This analysis of key defining aspects of management style, practice and values in the USA, draws on interviews and observations from a range of organizations across America.Peter Lawrence begins by considering some broad contextual characteristics of economy and society in the United States, and their general relationship to American business. He then considers a number of specific themes which he argues are central to understanding management in the United States. These include values of differentiated individualism, free speech and self interest, and proactivity. Lawrence explores ways in which such values are reflected in US managers′ motivations and practices, notably in their strong strategic and systems orientations. He also examines US-style industrial relations and personnel management. The book concludes with a discussion of the factors which may account for the relative economic decline of the US in recent decades in the increasingly competitive world of `globalizing′ business.
- ISBN10 0803978324
- ISBN13 9780803978324
- Publish Date 21 December 1995 (first published 18 December 1995)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 September 2020
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Sage Publications Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 160
- Language English