Evaluation of management style changes at a large pulp and paper mill

Abstract

In recent years, the employees of a major American pulp and paper manufacturer have begun to notice a marked change in the company's style of management. The changes have occurred since the company formerly part of a closely held stock corporation based in the United Kingdom, broke away from the parent organization and formed a separate US stock corporation. The changes also coincide, however, with a general rise in employee empowerment in American industry and with a burgeoning global marketplace. The results of a survey of the causes and effects of the changes in management styles are discussed. The goal of the survey was to determine whether the changes are a result of differences between American management styles and British management styles, a result of the general trend in American management styles, or some combination of the two.<>