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A case study of organizational change in a Hong Kong Chinese factory.

by Mok Shun-ha, Shirley and Lau Kim-Tim, Brian. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1990. / Bibliography: leaves 156-160. / table of contents --- p.ii / acknowledgement --- p.v / list of illustrations --- p.vi / list of tables --- p.vii / Chapter I. --- introduction --- p.1 / General Organization of the MBA Research Project --- p.1 / Broad Problem Area --- p.2 / Preliminary Data Collection --- p.3 / Initial Literature Survey --- p.4 / Problem Definition --- p.5 / Chapter II. --- methodology --- p.6 / Research Design --- p.6 / "Type of Investigation and Purpose of ""study" --- p.6 / Study Setting --- p.6 / Extent of Researcher Interference with the study --- p.7 / Unit of Analysis --- p.7 / Time Horizon --- p.8 / Data Collect ion Method and Process --- p.8 / Interviewing --- p.8 / Observational Survey --- p.9 / Chapter III. --- LITRERATURE SURVEY & A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK TOR ANALYSIS --- p.10 / Literature Survey --- p.10 / Organistional Adaptation --- p.11 / Planned Organisational Change --- p.13 / Chinese Style of Management and Organization Behavior --- p.15 / Development of a Conceptual Framework for Analysis --- p.15 / External Environment --- p.17 / "Transactional, Contextual and Enacted Environment" --- p.17 / Environment Dimensions --- p.18 / The Change Relationship Between an organisation and its External Environment --- p.20 / Internal Environment --- p.20 / The Technological Approach --- p.22 / The Behavioral Approach --- p.23 / Expectancy-valence Theory of Motivation --- p.25 / Resistance to Change --- p.25 / "Personalism and ""Face""" --- p.27 / Management Training --- p.28 / The Structure Approach --- p.29 / Structural Dimensions of Organizational change --- p.31 / Structural Characteristics of Chinese Organizational Culture and Management style --- p.32 / Power Distance and Centralization --- p.34 / Process of Organizational Change --- p.37 / The Integrative Model --- p.37 / Chapter IV. --- COLLECTED --- p.39 / Ccmpany Background --- p.39 / The informal Production Agreement Between Company DR and Canpany CH --- p.40 / The Internal Organization of Company CH --- p.42 / The Internal Working of Ccmpany CH --- p.44 / Lack of Specific Cammunication Channel and Work Procedure --- p.44 / The Influence of Personal Relationship --- p.46 / Informal Communicaion...............: --- p.47 / Lack of Co-ordination Among Department --- p.47 / Centralized Decision-Making Powers --- p.47 / The Importance of Seniority --- p.48 / The Producer Mentality --- p.49 / Change in Ownership of Company DR --- p.50 / The Change Process and Efforts of Company CH --- p.55 / Resistance to Change --- p.57 / Individual Resistance to change --- p.57 / Organizational Resistance to Change --- p.60 / Chapter V. --- ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATIONS --- p.62 / External Environment --- p.62 / External Transactional Environment --- p.62 / The External Contextual Environment --- p.62 / The External Enacted Environment --- p.63 / The Fit Between the Organzation and its External Environment --- p.65 / The Internal Environment --- p.68 / The Technological Approach --- p.68 / The Behavioral Approach --- p.69 / Low Motivation to Change --- p.70 / Resistance to Change --- p.71 / "Personalism and ""Face-Giving""" --- p.73 / Producer Mentality --- p.74 / Management Training and Development --- p.75 / Change Strategy --- p.76 / The Structural Approach --- p.77 / Structural Dimensions for Organizational Change --- p.77 / The Positive and Negative Cultural Considerations of the Structural Dimensions --- p.79 / Familism and owners' interests --- p.79 / Informality and efficiency --- p.80 / Power Centralization and the facilitation of intended organizational changes --- p.82 / General Analysis on the Change Efforts --- p.84 / Process of Organizational Change --- p.87 / Chapter VI. --- CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGERS --- p.88 / An Organization's Strategic Relationship with its External Environment --- p.88 / Blending of Two Cultures within the internal Environment --- p.91 / Formalization and Standardization --- p.92 / Input and Output Control --- p.93 / Strategic Consideration for Centralization --- p.94 / The Importanceof Planning for Change --- p.96 / APPENDIX / Chapter Appendix 1 : --- Good Manufacturing Practices --- p.98 / Chapter Appendix 2 : --- FDA's Requirement Checklist --- p.119 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.156

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_318507
Date January 1990
ContributorsMok, Shun-ha., Lau, Kim-tim., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Business Administration.
PublisherChinese University of Hong Kong
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, vii, 160 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
CoverageChina, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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