Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
1-31-1990
Degree Name
Master of Science in Management - (M.S.)
Department
Organizational and Social Sciences
First Advisor
Anthony Kahng
Abstract
The multinational corporations (MNCs) have been a major contributing factor to the rapid growth of the world economy since World War II. In recent years, multinational corporations are said to facilitate transfer of management techniques, thereby accelerating industrial growth, consumption, and a higher standard of living.
Research on multinational corporations has raised many issues, one of the most interesting issues being the transfer of technology within multinational corporations. Technology includes both the so called "hardware" technology such as capital labor ratio, product design and manufacturing methods, and "software" or managerial technology. Differences in managerial technology used by multinational corporations are attributed to cultural origins that can be measured by managers' values.
The objective of this thesis is to identify and discuss the managers' values and their relationships to managerial practices among American, Japanese and Taiwanese companies in Taiwan. In order to understand the differences in managarial technology used by multinational corporations, a questionaire was developed and mailed to 143 sampled companies in Taiwan. The results of this survey will present the important differences in Japanese and American management practices including degrees of trusts between managers and subordinates, levels of organizational structures, and employee selection. This thesis will end with an analysis of the findings and some recommendations for the future research.
Recommended Citation
Chuang, Po-Wen, "A study of values and managerial practices" (1990). Theses. 2665.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/2665
