The Study Of Guanxi In Project Management

After nearly fifty years of development, project management has been developed as a new management area in the realm of management science. Two powers boosted project management's development. One is the development of science and technology, which gives us more tools and new ideas in management area. The other is the quick development of economy. Lu-Bu-Ge Water Power Facility must be the first project that China adopted project management thoughts and tools systematically. After that, new project management thoughts and tools began to be introduced to Chinese project area accordingly, and brought us a lot of benefits. With the globalization of world's economy, there will be more and more project management thoughts and tools to be introduced to China. However, China has its own unique characteristic on economy, society, culture and law system. In Chinese project management area, if we take consideration of some Chinese unique informal mechanisms, we could get the same, even better, outcomes as utilizing some western advanced thoughts or tools, with lower cost and higher efficiency.This dissertation studies the influence of "Guanxi" in Chinese construction project management area. Firstly the writer introduce the meaning and characteristics of projects and project management, the development trends of project management and the construction of project management knowledge. Then the writer get the conclusion that modern project management begin to take "soft management thoughts and technologies" on a more and more important place.Secondly, through the study of Chinese traditional culture and ethics, the writer describe the environments that Guanxi grows, the meaning of Guanxi, the different kinds of connections that exist in project management, and the positive aspects of Guanxi for project management. On the basis of these studies, the writer analyzes the mechanism of Guanxi on Enterprise Level and Project Level, supporting with compare and practical surveyed information. With these analysis, the paper bring forward some valuable hints for constructing Chinese own project management thoughts. In the end, the dissertation gives the principles of how to construct and nurture healthy Guanxi in project management.