Readings and cases in international management a cross-cultural perspective
Presents ways to maximize the positive effects of cultural diversity while minimizing the negative consequences. This book includes: an explanation of how culture influences individual managers; methods to systematically describe cultural differences; and, fundamental principles that influence cross-cultural interactions.
Print Book, English, cop. 2003
Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, Calif., cop. 2003
Cross-cultural studies
1 v. (VIII-392 p.) : ill., cartes. ; 26 cm
9780761926375, 0761926372
495016980
Part I : Management and culture
Global managers : developing a mindset for global competitiveness / Ben L. Kedia and Ananda Mukherji
Cultural constraints in management theories / Geert Hofstede
Whatever happened to masculinity and femininity? / Geert Hofstede
Building competitive advantage from Ubuntu : management lessons from South Africa / Mzamo P. Mangaliso
The Japanese manager's traumatic entry into the United States : understanding the American-Japanese cultural divide / Richard G. Linowes
Beyond sophisticated stereotyping : cultural sensemaking in context / Joyce S. Osland and Allan Bird
Merck & Company, Inc. : having the vision to succeed / Stephanie Weiss and David Bollier
Unocal and the Yadana gas pipeline project / Anne T. Lawrence and Howard Tolley, Jr
Common bond values at the New Zealand office of AT & T / Deborah Shepherd
The road to hell / Gareth Evans
Café Mam and Ismam / Ronald Nigh, Ann D. Walsh, and Dahinda Meda
Gold star properties: financial crisis / Joseph J. Distefano
Chiba International, Inc. / Nina Hatvany and Vladimir Pucik
Footwear international / R. William Blake
Part II : Roles of the international manager
Values in tension : ethics away from home / Thomas Donaldson
When ethics collide : managing conflicts across cultures / Paul F. Buller, John J. Kohls, and Kenneth S. Anderson
Key concepts : underlying structures of culture / Edward T. Hall and Mildred Reed Hall
Negotiating with the Chinese : a socio-cultural analysis / Pervez Ghauri and Tony Fang
Understanding the bear : a portrait of Russian business leaders / Sheila M. Puffer
Contrasts in culture : Russian and Western perspectives on organizational change / Snejina Michailova
Nike's dispute with the University of Oregon / Rebecca J. Morris and Anne T. Lawrence
How much sleaze is too much? / Asbjorn Osland
Moto : coming to America / Patricia Gercik
Negotiating across the Pacific / Xiaohua Lin and Jian Guan
Consolidated Engineering Co. goes to China / Travis Maples and Penelope B. Prime
Kiwi Samurai : SecureFit Industries in Japan / David C. Thomas
Rus Wane Equipment : joint venture in Russia / Stanislav V. Shekshnia and Sheila M. Puffer
Part III :International management challenges
Virtual teams : technology and the workplace of the future / Anthony M. Townsend, Samuel M. Demarie, and Anthony R. Hendrickson
Minding your metaphors: applying the concept of teamwork metaphors to the management of teams in multicultural contexts / Cristina B. Gibson and Mary E. Zellmer-Bruhn
End games in international alliances / Manuel G. Serapio, Jr. and Wayne F. Cascio
Same bed, different dreams : working relationships in Sino-American joint ventures / James P. Walsh, Erping Wang, and Katherine R. Xin
The contemporary international assignment : a look at the options / Glenn M. McEvoy and Barbara Parker
Expatriate assignments versus overseas experience : contrasting models of international human resource development