ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the impact made on existing managerial policies and attitudes, as a direct result of their purchase, or part-purchase by an American concern. Management meetings in the US at which the appropriate departmental heads attend will put forward to the managing director a rather different picture than that presented by their counterparts in the UK Thus, to keep abreast with the latest managerial and production methods the managing director of the subsidiary must ensure a constant flow of information from America for his departmental managers. Many of the Anglo-American Productivity Team Reports have attached particular importance to the role of production planning and control in American company organization. In relation to the UK industry, US financed firms are well-renowned for their generous wages policies. The fixing of wage rates and the type of incentive system operated are a reflection of the production methods employed in the factory, and the type of markets served.
