3. 3. Controlled GrowthControlled Growth
Mature overseas marketMature overseas market
Focus on structure and Focus on structure and
management practicesmanagement practices
Emphasis on controlling Emphasis on controlling
overseasoverseas
Moving to low cost Moving to low cost
productionproduction
4 : Strategic Integration4 : Strategic Integration
Local responsivenessLocal responsiveness
Interdependencies of resources & Interdependencies of resources &
responsibilities responsibilities
Increasing influence of foreign Increasing influence of foreign
employeesemployees
Organisation death or ExtinctionOrganisation death or Extinction
Pursuit of stability and avoidance of Pursuit of stability and avoidance of
uncertaintyuncertainty
Programming and reluctance to deviate from Programming and reluctance to deviate from
programprogram
Inability to innovateInability to innovate
Incapacity to appraise their own performanceIncapacity to appraise their own performance
Executive’s narrow and parochial view of Executive’s narrow and parochial view of
external realityexternal reality
Resist change even environment threatens for Resist change even environment threatens for
extinctionextinction
Defined as “Organisation slack” by one scholarDefined as “Organisation slack” by one scholar
Sick unitSick unit
Teleological theoriesTeleological theories
According to this theory According to this theory
Goal is the final cause for guiding Goal is the final cause for guiding
movement of an entitymovement of an entity
This underlies other organization This underlies other organization
theories like functionalism, decision-theories like functionalism, decision-
making, adaptive learning & model of making, adaptive learning & model of
strategic planning and goal settingstrategic planning and goal setting
Development of an organization entity Development of an organization entity
proceeds toward a goal or an end proceeds toward a goal or an end
state.state.
Human actions are purposiveHuman actions are purposive
The entity is purposeful and The entity is purposeful and
adaptive by itself or interaction with adaptive by itself or interaction with
othersothers
The entity constructs an envisioned The entity constructs an envisioned
state, takes action to reach it, and state, takes action to reach it, and
monitors the progress.monitors the progress.
Therefore development process Therefore development process
entails the repetitive sequence of entails the repetitive sequence of
goal formulation, implementation, goal formulation, implementation,
evaluation and modification of goalsevaluation and modification of goals