Huawei has been deeply influenced by its western competitors.Yet from its organizational structure to the way it builds employee loyalty, the company closely resembles the Chinese Communist Party itself. https://nyti.ms/2DF7hju The origin of Huawei's identity crisis, from me
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Huawei’s structure looks strikingly similar to the party’s. Each is run by a senior group of seven officials, with similarities even further down the line. It calls its management training program its Central Party School, which is the name of the party's training institution
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When it comes to team-building and loyalty-building, Huawei turned to the party’s system of self-criticism, in which cadres confess to their misdeeds. Self-criticism sessions are called “democratic life meetings,” just like the party’s.
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Huawei’s hard-charging corporate spirit — known as “wolf culture” to outsiders and employees and as “striving culture” to executives — can trace its roots to the party. “What’s wrong with striving? We learned this from the Communist Party," said Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei.
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Even Mr. Ren’s leadership status looks like that of Deng Xiaoping.Deng gave up his titles in his later years but he held the ultimate authority in China until his death. Ren has said he has only veto&impeachment power. But he's clearly Huawei's paramount leader
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