<p>Macro Trends in Chinese Human Resources</p><p>As we move into a more advanced globalized economy we have developed from an</p><p>agriculture society to a service society. As with every other part of human development</p><p>we have continued down the path of innovation and change to what some today call the</p><p>“creative society”. It might be to early to say that we are entering a new age but it is clear</p><p>that changes happen faster and with greater impact across the globe and that is creating a</p><p>society that is different from before.</p><p>A society where the talented, educated, creative, are the catalyst of economic</p><p>development in a modern economy. But the rise of this creative class and the process of</p><p>globalization also offer problems. When people elevate themselves and those around</p><p>them to new heights through major change the people who are unable to transit into such</p><p>a world run the risk of being left behind. It is the paradox of Globalization; it brings</p><p>riches to the people who can adapt to it while the others are often left to tend for</p><p>themselves.</p><p>This thesis is about those effects on the world’s most populous nation, China. And when</p><p>it comes to these, the Human Resources, the most productive elements of a modern</p><p>- 5 -</p><p>society, China is far behind. The Chinese race toward becoming a major global power is</p><p>as much about catching up to the rest of the world economically a socially and politically.</p><p>As China masses its economical muscles to change other problems evolve and the speed</p><p>of the change lead to even more complicated social problems that might come back to</p><p>haunt the country’s development path.</p><p>China is trying to do what it took the major developed nations of the world a larger part</p><p>of the last 300 years to do in one generation. Pushed by the need for reform the</p><p>communist party is juggling politics, economy, and education of their people in more and</p><p>more complicated ways and further and further away from each other. The story</p><p>however, starts on a train ride between Washington DC and New York.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:hj-1132 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Dalevi Arelius, Jacob |
| Publisher | Jönköping University, Jönköping International Business School |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
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