Management in Western Europe

Society, Culture and Organization in Twelve Nations

David J. Hickson

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN:
  9783110141740
• eBook ISBN:
  9783110878998
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business General
• Index: Business

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Table of contents

• Chapter 1: Europe
• Intercultural Conflict and Synergy in Europe
• Culture: The National Component
• National Cultures in Four Dimensions
• European Heterogeneity
• Origins of Intra-European Cultural Differences
• European Cooperation as a Laboratory for the World
• References
• Chapter 2: Belgium
• Management and Culture in a Pillared Society
• Does Belgium Exist?
• Resourceful Survivors
• The Ethnic Split
• History of Belgium
• History of Flanders
• A Deep Recession (1880-1900)
• Belgian Industrial Structure
• Three Stages
• Local Politics
• Foreign Takeovers
• Industrial Relations
• Pillarization
• An Example: The Bekaert Group
• Management Culture
• Conclusion
• References
• Chapter 3: Denmark
• Egalitarianism at Work: Management in Denmark. Egil Fivelsdal and Iette Schramm-Nielsen
• Introduction
• Danish Managers and Their Shared Values
• Egalitarianism
• Consensus and Cooperation
• Professionalism
• Aspects of Danish Society
• Politics and Interest Groups
• Aspects of Education
• From Squirearchy to Social Welfare
• Concluding Remarks
• References
• Chapter 4: England
• English Culture and Business Organizations
• Introduction
• Societal Culture
• England–The Country
• England–The Culture
• Organizationally-relevant Attitudes and Values
• Individualism
• Deference and Inequality
• Self-control and Reserve
• Conservatism
• Xenophobia
• Honesty and Trust
• Liberty
• Class Consciousness
• How Do the English Compare With Other Western Europeans?
• Political System
• Economic Context
• The Resulting Business Climate and Approach to Management
• Attitudes Towards Industry and Business
• Trade Unions
• Them and Us
• English Business and 1992
• English Managers and Organizations
• Concluding Remarks
• References
• Chapter 5: Trance
• Management in France
• France on a European Map
• Mapping Work-related Attitudes
• Organizing and Managing
• Human Resources
• Industrial Relations
• Summary
• References
• Chapter 6: Germany
• German Management
• Introduction
• The Role of German Culture
• German Industrial Performance
• A German Model of Management?
• Economics and Regulation
• Technology and Management
• Product Focus or Marketing Focus?
• The Manager as Specialist
• Education of Senior Managers
• Remuneration
• Expert Knowledge and Managerial Authority
• German Management and “Post-Fordism”
• “Organizational Shamelessness”
• “Technik”
• Innovation in Traditional Sectors
• Simplicity and Narrowness of Focus
• Shop-Floor Training
• Conclusion
• References
• Chapter 7: Greece
• Management in Greece
• Introduction
• History
• Geographical Features
• Organization and Institutions of the Society
• Economic Organization
• Political Institutions and the Legal System
• The Educational System
• Religion
• Communications
• Bonds with Groups in the Immediate Community
• The Family System
• Conclusions and Prospects for the Future
• References
• Chapter 8: Ireland
• Managing the Economy of a Newly Independent State
• Introduction
• The Modern Irish State since 1922
• Self-sufficient, Inward-looking and Traditional–The First 40 Years
• Change and Modernity–Ireland in the 1960s
• Ireland in Europe–1972 to the Present
• Profiles of Irish Organizations
• Co-operatives
• State-owned Enterprises
• Public Limited Companies
• The Public Bureaucracy
• Irish Distinctiveness?
• References
• Chapter 9: Italy
• Aspects of Italian Management
• The Broad-based Pyramid of Italian Industry
• Some Background
• The Family and the Enterprise
• The Large Enterprises
• The Small Enterprises
• The Constellation and Flexible Specialization
• Management of the Organization
• Concluding Comments
• References
• Chapter 10: The Netherlands
• Open Doors, Closed Circles: Management and Organization in the Netherlands
• Conflicting Images
• Dutch Society
• The Dutch Economy
• Industrial Relations
• Managing Within Margins
• Motivation
• Management
• Conclusion
• References
• Chapter 11: Portugal
• Management in Portugal
• Portugal, a Developing Country
• Historical and Psycho-sociological Aspects of Portuguese Society
• The Historical Evolution of Management in Portugal
• The Period before the Portuguese Revolution of 25 April 1974
• The Period from 25 April to 1986
• The Period after 1986
• A Review
• The Resistance to Change of the Current Generation of Portuguese Leaders
• References
• Chapter 12: Spain
• The Revolution from Outside: Spanish Management and the Challenges of Modernization
• Introduction
• The Nations versus the State
• Industrialization
• The Managerial Environment
• Managerial Culture
• Conclusion
• References
• Chapter 13: Sweden
• A Modern Project, a Postmodern Implementation
• Meetings Between Strangers
• Sweden for Foreigners
• Europa ante portas
• The Demise of the Swedish Model
• The Swedish Quality: Reason, Consensus and Reform
• A “Swedish Management Style”?
• A Change of Doctrine
• The Wonderland of Reforms
• The Swedish Public Sector: In Search of an Identity
• An Organizational Identity
• Tentative Identities in a Blurred Field
• “Informalization”
• A Museum of Modernity or a Pragmatist Paradise?
• References
• Chapter 14: Many More Ways Than One
• Diversity
• Country and Culture
• Implicit Theory
• Empires and Cultures
• Europeanness
• Simply Speaking
• References
• Notes on Contributors
• Subject Index
• Name Index