Organizational diagnostic factors in family business: Case studies in Thailand

Abstract

Purpose

To examine organizational diagnostics taken from the best practice model of change as organizational diagnostic factors in a specific type of business such as family businesses. These account for many of companies in Asia and are regarded as a special from the mixture of management focus on business, family and ownership.

Design/methodology/approach

In order to manage changes in family business successfully, the organizational diagnostic factors are analyzed from executives' in‐depth interviews with Thai family businesses that implement new IT systems.

Findings

Communication, generation, ownership, family structure, politics and national culture are six diagnostic factors in Thai family businesses that are not the same as the model of change.

Originality/value

Consultants and change agents in family businesses, especially in Asia, can use these factors as an additional guideline for their effective change management.

Citation

Champathes Rodsutti, M. and Makayathorn, P. (2005), "Organizational diagnostic factors in family business: Case studies in Thailand", Development and Learning in Organizations, Vol. 19 No. 2, pp. 16-18. https://doi.org/10.1108/14777280510580690