Leadership in Action: In Focus - Organizational Changes—A Tale of Three Countries

DIFFERENT TRENDS

Although these three themes emerged in the research in all three countries, the nature of the events and the lessons learned varied among the countries. Therefore the effects of the pace and the scope of organizational changes on the development of managers may be different. The China study identified developmental experiences among managers similar to those found in a recent study of CEOs in the United States. However, some trends found in the China and India studies were different from those found in the U.S. research.

Strategic and structural changes contributed greatly to Chinese and U.S. managers' learning but not much to ...