanted to flood the country with opium; Chinas objections resulted in the first Opium War.  China learned that there was one thing they could learn from the West: technology and seagoing. The Chinese set out to learn. Parallels in Management