Summary Fons Trompenaars Talk - People in Business and Society

Monday 10 October 2016

Lecture 11 - Fons Trompenaars
Organisational Cultural Change

• Corporate Culture Model

Guided Missile
(Task Oriented/Egalitarian) Strategy, Management by Objectives (MBO), Pay for
Performance. E.g. America

Family
(Person Oriented/Hierarchal) Network, Management by subjectives (MBS),
Promotion/Power. E.g. Japan

Eiffel Tower
(Task Oriented/Hierarchal) Structure, Manage by Job Description (MBJD),
Expertise. E.g. Germany

Incubator
(Person Oriented/Egalitarian) Organised Chaos, Manage by Passion, Learning. E.g.
Start-up firms

• Management by Objective
"Give individuals a task"

• Management by Subjectives
"Do things to please the boss, show him respect"

• Leadership Crisis - from intention to invention (Incubator)
Every company goes through this phase, start-ups

1. Leading participating employees vs respect for authority
2. Team spirit vs individual creativity
3. Lord, servant, or servant leader

Strengths: Creative, Flexible
Weakness: Anarchy, Chaos

• Crisis of Autonomy - from intention to invasion (Family)
Every company needs a family


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