The complexities of perceived and empirical reality on environmental performance: Industrial case studies in china, Lithuania and Poland

The culture of a company is often cited as the basis for how well that company performs both economically and environmentally. This can also lead to the development and adoption of generic management approaches that fail to adequately acknowledge the existence of multiple cultures within the organi...

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Main Authors: John H. S. Craig, Mark Lemon
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Language:English
Published: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University 2010-03-01
Series:Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management
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spelling doaj-aaebcdab38a8438d9ecb620d0fdbde532021-07-02T05:44:25ZengVilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityJournal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management1648-68971822-41992010-03-0118110.3846/jeelm.2010.08The complexities of perceived and empirical reality on environmental performance: Industrial case studies in china, Lithuania and PolandJohn H. S. Craig0Mark Lemon1Girac (Consultants) Limited, The Wilderness, Old Forge Lane, Preston Capes, NN11 3TD, UKInstitute of Energy and Sustainable Development, De Montfort University, Leicester, LE1 9BH, UK The culture of a company is often cited as the basis for how well that company performs both economically and environmentally. This can also lead to the development and adoption of generic management approaches that fail to adequately acknowledge the existence of multiple cultures within the organization or the potential disjuncture between how performance is perceived by personnel and any attempts to measure that performance in an ‘objective’ manner. This failure to respond to the complexity of multiple cultures and perceived performance and the instigation of over‐arching management systems can discourage constructive dissent and hinder the related capacity for innovation and improvement. This paper draws upon research into the level of congruence between perceived and objective measures of environmental performance in thirteen factories from the heavy industrial sector in China and Eastern Europe. It presents findings that suggest managerial interactions, both laterally and vertically, are mediated by socio‐cultural networks within and between family, community and workplace, resulting in a high level of unbounded complexity that influences the alignment between perceived and objective environmental realities. Santrauka Imones kultūra dažnai siejama su imones ekonominiu ir aplinkosauginiu veiksmingumu. Tai veda prie bendru valdymo principu pletojimo ir taikymo, tačiau šie principai nepakankamai ivertina organizacijoje egzistuojančias daugialypes kultūras arba galima atskirti tarp darbuotoju suvokiamo aplinkosauginio veiksmingumo ir bandymu ji “objektyviai” išmatuoti. Straipsnyje pateiktas tyrimas susijes su isivaizduojamu ir objektyviu aplinkosauginio veiksmingumo priemoniu palyginimu trylikoje Kinijos ir Rytu Europos sunkiosios pramones imoniu. Rezultatai irode, kad ir horizontalusis, ir vertikalusis vadovavimo principas yra veikiami socialiniu‐kultūriniu ryšiu šeimose, bendruomenese ir darbo aplinkoje, todel neišvengiamai lemia sudetinguma lyginant suvokiama ir objektyvia aplinkos apsaugos realybe. Резюме Культура предприятия зачастую оценивается на основании экономической и природоохранной действенности предприятия. Это способствует развитию и приспособлению общих принципов управления, однако эти принципы в недостаточной степени оценивают многогранную культуру, царящую в организации. Можно различить понимаемую работниками природоохранную действенность и попытки объективно ее измерить. Представленное в статье исследование направлено на сравнение своеобразно понимаемых и объективных природоохранных мер на тринадцати предприятиях тяжелой промышленности в Китае и Восточной Европе. Результаты показали, что как горизонтальный, так и вертикальный принципы руководства действенны в семьях, обществах и рабочей среде с социально-культурными связями, поэтому обусловлены сложностями, оказывающими воздействие на объективную природоохранную реальность. First Published Online: 14 Oct 2010 Ключевые слова: сложность, культура, реальность, язык, иерархия. Reikšminiai žodžiai: sudetingumas, kultūra, realybe, kalba, hierarchija https://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/JEELM/article/view/6070complexityculturerealitieslanguagehierarchy
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title_short The complexities of perceived and empirical reality on environmental performance: Industrial case studies in china, Lithuania and Poland
title_full The complexities of perceived and empirical reality on environmental performance: Industrial case studies in china, Lithuania and Poland
title_fullStr The complexities of perceived and empirical reality on environmental performance: Industrial case studies in china, Lithuania and Poland
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description The culture of a company is often cited as the basis for how well that company performs both economically and environmentally. This can also lead to the development and adoption of generic management approaches that fail to adequately acknowledge the existence of multiple cultures within the organization or the potential disjuncture between how performance is perceived by personnel and any attempts to measure that performance in an ‘objective’ manner. This failure to respond to the complexity of multiple cultures and perceived performance and the instigation of over‐arching management systems can discourage constructive dissent and hinder the related capacity for innovation and improvement. This paper draws upon research into the level of congruence between perceived and objective measures of environmental performance in thirteen factories from the heavy industrial sector in China and Eastern Europe. It presents findings that suggest managerial interactions, both laterally and vertically, are mediated by socio‐cultural networks within and between family, community and workplace, resulting in a high level of unbounded complexity that influences the alignment between perceived and objective environmental realities. Santrauka Imones kultūra dažnai siejama su imones ekonominiu ir aplinkosauginiu veiksmingumu. Tai veda prie bendru valdymo principu pletojimo ir taikymo, tačiau šie principai nepakankamai ivertina organizacijoje egzistuojančias daugialypes kultūras arba galima atskirti tarp darbuotoju suvokiamo aplinkosauginio veiksmingumo ir bandymu ji “objektyviai” išmatuoti. Straipsnyje pateiktas tyrimas susijes su isivaizduojamu ir objektyviu aplinkosauginio veiksmingumo priemoniu palyginimu trylikoje Kinijos ir Rytu Europos sunkiosios pramones imoniu. Rezultatai irode, kad ir horizontalusis, ir vertikalusis vadovavimo principas yra veikiami socialiniu‐kultūriniu ryšiu šeimose, bendruomenese ir darbo aplinkoje, todel neišvengiamai lemia sudetinguma lyginant suvokiama ir objektyvia aplinkos apsaugos realybe. Резюме Культура предприятия зачастую оценивается на основании экономической и природоохранной действенности предприятия. Это способствует развитию и приспособлению общих принципов управления, однако эти принципы в недостаточной степени оценивают многогранную культуру, царящую в организации. Можно различить понимаемую работниками природоохранную действенность и попытки объективно ее измерить. Представленное в статье исследование направлено на сравнение своеобразно понимаемых и объективных природоохранных мер на тринадцати предприятиях тяжелой промышленности в Китае и Восточной Европе. Результаты показали, что как горизонтальный, так и вертикальный принципы руководства действенны в семьях, обществах и рабочей среде с социально-культурными связями, поэтому обусловлены сложностями, оказывающими воздействие на объективную природоохранную реальность. First Published Online: 14 Oct 2010 Ключевые слова: сложность, культура, реальность, язык, иерархия. Reikšminiai žodžiai: sudetingumas, kultūra, realybe, kalba, hierarchija
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