University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014 1-1-1987 A Chinese conception of "management" : an interpretive approach (Singapore). Siew Kim Lee University of Massachusetts Amherst Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_1 Recommended Citation Lee, Siew Kim, "A Chinese conception of "management" : an interpretive approach (Singapore)." (1987). Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014. 4291. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_1/4291 This Open Access Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014 by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. A CHINESE CONCEPTION OF "MANAGEMENT” -AN INTERPRETIVE APPROACH (SINGAPORE) A Dissertation Presented By SIEW KIM LEE Submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Massachusetts in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF EDUCATION September 1987 Education @ Copyright by Siew Kim Lee 1987 All Rights Reserved. 11 A CHINESE CONCEPTION OF "MANAGEMENT - AN INTERPRETIVE APPROACH (SINGAPORE) A Dissertation Presented By SIEW KIM LEE Approved as to style and content by: JL Dr. Linda Sraircich, Member £y e. GeorgeUrch, Acting Dean School of Education iii DEDICATION TO MY PARENTS for their endless love, support, confidence, endurance and faith. Without them, without me. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my appreciation to people who have helped me in this project in different ways. First of all, my special thanks to Sheryl Riechmann Hruska, for her warmth, care, guidance, understanding, love, and both intellectual and emotional support.