Human Resource Management Chinese And Japanese Enterprises

This research paper explores the human resource management in Chinese and Japanese enterprises with the purpose of analysing the differences and the similarities between the two. The research has been conducted for a business professional working in the human resource department in a Chinese enterprise looking to work in Japan. Both the countries have been identified strong economies but very little attention has been paid to investigate the HRM differences in these countries. This study uses previous research and published data to explore the HRM practices in the two countries. The analysis has been made keeping in mind three major areas of HRM- Recruitment and Selection, Remuneration, and organization structure. Each of these aspects are first explained in these two countries and then differences and similarities have been drawn. 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