There are no two countries more different than China and India. However, China’s and India’s nations are comparable since they are both based on massive societies with profound cultural histories, which have unified large numbers of people over vast territories. China and India have very different views on the importance of philosophy, their government and influences. India enforces their religions onto the citizens whereas, while china is the opposite. I think a very important question is posed in our lesson. Are the overall influences in larger populations subjective to the size of the population?
Both countries have populations of over a billion people and have taken different routes to enter the world’s economy. Interestingly enough, Indian leaders tend to think more strategically with emphasis on solid entrepreneurship, which is the foundation of success of many Indian corporations. On the other hand, Chinese counterpart’s leadership strengths include, coaching, business acumen, driving execution, customer focus, and leading teams. Chinese leaders tend to be good at bringing people together to execute an established strategy and meet the needs of their customers with a strong drive for results. They are less likely than their Indian counterparts in establishing strategic direction, entrepreneurship, building organizational talent.
Cultural experiences are rich and teach a diverse range of leadership lessons.Certain countries show focus on certain experiences. For example, China focuses on personal experiences and mistakes, whereas India’s focus is on experiences and crossing cultures.In our strongly interconnected society, social influence plays a prominent role in many self-organized phenomena such as herding in cultural markets, the spread of ideas and innovations, and the amplification of fears during epidemics (Ahlawat et. al., 2018).
China and India both aspire to global power status and dominance in their respective regions, but China’s offensive realism negates its ability to acknowledge India as a rising power in its own right (Moussaid et. al., n.d). Chinese leaders tend to be reasonably self-confident while Indian leaders are also relatively self-confident without raising the line into arrogance. I grew up in New York, where the population is over 8 million (population, n.d). A population that includes a high percentage of both Chinese and Indian cultures. Having grown up in such an environment has allowed me to witness the different leadership styles. With such an experience I have to say I agree with the studies conducted.
References:
Ahlawat, D., Ahlawat, D., & Hughes, L. (2018). India-china stand-off in doklam: Aligning realism with national characteristics. The Round Table, 107(5), 613-625. doi:10.1080/00358533.2018.1530376
Moussaïd, M., Kämmer, J. E., Analytis, P. P., & Neth, H. (n.d.). Social Influence and the Collective Dynamics of Opinion Formation. Retrieved from https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0078433
Population. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=kf7tgg1uo9ude_&met_y=population&idim=place:3651000&hl=en&dl=en
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