Excerpted slides from talks given by Mark Giorgini as part of Lingnan (University) College at Zhongshan University in Guangzhou, China, as part of an annual lecture series to local business leaders

1. The King of Masks:
Human Resources in China During a Time of Change
Mark Giorgini
Lingnan (University ) College
Zhongshan University
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Today
The labor market “big picture”
• Demographics and other metrics
• Mobility and Geography
• The News
Three legs of the stool
• Public / Stockholders / Government
• Company management
• Leadership issues
• Organization design
• Employees and workplace motivation
Implications and ways to prepare

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The BIG Picture:
Demographics and other metrics
Source: UN Population Division
World Population Prospects (2006)
• Fertility rates will remain
consistent with
developed economies
• Size of labor force will
decrease over the next 40
years

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The BIG Picture:
Demographics and other metrics
Source: National Bureau of
Statistics of China (2006)
• A greater proportion of
the population will
receive higher education
• Continued economic
growth

5. Urban migration continues from
211 million today to 350 million in 2050
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The BIG Picture:
Mobility and Geography
Graphic: China Data Center, University of Michigan
Source: China Daily, June 28, 2010

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The BIG Picture:
Mobility and Geography
• Labor shortages
– In 21 major cities in 1Q 2010, job openings up 90% while
job seekers up 22%
– In 100 largest cities, 5.5 million job openings and job
seekers are 5.3 million.
• Job reallocation
– Workers hired last year in eastern China down 8.8 million
– Workers hired last year in western China up 7.8 million
– Workers hired last year in central China up 6.2 million
Source: China Labor Market Information Monitoring Center, June 2010

7. Honda bosses ask for
time to resolve dispute
China Daily, 6/16/2010
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The BIG Picture:
The News
Foxconn to scrap ‘factory town’ model
By Robin Kwong in Taipei
Published: June 8 2010
Pay hikes good for "long term“
People’s Daily, June 17, 2010

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Three legs of the stool

9. So just what is OD?
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Three legs of the stool
Organization Development is a
complex educational strategy
intended to change the beliefs,
attitudes, values and structure of an
organization so it can better adapt to
new technologies, marketing
strategies, social challenges, and the
dizzying rate of change itself.
Warren Bennis
Distinguished Professor of Business
University of Southern California

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Three legs of the stool
If you always do
What you’ve always done,
You’ll always get
What you always got.
Organizations are perfectly
designed to achieve the
results they achieve.

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Implications
• Broaden understanding of Human Resources to
mean the managing of any human resources.
• Greater emphasis on looking at behaviors and
motivations by the most successful organizations
• Increased importance of professional management
capability
• Human Resources discipline must develop more
quickly, become more professional, and improve its
capabilities in order to stay ‘ahead of the curve’ in
assisting clients

12. mark.giorgini@chinahrinsight.com
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