Research On The Behavior Manament Of Salt Merchants In Ming And Qing Dynasties

This paper mainly studied behavior management of salt merchants in Ming and Qing dynasties from the management perspective.There were a few business group in Ming and Qing dynasties.This paper selected salt merchants in Huizhou, Hedong, Zigong as typical analytical object, focusing on their uniqueness in the aspects of organizational behavior, leadership behavior, team management, ethical behavior, charitable behavior, so as to enrich the research of ancient Chinese treatment management thought.Salt merchants in Ming and Qing dynasties were the most typical practice activities for the ancient Chinese, also an important contributors to the China traditional management thoughts.In the long historical period, the salt production and operation activities didn’t only maintain human daily lives, influence and restrict the growth and decline of the country,but also formed its own culture, which threw light on many aspects of social life. Studing on management thought of salt merchants in Ming and Qing dynasties were of great advantage of riching China traditional management thoughts from the management perspective.Based on the environmental investigation, this paper mainly used the method of literature research and case analysis combined.By studying team leadership behavior, organizational behavior, ethical behavior, charitable behavior of Huizhou Salt Merchants.Hedong Salt Merchants and Zigong Salt Merchants, the overall characteristics of behavior management were refined, and personality the characteristics of behavior were analysied.Through the macroscopic analysis on Ming and Qing salt merchants in the business environment, especially the deep research on the behavior of management, this paper drawed the following conclusions.(1) The development of salt merchants in Ming and Qing dynasties were the result of comprehensive effect of the political environment, economic environment, social environment, technological environment and the natural environment, also the result of strengthening and improving of the behavior management.(2) Salt merchants in Ming and Qing dynasties payed attention to the relationship between government and business, which mainly were dependency relationship and took serving, art, and culture as the main means.(3) Salt merchants in Ming and Qing dynasties showed obvious features of ethics, which were not only reflected in the organization design, also reflected in the organization operating mechanism.(4) Leadership behavior of salt merchants in Ming and Qing dynasties were showing Chinese paternalistic behavior style.(5) Strategic philanthropy of salt merchants in Ming and Qing dynasties was one way to enhance the social image and social status, also to overcome social psychological inferiority.(6) Salt merchants in Ming and Qing dynasties presented the regional cultural characteristics. The Huizhou salt merchants mainly embodied their unique temperament of Confucian Businessmen, Hedong salt merchants mainly reflected the "Shangyi" ,and Zigong salt merchants culture mainly showed the culture of integrity spirit.