Question:
Select a recently published journal or conference proceedings on MOT. Read the article and provide a one page analysis in which you: 1. Briefly summarize the main thoughts of the author 2. List lessons learned from the article 3. Critically evaluate the lines of thoughts expressed by the author and indicate your agreement or disagreement with them. Rely on your own experience or previous readings

Answers:
1. Research was about a journal by spotlight on Cultural approaches to management. It had been discuss with Manfred Kets de Vries in conversation with Sarah Powell. The topic was about the interface between psychoanalysis/dynamic psychiatry and management, distinct organizational types, cultural approaches to management and life balance. He put two traditional reactions to a psychoanalyst: one group of people is drawn to them, hoping that the psychoanalyst or psychotherapist will bring salvation; the other avoids them fearing that such people can “see” through them. As a consultant when he start investigates an organization that is sick, the problem arises from the fact that behind every organization lays the shadow founder. When he go into an organization, he always looks at the dominant coalition and studies the personalities of the key players. He will find the “pain” both inside and outside the system – i:e double whammy. He mentions about how leadership styles differ according to culture in that country such as consensus style and more charismatic style in Anglo-Saxon and Latin countries and so on. The last point is the major challenges facing by organization now and in the future, the major concern is probably life balance. The pace may be stimulating but it also burns out these people very quickly. Another challenges mention by him, to do with the global dimension of organization. People need to become more “global-sensitive”.
2. Lesson that i can see from his journal was, when u need to change something first find the “pain” in all side so that u can see the situation that your need to handle and how to solve it. When such a difficult situation exists, usually it cannot be resolved by an insider because they cannot see the problem. At this time we need to recruit outsider who don’t have the kind relationship that makes it difficult to change certain situation. Also how leadership styles differ according to culture. It showed that how we need to know the culture first before we can approach anything so that it can be accept by the people.
3. For this Journal, I agreed with this phrase “I usually find the “pain” both inside and outside”. When we need to solve problem or issue first that we supposed to do is to find the main reason. Why it happens to be like that and what can be done. For this normally company will try to hired consultant who will overview the company and see where the main point of the problem occurred. If we use our own staff he/she will be in trouble because the kind relationship makes it difficult to change certain situation. This approaches had been using by most of the company and normally the result will be success.