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Since Great Britain and mainland China signed an agreement on the future of Hong Kong in 1984, worldwide attention has been focused on the roles of businesses and managers in Hong Kong after June 30,1997, when government control is transferred from the British to the mainland Chinese. Two different scenarios will probably take place. One is that Hong Kong will be allowed to continue doing business as usual and enjoy a high degree of autonomy. Another scenario, which seems somewhat more likely, is that business and politics in Hong Kong would undergo dramatic changes under the influence of the repressive regime in Beijing.

Makes recommendations, based on a 1991 study of Hong Kong Executive MBA students, for management education and development programmes for the development of Hong Kong managers, in anticipation of the changes that will occur when control of Hong Kong is transferred from Britain to mainland China in 1997. Finds that Hong Kong managers expect changes in many parts of their lives – political, social, personal property rights and moral beliefs. Therefore, recommends that management development prepare Hong Kong managers to meet this multitude of changes.