The Psychology of Safety Handbook or Cowboys and Dragons

The Psychology of Safety Handbook

Author: E Scott Geller

Safety performance cannot be brought to enviable levels without addressing human behavior and attitude effectively. The only comprehensive reference on the psychology of human dynamics of safety, The Psychology of Safety Handbook shows how to apply psychology to improve safety and health in any organization. Revised and expanded from the bestselling book that has become required reading for achieving Certified Safety Professional status, this is the only comprehensive resource on the human dynamics of safety.

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Cowboys and Dragons: Shattering Cultural Myths to Advance Chinese-American Business

Author: Charles Le

Forge positive, productive East/West business relationships by understanding how the other side thinks.

Focusing on who the Chinese and Americans are, and why they behave in certain ways, this pragmatic yet sensitive approach to building East/West business relationships urges readers to seek understanding ahead of quick answers.
Bicultural businessman Charles Lee outlines the traditional, social, political, and economic factors affecting Chinese and American business environments, deconstructing the myths of the "cowboy" and the "dragon."

Publishers Weekly

A self-proclaimed "bicultural man," Lee spent his childhood in China and Taiwan and his adult life in the U.S. He's been advising and guiding the formation of Chinese-American joint ventures since 1977, when Americans were still "Capitalist Pigs" in Communist Chinese eyes. In his first book, Lee attempts to bridge the differences between the two cultures for the business reader. The key, says the venture capitalist, is to forget about the mechanics of doing business in China until you understand the cultural backgrounds, behavior and desires of the players involved. American businessmen are cowboys (no cowgirls in this book): individualistic, profit driven and ruled by law. The Chinese are dragons: group oriented, harmony driven and ruled by hierarchical authority. Roughly three-quarters of this repetitious book is devoted to elaborating on and redescribing these distinctions. Virtually every page features text boxes-up to four per page-reiterating the information in the preceding paragraph. Facts and advice, such as avoiding humor and sexual innuendo, often pop up more than once. The message, nevertheless, is sound. Lee advocates an emotionally intelligent approach to Chinese-American relationships. He refrains from value judgments, presenting differences as facts to be accepted and managed, and he recommends those differences be openly discussed and explained, suggesting mutual understanding can lead to successful endeavors. He shines in the descriptions of Chinese-American ventures in which he's participated, which are sprinkled throughout the book, and in the practical advice in Part Five's chapters on negotiating, decision making, executing and "most likely points of conflict." (Mar.) Copyright 2003 Cahners Business Information.

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction: A Thoroughly Bicultural Man
Pt. 1	Preconceptions and Reality
Pt. 2	Cultural Differences: The Three Ts Plus One
Pt. 3	Beliefs: The Core of Business Practices
Pt. 4	Dragon Traditions - Cowboy Corollaries
Pt. 5	Cowboys and Dragons as Partners
Pt. 6	What the Future Holds
App	Quick Tips for Navigating Chinese Business and Street Culture
	Bibliography
	Index