Vietnamese Leadership Style

The Main Causes of Differences in Leadership in Vietnam and USA.
National culture of Vietnam and USA is a major cause of difference in their leadership styles. The Vietnam has cultural elements like Confucian ideology, Legalism, Taoism, family concept and guanxi phenomena, and centralized government. Confucianism is deeply rooted in Vietnamese contributing to reasons of Vietnam executives being detail driven and reluctant to people viewpoints and ideas. Confucianism pervades every aspect of Vietnamese with values of perseverance and collectivism. Harmony viewed as foundation of stability and prosperity of society and the country. The leaders believe people should overcome individuality, acquire skills, work hard and being patient. Confucianism

The performance management of Americans companies regards business objectives as their first priority for both Vietnamese leaders and American executives. Both leaders become unsuccessful in American companies when they fail to meet the business targets and expected performance results. Similarly the Vietnam leadership style and Americans executives need to comply with procedures, laws, systems and policies of American companies. The companies emphasize the respect of principles, rules and regulations, work ethics and integrity. These virtues are regarded as the essential requirements from American companies taught through regular training and policy deployment within companies. Most Vietnam managers lead their followers using corporate values and behavior norms without interfering with their core values and

Americanization or Westernization of American companies enhance the communication of leaders and followers of Vietnam. The Americans have good presentation skills and are charismatic leaders with convincing speech and mature selling technique. Vietnam executives and American leaders have leadership and management maturity in the way they run their organizations compared to past years. The management theories and concepts reduce the gap that existed in companies. The Vietnamese matured in development of capitalism, institutions and management of infrastructures. This factor enhanced professionalism through experience and managing