Chinese Work Management and Business Identity

The Chinese people have been known worldwide for their hardworking attitudes when working. They are taught since they were small about the value of time, wasting time would make that person viewed as not discipline, unorganised and unethical in China. Chinese people work in a very long hours and taking a nap is considered a norm in China.

Chinese Belief System

In China, there are a lot of things that Chinese people believed that certain elements that can bring them good luck and fortune in their life. Chinese people they loved number 8 so much, number 8 to the Chinese brings good luck to the person who owns the number. They also believed that if a person does certain things that against their believes. It can bring them bad luck like hitting someone with a broom, the person that hits another person with a broom can suffered from bad luck.

Next, Chinese work culture is difference in their style of communication comparing to the western world. In China, workers are not open to express ideas and thoughts or any conversation that is too upfront or strongly opinionated in your way of speaking. If you committed on upfronting the way you communicate, you might make yourself looks rude and disrespectful to the Chinese people.

Sentiment

Chinese people they have strong sentimental value when it comes to job loyalty. They have implemented to have this value and inherit workers that work in their company sense of belonging and loyalty to the company they are working at. After working, they will spend their time with all the workers drinking, sports and even travelling.

They believed that if a person has the sense of belonging to the company they are working, they are likely willing to stay loyal, committed and happy being a part of the community. This is also known as intrinsic motivation, a type of motivation that motivates people in a sense of value not with physical rewards.

Norm

In China, especially in industrialisation napping in working hours are considered as a norm that happened there. People in China work in a very long hours, they considered napping as a process where they can maintain a phenomenal work-life balance. They believed that having that short rest or break can help them reenergise back so they are able to continued working efficiently.

Most of the big companies out there like Google, Mercedes-Benz and Nasa have allowed napping in working hours, they see this as a way how they can increase their workers productivity rate for their company and feeling satisfied working there.

Chinese work cultures are entirely different than the western world in many perspectives. In China, the situation is entirely different, they can bring personal life matters into business conversation which happens to be something not common implied in the western world. They believed that by doing this they are able to get closer in terms of doing business with their customers.

Power

China is a traditionally hierarchy society, hierarchy refers to the arrangements of individuals in an organisation within a corporation according to power, status and job position in the company. In China, for someone that earns a hierarchy position, they have to call their position name followed by their name as a sign of respect and you are acknowledge about their position or rank in the company.

This hierarchy should also be kept in mind that when you greet, serve or interact with people professionally even socially. Hierarchy does create quite a distance gap between managers and workers which the Chinese believed that if a person has a position it is something that should be worth mentioning about to all the contribution that the person did for the company. This is commonly known as a part of an incentive scheme that if a person worked hard for the company, they will be rewarded with the rank or position in the company. They are also given respect and acknowledgement from the workers for their hard earn positions that they truly deserved in the company.

Chinese business hierarchy mainly consist of three levels of management. Starting with Higher level management, Middle level management and lower level management. They are all assigned for their credibility and experience on their respective fields. The levels of tiers differentiate the amount of responsibility that a person holds onto.

Time Management

The Chinese people has good time management skills when doing business. They will always stay punctual whenever they have to attend for a meeting, meetups or any planned activities. If they are late, they normally mention the person waiting about the delay and they will always make sure to offer an apology to that person. The Chinese prefers that every meeting that they had does not involved with any time advancement.

First Greeting And Meeting

In business, Chinese people would be more impress if the person met them for the first time and convey some Chinese words to start the conversation. They also felt pleased and delighted if you start up your first meeting by giving a light and lingering hand shake, don’t do it too firm as it might bring discomfort to the person who are you dealing with. Greetings and handshakes are a good way on how to start your first journey as a businessman expanding your business in Mainland China.

Gift Policy

Starting with a very nice business relationship it is always a good idea to get your business partner a gift in China. The gift should not be too expensive just to a good first impression when meeting up new people. It is better to wrap your gift before handing out to the person so it looks more professional and not a last-minute gift.

Dress Outfit

When doing business especially in Mainland China, it’s better to appear yourself professionally and sharp. When you have a very sharp and good-looking outfit equipped from head to toe when doing business, it’s going to give out good impression and trust to anyone you are dealing with. Some Chinese businessmen they love to wear expensive brand items when they meetup with a new business partner. Branded items are a good way on how to give indirect message to your business partner that you have reliability, trust and success in running a business. For the business partner, they will feel trusted, secured and reliable on doing business with you.

Conclusion

To summarize, the Chinese has a culture when working in a company, they have a habit of working together and creating environment full of cooperativeness rather than working individually. After working, they all like to chill off together going for drinking, sports and even travelling. They like to have this kind of high sense of belonging in the place where they are working.