TY - BOOK AU - Alas, Ruth AU - Gao, Junhong, TI - Crisis management in Chinese organizations : : benefiting from the changes SN - 9780230273344 AV - HD49 .A35 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - New York : PB - Palgrave Macmillan, KW - Crisis management KW - China. KW - China KW - Case studies. KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - International KW - General N1 - Introduction to crisis management -- China's ideological, economic, and institutional transformation -- Type of crisis -- Crisis management process -- Crisis partnership -- The connections between crisis and enterprise life-cycle stages -- Crisis management, change management, and innovation management -- Ethics in connection with national culture -- Chinese and Estonian crisis management comparison -- Chinese organization crisis management cases -- Summary N2 - A theoretical framework on how to manage crises in Chinese organizations. The authors connect crisis management theories with practical examples from Chinese companies tohelp deepen the understanding of Chinese work culture and practices. The authors believe that this volume may contribute to better crisis management not only in Chinese organizations, but also in organizations from other countries. Learning from mistakes and from the positive solutions to such situations could be the key to future success. Improvement in the management of critical situations in organizations could lead to improvements in the economy as a whole ER -