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What’s up with Simplified Chinese character of 爱 (ài- love) missing the 心 (xīn – heart) radical? I’d much rather see a heart in love (心) as in the Traditional character for love (愛). The history of character simplification is quite interesting. It started with the New Culture Movement (xīnwénhuàyùndòng – 新文化运动) in the beginning . . . → Read More: Love Simplified: 愛 vs. 爱 
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. ![Negotiate 谈判 [tánpàn] David Petersson 潘德伟](http://www.davidpetersson.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Negotiate-谈判-tánpàn-150x100.png)
Most Westerners are aware of the importance of giving and receiving face (面子 or miànzi). With this blog I would like to point out some important aspects of during business negotiations in China.
In China, a person’s reputation and social standing relies on saving face. A Westerner who fails to do so, even unintentionally, . . . → Read More: Chinese Negotiations: The Importance of Face ![工商管理碩士 [gōngshāngguǎnlǐshuòshì] MBA David Petersson 潘德伟](http://www.davidpetersson.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/MBA-150x57.png)
It’s been a very busy but rewarding 15 months of full-time MBA studies in Melbourne. Little did I know how much work it would be complete the studies at pace that I have. Having said that, it is also awesome to have completed the program in the shortest time possible and be able to start . . . → Read More: My MBA experience
This is an essay I wrote for the subject International and Comparative Human Resource Management at La Trobe. The topic for the essay is: It is argued that technical ability, cross cultural suitability, family requirements (including those of dual career couples) and host country language skills are critical criteria that must be considered in the . . . → Read More: International HR: An essay on expatriate selection
This posting is an Individual Essay that I wrote in the subject Developing People And High Performance Organisations at La Trobe’s Graduate School of Management (GSM) in October 2010. The question was “Discuss the ways in which a strategic approach to HRD can play a strategic role within an organisation” which proved to be a . . . → Read More: Developing People And High Performance Organisations: Individual Essay
A simple but brilliant recipe for how to be innovative: AH = the aesthetic experience AHA = the intellectual experience HAHA = the humoristic experience (Koestler, 1964)
By writing about things in this blog, I have practiced what Nonoka and others present as models based on tacit and explicit knowledge. The externalisation process of bringing tacit knowledge to explicit has allowed me to bring out ideas that otherwise would have been stuck in the subconscious mind and allowed the original conscious thoughts . . . → Read More: From tacit to explicit knowledge ![印章 [yìnzhāng] Chop; Seal David Petersson 潘德伟](http://www.davidpetersson.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Chop-150x144.png)
Executives unfamiliar with managing businesses in China will need to become familiar with the use chops or seals instead of signatures. Chops, an old custom from imperial times, may be a little confusing in the beginning and can be perceived as unsafe. However, used properly, chops can be an important tool for financial and . . . → Read More: Chop it! The usage of chops in the Chinese business environment ![足够好 [zúgòuhǎo] Good-enough](http://www.davidpetersson.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/good-enough1-138x150.png)
I wrote this essay for the subject Advanced and International Marketing in August 2010. For this assignment we were allowed to formulate our own topic and question so I wrote about something I found both interesting and important for marketers in China. Hopefully the recommendations can be helpful marketers in China. Please feel free to . . . → Read More: The ‘good-enough’ market segment in China |
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