The Culture Map

The Culture Map
Author: Erin Meyer
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2014-05-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1610392590

An international business expert helps you understand and navigate cultural differences in this insightful and practical guide, perfect for both your work and personal life. Americans precede anything negative with three nice comments; French, Dutch, Israelis, and Germans get straight to the point; Latin Americans and Asians are steeped in hierarchy; Scandinavians think the best boss is just one of the crowd. It's no surprise that when they try and talk to each other, chaos breaks out. In The Culture Map, INSEAD professor Erin Meyer is your guide through this subtle, sometimes treacherous terrain in which people from starkly different backgrounds are expected to work harmoniously together. She provides a field-tested model for decoding how cultural differences impact international business, and combines a smart analytical framework with practical, actionable advice.

Culturally Tuning Change Management

Culturally Tuning Change Management
Author: Risto Gladden
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 157
Release: 2018-09-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0429876009

Managing change across cultures can be tricky, and universal approaches to change management may not serve their purpose in every cultural setting. This book examines the cultural dimensions that can influence the perceptions of and reactions to change in different cultural contexts and highlights the benefits of developing and applying cultural mindfulness when planning and running cross-cultural change initiatives. It offers practical advice to project and change management teams and leaders for developing Cultural Intelligence, tailoring plans to consider any cultural variables that could be barriers to (or catalysts for) effective change, and applying facilitating strategies.

Comparing Cultures

Comparing Cultures
Author: Henk Vinken
Publisher: International Studies in Socio
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2004
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

This book provides insight in the different classic frameworks of addressing cultural diversity around the globe. Key authors reflect on each others classic work and frontline academics in comparative social science show how cultural dimensions matter for explaining contemporary issues in a wide range of nations.

Human Resource Management

Human Resource Management
Author: Rae Simons
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2011-04-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1466559926

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.Human resource management is the strategic approach to management of an organization's most valuable asset-its people. It covers the recruitment, management, and direction of people who work for the organization and deals with employee compensation and benefits, hiring and training, performance m

International Management in China

International Management in China
Author: Jan Selmer
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2002-09-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1134686951

The greatest challenge to international business today is how to manage business operations across cultural boundaries. This is especially true in the case of China, which has attracted a massive amount of foreign investment and international trade recently. This new study examines three main themes: * the partnership of management through joint ventures * the human resource aspects of management * the management of communication, co-operation and negotiation The crucial issue of trustworthiness, the different managerial practices in China and the West, the importance of being well prepared and understanding Chinese negotiations are the major contemporary issues identified and discussed in this book.

Management in Scandinavia

Management in Scandinavia
Author: Jette Schramm-Nielsen
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2004-12-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1845423577

This book contributes to the expanding field of cross-cultural and comparative management, and addresses the issue of whether the main Scandinavian countries – Denmark, Norway and Sweden – exhibit such similarities in management style and practice as to constitute a country cluster. It is based on a qualitative, interview-driven study of managers in companies matched by industry in the three countries and seeks to contextualise the research findings in a general discussion of the Scandinavian countries, showing their intertwined histories and similar institutions and values. The book argues that the central values of these managers are equality, informality, decency, and conflict avoidance; it shows that the behaviour of Scandinavian managers is inspired by these values and that they can be attributed to national culture and not to the peculiarities of any particular industry. Management in Scandinavia will be of interest to students and teachers of international management, as well as practitioners of business and management.

The International Business Environment

The International Business Environment
Author: Leslie Hamilton
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 445
Release: 2015
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0198704194

Explores the process of globalization and the impact this has on international business organizations. The text presents a framework to analyse the economic, political, legal, financial, technological, socio-cultural and ecological environments, thereby outlining the factors which affect the everyday business of organizations.

Your Research Project

Your Research Project
Author: Nicholas Walliman
Publisher: SAGE Publications Limited
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2001-03-08
Genre: Education
ISBN:

The author explains, in a structured way, the approaches to research and the theories behind them, whilst offering a step-by-step practical guide. -- book cover.

Challenges for China's Development

Challenges for China's Development
Author: David Brown
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2005-06-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134295782

The pace of reform for China’s enterprises of all kinds has quickened as they seek to cope with the challenges of self-determination in a rapidly evolving context of difficult social and welfare changes, and the realities of increasing global competition. This book explores these challenges from the perspective of the enterprise. It includes discussion of current and likely future overall trends, reports on new research findings on the true extent of governance and accounting reforms within enterprises, and considers the impact of increasing global competition on strategy, business relationships and management culture in a range of different kinds of enterprises.