Abstract
Starting from descriptions of observed behaviour, we have offered a variety of explanations for the differences between British and German managers. These explanations have ranged from individual differences in function, career and educational background, to contextual differences in technology, management systems, organizational structure, and institutions. Having considered these, it makes it easier to explore the possible cultural explanations for the differences we found in managers’ views and behaviour.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Notes
Bertrand Russell, Outline of Philosophy (New York: Norton, 1927).
Laurent, André, ‘A Cultural View of Organizational Change’ in Paul Evans et al. (eds) Human Resource Management in International Firms (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1989) p. 91.
Geert Hofstede, Culture’s Consequences (Beverly Hills, California: Sage, 1980).
Peter Lawrence, ‘In Another Country’ in Alan Bryman (ed.) Doing Research in Organizations (London: Routledge, 1988) p. 104.
John Mole, Mind your Manners (London: The Industrial Society, 1990) p. 44.
Nigel Cope, ‘In Search of Euroman’, Management Today (June 1992, pp. 50–3) p. 50.
Geert Hofstede, ‘Motivation, Leadership, and Organization: Do American Theories Apply Abroad’, Organizational Dynamics (Summer 1980, pp. 42–63) p. 55.
Mole, Mind your Manners, 1990, p. 43.
Geert Hofstede, Cultures and Organizations (Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill, 1991) p. 142.
Mole, Mind your Manners,1990, p. 42.
Christel Lane, Management and Labour in Europe (Aldershot: Edward Elgar, 1989) p. 99.
Hofstede, Cultures and Organizations, 1991, p. 52.
Alistair Mant, The Rise and Fall of the British Manager (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1977) p. 65.
Robert T. Moran and Michael Johnson, ‘Great Britain: Europe’s Eccentrics’, in Cultural Guide to Doing Business in Europe (London: Butterworth/Heinemann, 1991) pp. 43–8.
Mole, Mind Your Manners, 1990, p. 43.
Peter Lawrence, Managers and Management in West Germany (London: Croom Helm, 1980) p. 98.
Lane, Management and Labour,1989, p. 99.
Arndt Sorge and Malcolm Warner, Comparative Factory Organisation (Aldershot: Gower, 1986) p. 125.
Lane, Management and Labour,1989, p. 99.
Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson, The One-Minute Manager (London: Willow Books, 1983).
Lane, Management and Labour,1989, p. 99.
Abraham Maslow, Motivation and Personality (New York: Harper, 1954).
Frederick Herzberg, Work and the Nature of Man (Cleveland: World Publishing Co., 1966).
Melville Dalton, Men Who Manage (New York: John Wiley, 1959).
Hofstede, Cultures and Organizations, 1991, p. 63.
Bedeian, Arthur G., ‘A Comparison and Analysis of German and US Managerial Attitudes Towards the Legitimacy of Organizational Influence’, Academy of Management Journal (1975, vol.18, no. 4, pp. 897–904) p. 902.
Mant, The Rise and Fall of the British Manager, 1977, p. 79.
R. Meredith Belbin, Management Teams: Why They Succeed or Fail (London: Heinemann, 1981)..
Copyright information
© 1994 Rosemary Stewart
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Stewart, R., Barsoux, JL., Kieser, A., Ganter, HD., Walgenbach, P. (1994). Management and Value Systems. In: Managing in Britain and Germany. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23584-1_8
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23584-1_8
Publisher Name: Palgrave, London
Print ISBN: 978-1-349-23586-5
Online ISBN: 978-1-349-23584-1
eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management CollectionBusiness and Management (R0)