A Perspective on the Impact of the Thai Cultural Structure on Organizational Management Functions
Keywords:
Leadership, Management Functions, Organizing, Planning, Thai CultureAbstract
This paper attempts to provide an explanation on why the Thai culture has an impact on the organizational management functions with regards to the Thai cultural structure of nationality, social setting, and Buddhist religious belief. Organizations in Thailand could not exist on its own as they have to realize that in order for them to carry out their goal and mission perspectives, they need to be part of structure that expects them to operate in an industrial environment that accepts outside influence and making some indirect accommodation to meet those expectations. Organizational management functions with the procedures in planning, controlling, organizing, and leading are emphasized in the prism of the cultural forces that working individuals live alongside which becomes part of their everyday life and living. Planning, organizing, leading, and controlling are not just about supporting the strategy in which the organization is committed to reaching its goal. For Thai management, the important thing is to have the values asserted from lives outside of the workplace be a part of how the organization functions. While updated organizational management theories are interesting to study about, the reality of managerial practice in Thailand is to ensure that the cultural structure is visible and accepted by the Thai workers. In this way, no one feels alienated and the practical theories are doing more good than harm for the organization to keep growing forward.
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