look at Asia's past and present management styles and how they are successfully integrating contemporary management ideas with their own cultural and historical approaches
Much has been written regarding Asia’s financial crisis. However, up until July 1997, the region was regarded with envy by much of the world. Many developed countries wished to emulate the consistent double-digit growth rates that Asia seemed to find so effortless to achieve. Special Blend explores Asian management styles, focusing on culture and history, and examines how corporate philosophies have evolved from cultural/national sensibilities, how they have diverged from these, and how they have metamorphosed in the wake of the crisis. Through a series of interviews with senior industrialists in the region—both Western and Asian—Lynette Lithgow places special emphasis on the new breed of Harvard/Wharton style management currently operating in the Asian milieu. (text from the publisher)