150076 SE GG/PR: Cross-disciplinary approaches to culture and economy in China (2015S)
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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For EcoS students: This course can be used as a regular seminar eligible for M2a OR M2b (no approval needed, no substitution seminar).
An/Abmeldung
Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").
- Anmeldung von Mo 16.02.2015 10:00 bis Do 26.02.2015 10:00
- Abmeldung bis Mo 23.03.2015 10:00
Details
max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch
Lehrende
Termine
Blöcke:
Do. 26.3. (NEUE ZEIT): 14:40-20:00 (Seminarraum Sinologie 1);
Fr. 27.3. (NEUE ZEIT): 8:00-12:00 (Seminarraum OAW);
Fr. 17.4.: 17:45-21:00 (Seminarraum Sinologie 1);
Sa. 18.4.: 8:00-13:45 oder 9:00-14:45 (Seminarraum Sinologie 1);
Fr. 5.6.: 16:45-20:00 (Seminarraum Sinologie 1);
Sa. 6.6.: 8:00-13:45 oder 9:00-14:45 (Seminarraum Sinologie 1)
Information
Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung
Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel
100 performance points allocated as follows:
30 percent team presentation and group assessment
70 percent individual research paper and individual assessment.
30 percent team presentation and group assessment
70 percent individual research paper and individual assessment.
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
The course enables students to assess and employ different methodological approaches to culture in the context of Chinese studies. They understand how cultural phenomena can be identified and described in the context of particular empirical and practical applications. They can critically reflect upon cultural explanations and weigh their significance against alternative and competing approaches in economics, political science and sociology. In applying these capabilities on the Chinese case, they learn about the variety and scope of cultural phenomena in Chinese society, and to assess their relevance for analysing issues in Chinese business, economics and politics.
Prüfungsstoff
The course is divided into three parts which employ different learning methods
Part 1 (10 hours): Lectures on the methodology of cultural analysis in economics, business and China studies
Part 2 (8 hours): Interactive discussion of mandatory readings
Part 3 (10 hours): team presentations of students on the five topics. Each presentation is 45 minutes with subsequent discussion and comments by the lecturer.
For the presentations, the students explore relevant literature mainly in English and Chinese and combine their individual research into a team presentation. Based on the team presentation, they work out an individual research paper focusing on a particular issue of their own choice, after approval of the lecturer.
Part 1 (10 hours): Lectures on the methodology of cultural analysis in economics, business and China studies
Part 2 (8 hours): Interactive discussion of mandatory readings
Part 3 (10 hours): team presentations of students on the five topics. Each presentation is 45 minutes with subsequent discussion and comments by the lecturer.
For the presentations, the students explore relevant literature mainly in English and Chinese and combine their individual research into a team presentation. Based on the team presentation, they work out an individual research paper focusing on a particular issue of their own choice, after approval of the lecturer.
Literatur
General:
Beugelsdijk, S., Maseland, R. (2010): Culture in Economics. History, Methodological Reflections, and Contemporary Applications, Cambridge
Herrmann-Pillath, Carsten (2015): Wachstum, Macht und Ordnung: Eine wirtschaftsphilosophische Auseinandersetzung mit China, Marburg: Metropolis
Herrmann-Pillath, C. (2006): Cultural Species and Institutional Change in China, Journal of Economic Issues, XL(3), 539-574
Kulich, S. J. (2010): Applying Cross-Cultural Values Research to ?the Chinese?: A Critical Integration of Etic and Emic Approaches, Dissertation Humboldt Universit?t BerlinMandatory readings part 2:Brandt, L., Ma, D., Rawski, T. G. (2014): From Divergence to Convergence: Reevaluating the History Behind China’s Economic Boom, Journal of Economic Literature, LII(1), 45-123
Chen, C.-C., Farh, J.-l. (2010): Developments in Understanding Chinese Leadership: Paternalism and Its Elaborations, Moderations, and Alternatives, in: Michael Harris Bond, eds., The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Psychology, Oxford, 599-622
Heberer, T., Schubert, G. (2012): County and Township Cadres as a Strategic Group. A New Approach to Political Agency in China’s Local State, Journal of Chinese Political Science, 17, 221-249
Herrmann-Pillath, Carsten (2015): Are the Chinese Collectivists? Critical Reflections on a Conundrum in Understanding Chinese Culture, mimeo‘Starters’ for part 3, topics 1-5:Topic 1: Networks and the social organization of business
Chen, X.-P., Chen, C.-C. (2004): On the Intricacies of the Chinese Guanxi: A Process Model of Guanxi Development, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 21, 305-324
Chua, Roy Y. J. (2012), Building Effective Business Relationships in China, MIT Sloan Management Review 53(4), 26-33.
