Organizations are forced to develop a set of management styles in order to match the
culture (Lee, Roehl & Choe, 2000). China (80) and Sweden (31) score differently in
power distance index (see in the Appendix I). This fact indicates that the distribution
of power within the organization varies between China and Sweden and result in
different management styles. The quality control manager in Sweden shares her story
with us that one time; the Swedish parent company made strict standards on one
special order for Shanghai subsidiary company and the parent company knew that it
was impossible for Shanghai subsidiary to deliver such high standard products.
However, when Swedish manager asked the production manager in China whether
they could fulfill the requirement, Chinese manager struggled for a little while but
said “OK”. But their products hadn’t reached the requirement at last. Because of high
power distance and high hierarchy level in China, subordinates are afraid of saying
“NO” to their superiors. Also because of the individualist culture, in Swedish parent
company the decision is fully discussed within the company before implementation
and subordinates are free to say “NO” as long as it is reasonable. The decisions are
“the work of the group” (According to the R&D manager of Swedish parent company,
also see in Appendix III) rather than the boss’s decision. But, for most of the time
their Chinese colleagues just follow the decisions that are made by superiors without
any doubt. These different ways of decision making probably may result in the
unexpected outcome from subsidiary company.
Organizations are forced to develop a set of management styles in order to match the
culture (Lee, Roehl & Choe, 2000). China (80) and Sweden (31) score differently in
power distance index (see in the Appendix I). This fact indicates that the distribution
of power within the organization varies between China and Sweden and result in
different management styles. The quality control manager in Sweden shares her story
with us that one time; the Swedish parent company made strict standards on one
special order for Shanghai subsidiary company and the parent company knew that it
was impossible for Shanghai subsidiary to deliver such high standard products.
However, when Swedish manager asked the production manager in China whether
they could fulfill the requirement, Chinese manager struggled for a little while but
said “OK”. But their products hadn’t reached the requirement at last. Because of high
power distance and high hierarchy level in China, subordinates are afraid of saying
“NO” to their superiors. Also because of the individualist culture, in Swedish parent
company the decision is fully discussed within the company before implementation
and subordinates are free to say “NO” as long as it is reasonable. The decisions are
“the work of the group” (According to the R&D manager of Swedish parent company,
also see in Appendix III) rather than the boss’s decision. But, for most of the time
their Chinese colleagues just follow the decisions that are made by superiors without
any doubt. These different ways of decision making probably may result in the
unexpected outcome from subsidiary company.
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