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Discuss The Organizational Structure Of Samsung

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Hofstede’s study indicated that South Korea is a high power distance country which can be reflected in the organizational structure of Samsung. Prior to the acquisition, power distance in the workplace is high because there are ten hierarchical titles in Samsung. In this centralized organizational structure, there will be a large gap in the relationship between management and employees. Most decision and made by management who tends to have greater power and authority over the decision-making process and employees are expected to respect their manager. In contrast, Sweden is a low power distance country and value egalitarian. Therefore, after acquiring Samsung, Volvo flattens their organization structure by reducing the hierarchy from ten to three which consist of executives, managers and staff members, in order to identify employee by their jobs instead of by their titles.

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