Dejá vue (parte III)

Aprecio bastante as ideias de Porter acerca da estratégia das organizações (apesar de achar que é demasiado: lado esquerdo do cérebro).
Ao procurar perceber qual a origem das suas ideias, em que fontes terá bebido, cheguei a dois autores: Skinner e Hill.

Gostei tanto das ideias de Hill que acabei por encomendar um livro, em segunda mão, da sua autoria “Manufacturing Strategy, Text and Cases” de… 1989. Ao ler o retrato que o autor traça da indústria americana, e dos seus problemas de produtividade, experienciamos uma sensação de “dejá vue”, parece que está a escrever sobre a indústria portuguesa dos nossos dias, por exemplo:

“For the established manufacturing nations, the 1980s symbolized the stark reality of industrial competition. The cut, thrust, and struggle by some of the largest companies to survive have become an integral part of each industry’s way of life. To close down a plant – once an anathema to business – is now an almost acceptable course of action, based upon necessity, or as a critical component of some comprehensive corporate strategic decision. The economic world of the 1980s and beyond is, and will be, very different from that of preceding decades. Whereas, until the early 1970s, most companies competed principally on domestic rules, they must now compete on global norms characterized by intense competition. Business strategies in the 1960s and 1970s were often based on a drive to improve internal efficiency and effectiveness; these strategies are now proving ineffective.”

“There has been a failure, conscious or otherwise, of industry and society at large to recognize the size of the competitive challenge, the impact it was having and would have on our very way of life, and to recognize the need to change.”

Hill escrevia na sequência do impacte do choque da indústria americana, com a indústria japonesa e coreana. Hoje, a nossa indústria depara-se com outros desafios, à superfície parecem diferentes, mas na essência são semelhantes, um paradigma que se estilhaça.