You will prepare and submit a term paper on Regional Variations in Attitude towards Guanxi among Chinese Managers. Your paper should be a minimum of 8500 words in length.

You will prepare and submit a term paper on Regional Variations in Attitude towards Guanxi among Chinese Managers. Your paper should be a minimum of 8500 words in length. A subsection takes note of the developments in regional economic reforms that greatly affect regional values. The effect of regional variation in management is explored through different kinds of literature in a separate section.&nbsp. Cities of Shanghai, Dongguan, and Chongqing represent the eastern, southern and southwestern regions of China, respectively.&nbsp. The three cities are the focus of the research since they are close representatives of regional diversity in China.&nbsp. Subsections on relevant information about the cities are written in order to give background data and facts. The second section will unpeel the factors specific to China on a national and regional level analysis.&nbsp. Values and beliefs are elements of a person’s behavior toward guanxi management. A subsection discusses Confucianism as the source of Chinese traditional values.&nbsp. Under the open economy, Western practices influenced the traditional style of Chinese manager’s behaviors and attitudes.&nbsp. A subsection is focused on western influences. The inner core of Chinese managers’ attitudes lies in the regional and ethnic diversity of the country.&nbsp. Each region has different business styles and characteristics.&nbsp. Separate subsections describe the varying subcultures dominant in cities of Shanghai, Dongguan, and Chongqing. The next section of the chapter skins the different microlayers wrapping an individual Chinese manager.&nbsp. It is in this section that contemporary theories about guanxi and its relevance in the business environment are introduced and reviewed.&nbsp. The components that constitute guanxi are identified and defined using different contemporary works of literature.&nbsp. As behavior is directed by social standards, a subsection appraises the sources of social expectations of managers.&nbsp. Another subsection discusses the different works of literature regarding the effect of change toward organizational behavior and guanxi.