Herrmann-Pillath, C. (2009): Social Capital, Chinese Style: Individualism, Relational Collectivism and the Cultural Embeddedness of the Institutions-Performance Link, China Economic Journal, 2(3), 325-350Topic 2: Corporate culture and globalization of management practices
Chen, C.-C., Lee Y.-T., Hrsg. (2008), Leadership and Management in China. Philosophies, Theories, and Practices, Cambridge
Davies, D. J. (2007), Wal-Mao: The Discipline of Corporate Culture and Studying Success at Wal-Mart China, China Journal, 58, 1-27
Smith, D. (2012): Guanxi, Mianzi, and Business: The Impact of Culture on Corporate Governance in China, Private Sector Opinion 26, International Finance Corporation: WashingtonTopic 3: Regional cultures of business
Cao, N.L. (2008): Boss Christians: The Business of Religion in the Wenzhou Model of Christian Revival, The China Journal, 59, 63-88
Chung, H., Unger, J. (2013): The Guangdong Model of Urbanisation: Collective Village Land and the Making of a New Middle Class, China Perspectives 2013(3), 33-42
Saich, T., Hu, B. (2012): Chinese Village, Global Market. New Collectives and Rural Development, New YorkTopic 4: Political culture and the making of economic policy
Heilmann, S. (2008): From Local Experiments to National Policy: The Origins of China’s Distinctive Policy Process, The China Journal, 59, 1-32
Pieke, F. N. (2004): Contours of an Anthropology of the Chinese State: Political Structure, Agency and Economic Development in Rural China, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 10(3), S. 517-538
Tsai, W.-H., Dean, N. (2014): Experimentation under Hierarchy in Local Conditions: Cases of Political Reform in Guangdong and Sichuan, China, The China Quarterly, 218, 339-358Topic 5: Demographic change and value change
Hoffman, L. M. (2010): Patriotic Professionalism in Urban China. Fostering Talent, Philadelphia
Wei, S.-J., Zhang X. (2011): The Competitive Saving Motive: Evidence from Rising Sex Ratios and Savings Rates in China, Journal of Political Economy, 119 (3), S. 511-564
Yan, Y. (2010): The Chinese Path to Individualization, British Journal of Sociology, 61(3), 489-512
Beugelsdijk, S., Maseland, R. (2010): Culture in Economics. History, Methodological Reflections, and Contemporary Applications, Cambridge
Herrmann-Pillath, Carsten (2015): Wachstum, Macht und Ordnung: Eine wirtschaftsphilosophische Auseinandersetzung mit China, Marburg: Metropolis
Herrmann-Pillath, C. (2006): Cultural Species and Institutional Change in China, Journal of Economic Issues, XL(3), 539-574
Kulich, S. J. (2010): Applying Cross-Cultural Values Research to ?the Chinese?: A Critical Integration of Etic and Emic Approaches, Dissertation Humboldt Universit?t BerlinMandatory readings part 2:Brandt, L., Ma, D., Rawski, T. G. (2014): From Divergence to Convergence: Reevaluating the History Behind China’s Economic Boom, Journal of Economic Literature, LII(1), 45-123
Chen, C.-C., Farh, J.-l. (2010): Developments in Understanding Chinese Leadership: Paternalism and Its Elaborations, Moderations, and Alternatives, in: Michael Harris Bond, eds., The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Psychology, Oxford, 599-622
Heberer, T., Schubert, G. (2012): County and Township Cadres as a Strategic Group. A New Approach to Political Agency in China’s Local State, Journal of Chinese Political Science, 17, 221-249
Herrmann-Pillath, Carsten (2015): Are the Chinese Collectivists? Critical Reflections on a Conundrum in Understanding Chinese Culture, mimeo‘Starters’ for part 3, topics 1-5:Topic 1: Networks and the social organization of business
Chen, X.-P., Chen, C.-C. (2004): On the Intricacies of the Chinese Guanxi: A Process Model of Guanxi Development, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 21, 305-324
Chua, Roy Y. J. (2012), Building Effective Business Relationships in China, MIT Sloan Management Review 53(4), 26-33.
Herrmann-Pillath, C. (2009): Social Capital, Chinese Style: Individualism, Relational Collectivism and the Cultural Embeddedness of the Institutions-Performance Link, China Economic Journal, 2(3), 325-350Topic 2: Corporate culture and globalization of management practices
Chen, C.-C., Lee Y.-T., Hrsg. (2008), Leadership and Management in China. Philosophies, Theories, and Practices, Cambridge
Davies, D. J. (2007), Wal-Mao: The Discipline of Corporate Culture and Studying Success at Wal-Mart China, China Journal, 58, 1-27
Smith, D. (2012): Guanxi, Mianzi, and Business: The Impact of Culture on Corporate Governance in China, Private Sector Opinion 26, International Finance Corporation: WashingtonTopic 3: Regional cultures of business
Cao, N.L. (2008): Boss Christians: The Business of Religion in the Wenzhou Model of Christian Revival, The China Journal, 59, 63-88
Chung, H., Unger, J. (2013): The Guangdong Model of Urbanisation: Collective Village Land and the Making of a New Middle Class, China Perspectives 2013(3), 33-42
Saich, T., Hu, B. (2012): Chinese Village, Global Market. New Collectives and Rural Development, New YorkTopic 4: Political culture and the making of economic policy
Heilmann, S. (2008): From Local Experiments to National Policy: The Origins of China’s Distinctive Policy Process, The China Journal, 59, 1-32
Pieke, F. N. (2004): Contours of an Anthropology of the Chinese State: Political Structure, Agency and Economic Development in Rural China, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 10(3), S. 517-538
Tsai, W.-H., Dean, N. (2014): Experimentation under Hierarchy in Local Conditions: Cases of Political Reform in Guangdong and Sichuan, China, The China Quarterly, 218, 339-358Topic 5: Demographic change and value change
Hoffman, L. M. (2010): Patriotic Professionalism in Urban China. Fostering Talent, Philadelphia
Wei, S.-J., Zhang X. (2011): The Competitive Saving Motive: Evidence from Rising Sex Ratios and Savings Rates in China, Journal of Political Economy, 119 (3), S. 511-564
Yan, Y. (2010): The Chinese Path to Individualization, British Journal of Sociology, 61(3), 489-512
Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis
GG/PR 421/422
Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:35
? Networks and the social organization of business
? Corporate culture and globalization of management practices
? Regional cultures of business
? Political culture and the making of economic policy
? Demographic change and value change
The course disentangles different aspects of social organization, such as values, beliefs, institutions, or structures of power and dominance, and locates the explanatory value of culture as a distinct phenomenon related to the creation and maintenance of individual and group identities.