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TL;DR: The concept of management know-how is restricted to those aspects which are required to manage (a part of) an industrial enterprise or another organization in order to achieve (economic) results as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: During 1978 a pilot study was carried out among a number of companies and institutes in North-Western Europe. The purpose was to determine by what ways, and means management know-how is being transferred from Western Europe to the Third World. The concept of management know-how was restricted to those aspects which are required to manage (a part of) an industrial enterprise or another organization in order to achieve (economic) results. Five areas of management know-how were distinguished management methods and techniques; internal and external social relationships; phases of management process; levels of management; functional management. In general, know-how consists of a combination of knowledge and skill. Know-how will only lead to useful results if it is applied with the right attitude and has been adapted properly to the specific culture and infra-structure. ‘Transfer and adaptation’ of management know-how should be regarded as a learning process in which two-way communication takes place. It is bet...