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Suzhou Good-Ark Electronics: Creating and Implementing a Sage Culture

By: Sandra J. Sucher, Nien-he Hsieh, Susan J. Winterberg, Nancy Hua Dai and Shalene Gupta
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Abstract

Suzhou Good-Ark, a Chinese semiconductor implemented "Sage Culture" management based on traditional Chinese philosophy. Productivity doubled, turnover decreased, and employee satisfaction shot up. By 2015, more than 2,000 companies had toured Wu’s factories, and Wu had established a small consortium of companies that trained with Wu to implement Sage Culture management in their own companies. However, as Sage Culture drew heavily on the Chinese culture, would it work outside of Good-Ark and outside of China? Moreover, since Wu required the business leaders who joined the consortium to make a personal commitment to transforming themselves, would it be a worthwhile investment? Tjioe Ka In, Executive Director of Tung Lok Group based in Singapore, would have to evaluate whether to adopt this style of management in her own company.

Keywords

Leadership Philosophy; Leadership; Management Style; Organizational Culture; Transformation; Performance; Semiconductor Industry; China; Singapore

Citation

Sucher, Sandra J., Nien-he Hsieh, Susan J. Winterberg, Nancy Hua Dai, and Shalene Gupta. "Suzhou Good-Ark Electronics: Creating and Implementing a Sage Culture." Harvard Business School Case 321-085, June 2021. (Revised December 2021.)
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Sandra J. Sucher

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Nien-he Hsieh

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