James McGregor Podcast
January 29th, 2007
A number of you did your book reviews on Jame’s McGregor’s One Billion Customers. McGregor is the former China Bureau Chief for the Wall Street Journal.
Here’s a podcast of an interview with him from the Danwei blog you may find of interest. I liked his book, very much, and agree with the CLB, though, that much of it is only really applicable to the big MNCs in China.
Entry Filed under: Pre-Departure, Beijing, China, Misc.
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1. Mike Johannsen | January 29th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
I really enjoyed the podcast from James McGregor and thought he hit on several topics that we have posted on lately. To be more specific he talks about living in China and how the country is changing so quickly that unless you live in China it is nearly impossible to keep up with the changes. From a business standpoint it would be nearly impossible to keep the pulse of China if you are not fully immersed 24 hours a day.
The second topic was the management style and positive reinforcement, referring back to his book One Billion Customers, McGregor devoted an entire chapter to management style. McGregor reinforces yesterday’s blog post on being a successful manager in China and how building trust and respect goes a long way. Check it out it is well worth listening to.
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