Investment Management Questions
Question 22
22. Fill in the table below and discuss the compatibility of the investment management concepts with the concepts of communitarian and individualistic capitalism.
| Concept | Communitarian | Individualistic |
| Organizational structure? | Horizontal or flat. | Vertical or hierarchical. |
| Information flow? | Horizontal & bottom up. | Vertical & top down. |
| Culture within the organization? | Cooperative
consensus team building culture. |
Competitive culture. |
| Investment analysis approach? | Integrated
(portfolio) and long term. |
Project by
project and short term. |
The communitarian, collectivist, or team oriented concepts are compatible with the investment management approach. The individualistic concepts are incompatible.
