The Haier System

Name: The Haier System
ISBN: 9787559656902

胡国栋Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · ChinaDec 2021

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Word count: 184K words
Chapters: 34
ISBN: 9787559656902

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Summary

Haier Model anatomizes Haier's evolution over 37 years of strategy and organizational structure, and distills the RenDanHeYi model into the Haier Model paradigm from the perspective of management thought history. The book is divided into five parts, tracing the full panorama of Haier's growth and systematically explaining Haier's newly proposed ecosystem strategy along with its philosophical system, organizational architecture, implementation path, and enablement system.

The Haier Model aims to let every individual create independently within an enterprise organization, providing each microenterprise and maker with a platform for self-trial and exploration of new species, and then reshaping organizational structure to organically integrate organizational performance, employee self-actualization, and users' personalized needs, pursuing shared value creation and win-win ecosystem dividends.

Editor's review

The value of this book lies not in retelling Haier's development history, but in placing a Chinese company's long-term practice within the context of management thought history and distilling it. Across five parts, the author links Haier's 37 years of strategic evolution, organizational change, and the RenDanHeYi model into a single thread, and further summarizes it as the "Haier Model" paradigm. For readers, what deserves the most attention is its systematic breakdown of the ecosystem strategy, organizational architecture, implementation path, and enablement system, rather than a slogan-like introduction of concepts. The discussion of microenterprises, makers, and self-trial platforms touches on the difficult question of how large organizations can balance efficiency with individual creativity. It is best read as a management case study: one can observe how a company reshapes its structure in an uncertain environment, and also reflect on one's own organization's incentives and collaboration methods. It suits readers who have doubts in management practice and hope to find reference from a local case, but they should maintain a critical distance and avoid treating a single company's experience as a universal template.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Managers interested in enterprise management innovation and organizational change
Scholars and students studying Chinese indigenous enterprise management models
Practitioners hoping to understand the trajectory of Haier's strategic evolution
Entrepreneurs focused on platform-based organizations and internal entrepreneurship mechanisms
Business school teachers and trainers needing case materials

Not a good fit for

General readers who only want stories about Haier's development and personal anecdotes
Readers expecting quick-fix management tools and action checklists
People with little interest in management concepts and organizational theory

Reading tips

Read the book's framework and table of contents first to clarify the logical progression among the five parts.
Read alongside Haier's publicly documented development history to distinguish between the book's distillation and its historical narrative.
After finishing each part, summarize in your own words the core organizational changes and drivers of that stage.
Annotate with practical problems from your own organization, and after finishing, compile what can be borrowed and what cannot be copied.

About the publisher

Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. China · Founded in 1993

Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. is a publisher known for its literature and history titles, with 2,065 books in the collection. Its publishing covers foreign literature, contemporary Chinese prose and essays, history, folk literature, and cultural books. Its list ranges from Sima Qian's complete edition of the Records of the Grand Historian to foreign classics such as The Book of Disquiet, All Quiet on the Western Front, Snow Country, The Stranger, and Jean-Christophe, as well as modern Chinese works including Teahouse and Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk. Its authors and translators include Yasunari Kawabata, Fernando Pessoa, Erich Maria Remarque, Jin Xinyi, Zhou Miao, and Chen Chao. Public information is limited, but its catalogue reflects a balance between Chinese and foreign literary classics and historical and cultural works.

版权信息
各方赞誉
推荐序1 海尔制，生态管理范式创新的中国方案
推荐序2 海尔制，创新管理价值
测一测你对海尔制了解多少？
第1章大变局与新海尔陆止于此，海始于斯
一场连接革命正在发生
勇立时代潮头的新海尔
在管理思想史上寻找中国企业的坐标
第2章海尔的创业创新史凤凰涅槃，浴火重生
海尔的发展史，就是创业创新史（1984—2021年）
没有成功的企业，只有时代的企业（2005—2021年）
第3章海尔制的框架体系随波逐浪，月印万川
继福特制、丰田制，管理思想史上第三次革命
海尔制框架，打造价值循环的生态系统
融合创新，从管理模式向理论范式升华
第4章水式管理，海尔制的哲学思想上善若水，大制不割
心、知、行合一，海尔制的管理哲学体系
上善若水，大制不割，海尔制的精神核心
动态变革、共演自驱、整合转化，海尔制的认知思维
自以为非、创业创新、互利共赢，海尔制的核心价值观
企业终殆，而组织永存，海尔制与量子管理
第5章黑海生态，海尔制的商业模式执一不失，能君万物
从红海、蓝海到黑海的战略进化
用户乘数，黑海战略的起点
打造生态品牌，黑海战略的目标
三生体系与同心圆模型，黑海战略的实施路径
体验云，黑海战略的落地载体
附录海尔“时代三章”，海、云、火
海尔是海
破一微尘，出大千经卷
新年只是一个数字，新我才能迎接新的太阳
参考文献
后记海尔制，人与企业的浴火重生

FAQ

What does "Haier Model" refer to in the book?

According to the book's approach, the Haier Model is a management model paradigm distilled from Haier's long-term strategy and organizational evolution, centered on RenDanHeYi, microenterprise and maker mechanisms, ecosystem strategy, and the enablement system. It attempts to consider organizational performance, employee self-actualization, and users' personalized needs within a single framework, rather than simply introducing a management tool.

Can readers without a management background understand this book?

Yes, but it requires patience. The book involves concepts such as organizational theory, strategy, and ecosystems, and readers lacking a foundation may find some chapters abstract. It is advisable to first read through the sections narrating Haier's evolution, then return to understand the conceptual distillation; when encountering terminology, consider it repeatedly in context and do not insist on fully understanding it in one reading.

Is this book suitable as an operations manual for enterprise reform?

Not really. It is closer to case study and paradigm distillation, offering ideas and frameworks for understanding organizational change rather than a directly applicable step-by-step checklist. Companies differ greatly in size, industry, and stage; readers should treat the book's experience as reference and judge, in light of their own conditions, which mechanisms can be adapted.

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About the author

胡国栋 Author

Hu Guodong is an author about whom limited public information is available; to date, only three of his management-related works are known. His writing focuses on corporate governance and organizational management. His representative works include In Pursuit of Good Governance: Balancing Righteousness and Profit and Innovating China's Corporate Governance Paradigm, The Haier Model, and The Golden Rules of Corporate Influence (10 volumes). Judging from the titles and subject categories, he attends to the localized path of corporate governance in China, the balance between righteousness and profit in management, and the rules for building corporate influence; The Haier Model also suggests his examination of local corporate practice. Overall, his works address management practice and institutional reflection, combining theoretical discussion with case analysis, and are topic-driven rather than broadly general. Since information such as nationality, dates of birth and death, education, and positions is unavailable, this introduction makes no inferences and offers only an objective account based on the works and common categories listed.