Organizational Behavior

I was thinking the other day, how on earth can I really express the organizational differences that I am experiencing. To make this as clear as possible, it is important to understand there is one major difference with that in the West: cheap labor.

So here is this long-winded flow chart of where the differences stand. Maybe compare to what you experience in the office and see if these are really differences. Perhaps they are not the same for you:

Cheap labor = more employees --> which in turn decreases the scope of job tasks --> effects the way Chinese think on a strategic, holistic level because of doing only a set amount of taks BUT makes them a very efficient and GREAT at execution --> BUT can't get them to think on a broader level (being creative, expressing ideas, being innovative, etc)

This whole flow chart can explain most of the middle management and entry-level employees. I also found the same experience when working in groups throughout the Shanghai MBA courses. It continues to follow through with the communal vs. individualistic cultural difference. "Power in Numbers?" It is certainly obvious in my organization. It has been 4 weeks and I have already been named some sort of creative wiz?! It doesn't take much people.

Forward Thinking
I think that the multinationals coming into China are slowly changing the way of thinking to a more individualistic way, based on the employee incentive schemes - more western organizational behavior thought processes, etc. This principle combined with the newer generation of Chinese just coming into the marketplace will progress. Most of this new generation were the first to be brought up as single children and are highly competitive.