Dear all,
Here are some pointers on American management. Consider the followings:
(1) The first business school in the world - Wharton, Univerity of Pennsylvania, 1881; and
(2) London Business School, 1965.
By 1950, business education in the USA was a mass phenomenon and a matured one.Consider the fact that management in the USA is influenced by the America's very own world view, which include, for example:(i) active (and proactive); (ii) oriented to current times; (iii)the belief that human being can and must shape his/her future; (iv)equality of opportunity; (v) efficiency driven.
As such, American tend to: (i) be aware; (ii) work-out-how; (iii) formulate, wherever possible; (iv) teach, or pass it on. Consequently, Americans invented, for instance; (i) mass production; (ii) marketing; (iii) corporate strategy.
The USA in particular, had monopoly over (i) creative management thought; and (ii) effective and efficient management practices; (iii) management theory & practices which are all universal.
Do you agree that, currently such views are considered by many? That, they are:
(i) ethnocentric, i.e the belief that one's cultural views and customs are superiorto all others; and (ii) parochial, i.e a narrow view of world and inability to recognise differences in people. Take this for example: in the area of language, the unwillingness of native English speakers to learn other languages.
Think about that. I'll get back to you later. Have fun reading.
