The Samsung Way: Transformational Management Strategies from the World Leader in Innovation and Design

PART FOUR

SAMSUNG-STYLE PARADOX MANAGEMENT AND THE FUTURE OF THE SAMSUNG WAY

Part One discussed some of the reasons why Samsung’s management deserves in-depth analysis and explained Samsung’s process of growth and transformation. Part Two provided an analysis of Chairman Lee Kun-Hee’s leadership and Samsung’s corporate governance structure and management systems. Part Three examined Samsung’s core competencies, including speed, synergy through convergence, and evolutionary innovation, and explained how these arose out of its management systems. Part Three also identified the culture, infrastructure, and mechanisms that underlie Samsung’s core competencies, and explained how they gave Samsung a competitive advantage.

Part Four will reexamine the ...