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“Many and possibly most Korean firms ‘look’ very Western. But,
it is sad, looks can be deceiving. ‘We talk the talk, Western-
style’, said one executive, ‘but we walk the walk, Confucian-
style’”
Percentage of managers who perceive organizations as a network of social relationships as
opposed to a bundle of specific rules, guidelines and objectives. (Trompenaars, 1993: 90)
Netherlands 43,77
USA 44,82
UK 48,89
Sweeden 49,47
Canada 51,26
Germany 52,84
Spain 53,39
China 53,73
Belgium 54,84
Australia 56,74
Korea 63,58
Norway 65,98
Thailand 70,3
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Formalization
Centralization
Complexity
◦ Horizontal differentiation
◦ Vertical differentiation
◦ Spatial differentiation
Mechanistic Organic
CONTINGENCY FACTORS
– SIZE
–TECHNOLOGY
–STRATEGY
NATIONAL DIFFERENCES
IN ORGANIZATION DESIGN
Adaptation
◦ To survive firms take on characteristics in the
local environment.
Internal consistency
◦ Organizational replication
◦ Imperative for control
Ford & Mazda
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