Research On Military Style Management Practices In Enterprises

Today, with the rising cost of energy, materials, manpower, etc., thetraditional comparative advantage of Chinese enterprises is disappearing.Under conditions of globalization, the competition between enterprises reliesmore on management capability. Therefore, how to improve the managementlevel, thereby enhancing the competitiveness of enterprises becomes anunavoidable problem ahead of the managers. Known for its high executiveperformances, the military style management always attracts the eyesight ofall managers.Coming from the military administration, the military style managementapplies the ideas, method, mode, means and experience from the militaryfield to other management areas. But compared from the organizationfeatures and management style，many significant differences exist between the military and enterprises. Whether the military style management that isapplicable to the military can be used for enterprises caused a lot debates.However, it is undeniable that some military management concepts, methodsare indeed valuable to be learned from for business management.Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. is a successful private corporation ofhigh-tech industry in China, meanwhile, it is a typical corporation thatpractices military style management. Its military style management practices,which lasted more than20years, produced much successful experiencetogether with a lot of failures. As an industry leader now, Huawei’s militarystyle management is facing reform.Research on Huawei’s military style management is carried out in thisthesis. Successful experience and lesson of failure are summed up followedby some improvement measures targeted the current management dilemma.