Evaluation Alternative Strategy

Advantages Disadvantages
The company should allow
Higgins to use Japanese
executive style in daily
operations.
This would help the company to
maintain a good relationship with its
government ofcials, customers and the
most important is the employees as
most of them are local Japanese
workers. Besides that, with allowing
Higgins to use Japanese executive style,
this can increase the satisfaction of the
employees. This is because Higgins
very close to those Japanese workers
and even spent his considerable time
listening to the personal problems of his
subordinates. n this situation, Higgins
also can some advises to !rescott on
the company policies and ideas as he is
more understand to the Japanese
workers and culture.

"llowing Higgins to use Japanese
executive style might be able to lead
the dissatisfaction of employees with
existing policy which installed by
!rescott, that involved a move away
from basing promotions on seniority
and toward basing them on superior#s
evaluations of subordinates. This would
also cause an unfairness situation
occurred, as Higgins are close to the
Japanese workers, it might have some
pre$udice or bias on his decision when
things go wrong. n other hand, this
might lead a company internal con%ict
too. "s !rescott believe that the
company#s real contribution to Japanese
society was in introducing new ideas
and innovations. However, Higgins
thinks another way, he want to improve
the &ugly "merica' image because he
don#t believe that anything from (nited
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+tates are universally right and
applicable, especially in Japan.
The company has to change
Higgins position in the company.
,hanging Higgins# position in the
company can create a limitation on
Higgins# authority or power in company
daily administration. This can reduce
the con%ict between Higgins and
!rescott and help the company. Besides
that, changing the position of Higgins
would not waste his talent and
knowledge. Higgins still can apply his
Japanese executive style in lower
management level.
The changing of Higgins# position may
cause him demotivate and feel
disappoint to the company. Higgins
might think that the top management
does not believe on him anymore and
he might consider others companies#
o-er as there are several companies in
Japan o-ers him a $ob. Besides that,
Higgins might felt o-ended on the
change. "s Higgins are holding a strong
belief on Japanese culture, he might feel
himself had been humiliated. This is
because the changing of his position
means that the company does not
believe on him and his ability on
handling and solving problem.
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The company should have a
conversation with Higgins
The company should have a
conversation with Higgins. Through this
conversation, it might be able to create
a consensus and understanding
between Higgins and !rescott.
,ompany might integrate its
management culture by merge the
"merican and Japanese executive style
together. /therwise, the company may
continue its "merican executive style
by not polishing the Higgins# Japanese
executive style. Besides that, a good
conversation might enhance Higgins
and !rescott performance and lead the
company to success.
Higgins might not accept the
explanation. This may cause the
situation become even worse.
0oreover, a poor conversation not only
cannot help to solve the problem but
also may cause Higgins to leave the
company. Based on Higgins
performance, he is certainly having the
potential to become the most
dangerous enemy for 1eaver
!harmaceutical.
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