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Strategic Pragmatism : The Culture of Singapore's Economics Development Board

by Lester Carl Thurow, Edgar H. Schein
$24.81
Strategic Pragmatism : The Culture of Singapore's Economics Development Board - Thryft
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Cultural secrets for economic miracles

Strategic Pragmatism offers a unique insight into the cultural history of the key institution that made Singapore's economic miracle possible. By examining the individual relationships and structure of the Economic Development Board (EDB), the author provides valuable lessons in good management and effective leadership. This book is recommended for anyone interested in cross-cultural understanding and the anatomy of Asian organizations.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Strategic Pragmatism : The Culture of Singapore's Economics Development Board

by Lester Carl Thurow, Edgar H. Schein
$24.81
ISBN: 9780262193672
Authors: Lester Carl Thurow, Edgar H. Schein
Publisher: Mit Pr
Date of Publication: 1996-06-17
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Business, Economics
Related Topics: Management, Leadership, Finance, Society, Social Science
Goodreads rating: 4.04
(rated by 24 readers)

Description

Per capita income in Singapore has gone from $500 to more than $20,000 in a little over twenty-five years. Edgar Schein, a social psychologist with a long and celebrated research interest in organizational studies, examines the cultural history of the key institution that spawned this economic miracle. Through interviews and full access to Singapore's Economic Development Board (EDB), Schein shows how economic development was successfully promoted. He delves into the individual relationships and the overall structure that contributed to the EDB's effectiveness in propelling Singapore, one of Asia's "little dragons" into the modern era. In his foreword, Lester Thurow locates Schein's organizational and case-specific account within a larger economic and comparative framework. Over a period of two years, Schein studied how the EDB was created, the kind of leadership it provided, the management structure it used, the human resource policies it pursued, and how it influenced other organizations within the Singapore government. Schein sat in on EDB meetings and extensively interviewed current and former members of the board, Singapore's leaders who created the board, and businesspeople who have dealt with the board. His book intertwines the perspective of the board's members and its investor clients in an analysis that uses both organization and cross-cultural theory. Although there are currently studies of comparable Japanese and Korean organizations, this is the first detailed analysis of the internal structure and functioning of the economic development body of Singapore, a key player in the Asian and world markets.
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Cultural secrets for economic miracles

Strategic Pragmatism offers a unique insight into the cultural history of the key institution that made Singapore's economic miracle possible. By examining the individual relationships and structure of the Economic Development Board (EDB), the author provides valuable lessons in good management and effective leadership. This book is recommended for anyone interested in cross-cultural understanding and the anatomy of Asian organizations.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.