Australia (ACESA) Guanxi Neglect at the Roaring Dragon in South-west China: The demise of an International Management Contract Stephen Grainger1 University of Western Australia ‘guanxi neglect – neglecting opportunities to show respect towards guanxi relationships’ Abstract This paper introduces the concept of guanxi neglect through a case study that describes the takeover of a formerly Chinese managed hotel by a western based, international hotel management company. Specifically, it covers
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Introduction The Roaring Dragon Hotel has been the first four star hotel in the southwest part of china. Being a state owned enterprise (SOE) with a long and colorful history, it was the region’s premium guesthouse for visiting government officials, dignitaries and guests. (Grainger, 2008) Background The hotel was fairly successful in the planned economy era. However, the hotel started experiencing difficulties after a market economy begun to develop in the region in year 2000. The market economy
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The Roaring Dragon Hotel is a three-star hotel that is located in the southwest part of China. Since the 1980’s the state-owned-enterprise has enjoyed a long colorful history and reputation as on of the regions premium hotels. The at the office which is in another city. On average Mr. Wen shows up at the hotel once a month. In 2002 he decided that it was time to expand their hotel and make the jump to a five star hotel. Wen hired a consulting company to conduct an evaluation of his hotel from
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| Roaring Dragon Hotel: Intercultural Communication | Bader Ali | | | 10/25/2015 | This is a proposal for the Roaring Dragon Hotel case study. It Includes an Executive Summary for the whole paper starting from introduction down to the conclusion. This will also include out-sourced researches to help clarify the dilemma of lack of communication along with the ignorance of Guanxi. | Executive Summary: In this proposal, you will read briefly about the history of the Roaring Dragon
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(SDTs) in the Roaring Dragon Hotel (RDH) in south-west China after the termination of the contract with Hotel International (HI). This proposal will detail the advantages of implementing SDTs in an environment that is influence by guanxi networks in order to increase guanxi influenced and as a direct result increase profits. Self-Directed Guanxi Teams Introduction The provincial government decided to hire an international organization to manage the RDH, to develop the hotel into a five star
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Introduction: The Roaring Dragon Hotel is located in China. Mr Wen has decided to expand this hotel in order tp change this 3-star hotel to a 5-Star hotel. And hence he hired a consulting firm to evaluate this hotel from top to bottom. Unfortunately the results were shocking to Wen. He came to know that his employs were lazy and inefficient. They have confirmed that there is no way to change this hotel to a 5 Star without firing more than 600 employs and should spend more investments
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Must Read: The Underlying Principle behind the Proposal and Presentation A proposal serves the purpose of selling an audience on something. It attempts to sway a group of people to your way of thinking. A proposal is not a term paper or a study strict. It’s supported by studies but isn’t a study in itself. It has to be structured in such a way that the reader can easily read and quickly process the information. Oftentimes the proposal is accompanied with a presentation. So, the reader will have
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Improving Communications: Hotel International and the Roaring Dragon Hotel Ima Student Sullivan University MGT 510 Executive Summary This proposal provides a roadmap toward improving communications between the Hotel International (HI), a global hotelier, and the management control of the Roaring Dragon Hotel (RDH), one of the original three-star hotels in southwest China and a state owned enterprise (Grainger, 2008). Failure to recognize cultural norms and the relationship between employees
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Roaring Dragon Hotel: Good Management Qualities Executive Summary This proposal provides a detailed analysis on the good management qualities of organization. The proposal addresses problems and challenges faced by management due to difference in culture. Roaring Dragon Hotel (RDH) was state owned hotel in southern part of China and guanxi was integral part of RDH and its business. RDH was facing a tough competition from its competitors
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Improving Communications: Hotel International and the Roaring Dragon Hotel Ima Student Sullivan University MGT 510 Executive Summary This proposal provides a roadmap toward improving communications between the Hotel International (HI), a global hotelier, and the management control of the Roaring Dragon Hotel (RDH), one of the original three-star hotels in southwest China and a state owned enterprise (Grainger, 2008). Failure to recognize cultural norms and the relationship between employees
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