A Comparative Study of Entrepreneurial Middle-Level Managers’ Management Abilities ─ Local Managers in Taiwan and Expatriate Managers in China

• Main Author: 陳偉如
• Other Authors: Wu Shen Gjie
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/37473123539565983691

碩士 === 美和科技大學 === 經營管理研究所 === 100 === To adopt international developmental trends, Taiwanese business organizations usually participate in the international specialization and apply global logistics management as their business models to reinforce their competitive abilities and expansibilities. In recent years, China and Taiwan have interacted with each other closely in economic exchange. Consequently, many Taiwanese business organizations have established production facilities in China. Due to enterprise management considerations, business organizations have great demands on expatriate managers in China. Especially, middle-level managers, core personnel of business enterprises, make up a large proportion of expatriate personnel. This study applies qualitative research methods. On the choice of conducting case study research, the case study focuses on the Taiwanese traditional car manufacturing industry with outline-style interviews. The main results of this study are as follows: 1. Taiwanese entrepreneurial middle-level managers lay particular stress on personnel management including personnel trainings, professional skills, team leadership skills, and communication &; coordination skills. The comparisons on individual differences between Taiwanese expatriate middle-level managers in China in terms of professional management skills are as follows: execution skills (organizational loyalty building skills, judgment and decision making skills), leadership skills (affinity without borders and empathy), coordination skills (decisiveness and fairness), and other parts (interpersonal skills, moral integrity preservations, cautiousness &; pragmatism, familiarity with the laws of China, adaptability to the dialects, cultural activities and customs of China.) etc. 2. The personal characteristics of Taiwanese middle-level managers play an important role on consideration of candidates being expatriated in China in order to adapt customs of China, to learn dialects and simplified Chinese characters, to conduct self-management and to build organizational loyalty. 3. Beside professional management skills and personal characteristics, the other factors evaluated by business organizations to select Taiwanese expatriate middle-level managers in China are family factors, physical and mental health assessment, aspects of treating people with non-discrimination, and other important concerns for expatriate dispatches. Finally, this study provides the following advices：business organizations, working in the direction in developing the dispatch of expatriate middle-level managers in China, should assign middle-level managers reasonably regarding to their relevant professional management abilities so that they can achieve optimum manpower utilization, contributing to optimizations in operation performances of business organizations. Above statements are also the adopting viewpoints of appointing expatriate personnel in China.