Power and Control in Chinese Private Enterprises : Organizational Design in the Taiwanese Media Industry

by Schlevogt, Kai-Alexander

• ISBN13: 9781581120332
• ISBN10: 1581120338
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-12-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(4)
Overall structure of dissertation	1	(2)
Definitions	3	(2)
Research design	5	(15)
The research objectives	5	(1)
The research object	6	(3)
The research question	9	(1)
The research hypothesis	10	(2)
Methodology	12	(8)
Field Research	12	(1)
Standardised Personal Interviews	12	(4)
Personal In-Depth Interviews	16	(1)
Work Experience at Trans-World	17	(1)
Desk Research	18	(1)
Literature on organisational design	18	(1)
Documents relating to ``Trans-World'' and its external environment	19	(1)
Review of existing literature and knowledge	20	(15)
Research results	35	(30)
The exogenous variables	36	(26)
Internal factors influencing (de-)centralisation	36	(1)
Specialisation	36	(1)
Staff functions	37	(1)
Span of control	37	(1)
Incentives	38	(1)
Motivation	39	(1)
Discretion (no rules)	39	(1)
Hierarchy	40	(1)
Teamwork	41	(1)
Interdependence	41	(1)
Matrix	42	(1)
Complexity inside Trans-World	42	(1)
Non-routine work	43	(1)
Bounded rationality	43	(1)
Taxation of information processing	44	(2)
Performance measurement	46	(1)
Control loss (postcontractual opportunism)	46	(3)
Asset-specific investment	49	(1)
Trust	50	(1)
Culture	51	(1)
Competence of management	52	(1)
Competence of workforce	53	(1)
Employee satisfaction	54	(1)
Local knowledge (information asymmetries)	55	(1)
Project work	56	(1)
Levels	57	(1)
Depth	57	(1)
External factors influencing (de-)centralisation	58	(1)
Uncertainty	58	(1)
Complexity outside Trans-World	59	(1)
Competition	59	(3)
The endogenous variable	62	(3)
Conclusions	65	(29)
Analysis of research results	65	(6)
Interpretation and explanation of research results	71	(12)
Evaluation of research results	83	(8)
Normative Recommendations	91	(3)
Research problems, limitations and outlook	94	(6)
Potential problems	94	(2)
Limitations	96	(2)
Outlook: The research agenda	98	(2)
Summary	100	(3)
Bibliography/References	103	(3)
Contract theory	103	(1)
Organisational Dynamics	103	(1)
Transaction Cost Theory	103	(1)
Principal - Agent - Theory	103	(1)
Decentralisation	104	(1)
Behavioural Theory of the Firm	104	(1)
Incrementalist and Political Approach to Decision-Making and Strategy	104	(1)
Evolutionary Theory of the Firm	105	(1)
Trans-World	105	(1)
Others	105	(1)
Appendix	106	(34)
Regression analysis (tentative)	106	(4)
Questionnaire translated into English with frequency distributions	110	(19)
Questionnaire in Chinese	129	(11)
Glossary	140	(11)
Index	151