Manufacturing strategy formulation, leadership style and organizational culture in small and medium-sized enterprises
Journal article, 2016

This study encourages an increased focus on managerial and organizational issues in manufacturing strategy formulation. The study investigates the relationship between manufacturing strategy formulation, leadership style and organizational culture in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Manufacturing strategy formulation is studied in three cases, and it is found that the formulation is different in each case. Leadership style is more visible than organizational culture in manufacturing strategy formulation in the case companies. Due to the small number of employees in SMEs, the top manager’s decisions influence the whole organization and the organizational culture. The leadership style and organizational culture are closely aligned in SMEs due to the managers and to the centralized decision making.

formulation

small firms

Manufacturing strategy

SMEs

organizational culture

leadership style

process

Author

Malin E S Löfving

Kristina Säfsten

Mats Winroth

Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Supply and Operations Management

Published in

International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management

1368-2148 (ISSN) 1741-5195 (eISSN)

Vol. 30Issue 5p. 306-325

Categorizing

Subject Categories

Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics

Driving Forces

Sustainable development

Areas of Advance

Production

Identifiers

DOI

10.1504/IJMTM.2016.078918

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