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East Asian and American Perspectives On Thinking Strategically: The Leopard and His Spots
Author(s) -
Napier Nancy K.,
Albert Martha S.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
asia pacific journal of human resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1744-7941
pISSN - 1038-4111
DOI - 10.1177/103841119002800404
Subject(s) - conceptualization , politics , value (mathematics) , strategic thinking , east asia , sociology , leopard , political science , management , strategic planning , economics , ecology , law , china , machine learning , artificial intelligence , computer science , biology
Thinking strategically—holding broad and long term perspectives—is an implicit value of Western management Yet its conceptualization may vary across cultures. Interviews with 52 executives in the U.S., South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan, suggested three dimensions which appear to vary across countries. Environmental, economic and political factors, cultural traditions, history, and a society's philosophical assumptions appear to undergird its approach to strategic thinking.