A Study on Taiwanese Management Style at Taiwanese-invested Companiesin Southern Vietnam

• Main Authors: Nguyen-quang Vinh, 阮光榮
• Other Authors: Ron Chuen Yeh
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/49598454542050601586

碩士 === 美和技術學院 === 經營管理研究所 === 94 === In recent years, Taiwan has become one of the largest foreign investors in Vietnam with over 1,400 projects, worth about US$ 7.7 billion. The place has been considered as an attractive and favorite long-term investment place for Taiwanese entrepreneurs. Appraising the effectiveness of management of Taiwanese business operations in Vietnam has become a significant interest not only to Taiwanese businessmen who have invested in Vietnam but also to Vietnamese government officers as well as to academic business students. With the aim of helping Taiwanese entrepreneurs to find out appropriate management style, the purposes of the study was to understand the perceptions of Vietnamese middle managers towards the current Taiwanese management style at Taiwanese-invested companies in southern Vietnam and then, supply suggestions for the improvement of the management. In-depth interviews were conducted to 10 Vietnamese middle managers; Mail survey was done with self-administered questionnaires sent to 300 addressed Taiwanese-invested companies in southern Vietnam. Results of statistical analysis showed that Vietnamese middle managers satisfied the current Taiwanese management style although the satisfaction level was not high. Furthermore, some relationships between demographic factors and satisfaction level were explored and suggestions for improvement of the management style were made. Taiwanese-invested companies can see the implication of this study as reference for the development of their managerial strategies in Vietnam.