The economic reforms of China since 1978 have brought considerable change
to the enterprise management scene in a country that had long believed that
political ideology should be the driving force in virtually everything from ping-
pong to enterprise management . Today, enterprises operate under a very different
environment, requiring their managers to have a different set of skills and
attitudes. A survey has found that the next generation of Chinese managers
will be more pragmatic and professional, less political , younger, know their business
well and be more aware of the managerial thinking and practices of the West.
They will, however, still be very much production oriented.
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