Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Ltd (MEI) Award winner Prize Winner Case Solution
Abstract:
Explains a few of the management and organisational obstacles of Matsushita - among Japan's most effective multinationals - as it aims to react to modifications in the tactical requirements of its various services. The case highlights a few of the issues being dealt with by timeless "worldwide" business, who increase effectiveness through an extremely centralised modus operandi, and the troubles that are experienced by these business in establishing a more "global" technique of optimising effectiveness, versatility and development at the exact same time.
Pedagogical Goals:
To use a reasonably abundant getting to know of the internal working of a Japanese international, and of the strengths and vulnerabilities of this particular modus operandi; to check out the restrictions of a unidimensional technique based simply on attaining the greatest possible effectiveness and the requirement for international business to pursue worldwide performance, nationwide responsiveness, and around the world teaming and developments at the same time; to analyze the difficulties of handling organisational and tactical modification in big and varied multinationals as they aim to end up being more "global' in their technique.
This is just an excerpt. This case is about Strategy
published: 01 Jan 1987
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