Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.20867/thm.2.1.16
Management approaches - similarities and differences between American and Croatian managers
Pere Sikavica
; Faculty of Economics, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The results of management functioning investigations in American and Croatian companies are presented in this paper, with the special focus on similarities and differences between two management approaches.
The conclusions and information we have reached in this work are based on the direct survey of 231 managers from 25 Croatian companies and 77 managers from 12 US companies.
In the paper the basic data on managers, according to the survey, are presented, such as: their sex structure, age structure, level of education, level of management. The emphasis of the research has been directed on management approaches.
Besides management approaches, some more management aspects, which have significantly influenced management approaches, are deal with in the work. It is firstly related to the knowledge and skills which might be possessed by managers, because management approaches depend a great deal on managers’ knowledge and skill level. Management approaches are also influenced by desirable and undesirable treats of managers as well as by their willingness and unwillingness to delegate tasks. The way a manager organises time influence his management approach, but it is also a consequence of particular management approach.
According to my research it is possible to conclude that Croatian managers do not differ greatly from their American colleagues.
Keywords
Management approaches; Management; Manager; Management level; Leadership approaches; Expertise and skills of managers; Skills of managers; Desirable traits of managers; Undesirable traits of managers; Delegating; Authority; Responsibility; Autocratic leadership approach; Democratic leadership approach; Participative leadership approach; Decision making
Hrčak ID:
182514
URI
Publication date:
30.7.1996.
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