Designing an Efficient Management System : Modeling of Convergence Factors Exemplified by the Case of Japanese Businesses in Thailand

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Contributions to Management Science; Designing an Efficient Management System; Copyright page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; Background of the Study: Efficiency in Cross-Cultural International Business Management; Contribution to Knowledge; Statement of Significance; Scope of the Study; Aim of the Study; Specific Aims; Research Questions and Hypotheses; Methodology; Structure of the Book; Summary; Chapter 2: Literature Review; Introduction

Part 1: The Differences in Management Practices Across Cultures and the Needs for Adaptation and AcceptanceEfficient Management; Efficient Cross-Cultural Business Management Practices: Need and Principles; Japanese Management Practices; Quality Control Circles; Job Rotation; Seniority Systems; Lifetime Employment; Consensual Decision-Making; Bottom-Up Communication; Thai Management Style; Relationship-Oriented; Hierarchy; Decision-Making; Leadership; Harmony; Possibility of Applying Japanese Management Practices in Thailand; Japanese Management Practices in Other Countries

Normative Management Practices of Japanese in ThailandPossibility of Thai Subordinates´ Performance after Modifying Japanese Management Practice; Reasons for Adaptation; Part 2: Factors Influencing Adaptation and Acceptance of Management Practices; Change Management; Resistance to Change; Why People Work or Do Not Work in Organizations; Economic Models of Organizational Behavior; Social Models of Behavior; The Theory of Reasoned Action; The Role of Work Motivation in Organizations; Conceptualization of the Need to Change; The Factors for Changes; Vision; Structure; Rewards; Resource Supports

RelationshipsLeadership; Limitations of Weisbord´s Six-Box Model; Limitations of the Literature; Summary; Chapter 3: Theoretical Framework; Introduction; Theoretical Background: An Efficient Management System; Theoretical Framework; Hypotheses Development: Convergence Factors; Vision; Leadership; Structure; Reward; Relationship; Resources Support; Acceptance and Adaptation; Summary; Chapter 4: Methodology, Research Process, and Computer Programs; Introduction; Research Process-Design and Methodology; Literature Search; Research Design; Quantitative Research; Survey Methodology

Cross-Sectional Survey ResearchMailing Questionnaire Survey; Unit of Analysis; Questionnaire Development; Scaling Decision; Item Adoption; Vision; Leadership; Resource Support; Reward; Structuring for Change; Relationship; Adaptation; Acceptance; Japanese Management Practices; Demographic Questions; Pre-Test; Reliability; Validity; Population, Sampling Size and Procedures; Population; Sampling Design; Data Collection Procedures; Data Preparation Prior to Analysis; Test of Normality; Data Analysis; Descriptive Analysis

Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling (SEM): Methods, Computerized Methods and Computer Program

10.1007/978-3-7908-2372-1 [DOI]

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