A study of the Chinese shipyard management control system.
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Authors
McDonald, David Michael
Subjects
Peoples Republic of China
shipyard
management control
shipyard
management control
Advisors
Euske, K.J.
Suchan, J.E.
Date of Issue
1987-09
Date
September 1987
Publisher
Language
en_US
Abstract
This paper traces the evolution of the Chinese shipyard management control
system. The paper starts with a presentation of the current control system in use in
Chinese shipyards. Next an explanation of how this control system evolved is offered
using the- institutional and resource dependency perspectives. From 1947 until 1980
when China produced ships for domestic use only, a resource dependency perspective
provides a good explanation of the shaping of the control system. When China shifted
to export production in 1981, however, it is necessary to shift to an institutional
perspective to present the most accurate portrayal of the control system's evolution.
Finally, the paper points out that the shipbuilding organization's goals have again
changed, and proposes that a resource dependency perspective best explains recent
control system changes. The paper also predicts this perspective to hold for future
control system development.
Type
Thesis
Description
Series/Report No
Department
Administrative Sciences
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
Sponsors
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Format
110 p.
Citation
Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Rights
This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.