Description
Book SynopsisCross-Cultural Management: Essential Concepts introduces readers to the fundamentals of cross-cultural management by exploring the influence of culture on interpersonal interactions in organizational settings and examining the ever-increasing number of cross-cultural challenges that global managers face in today’s workplace.
The Fourth Edition reflects the most current thinking on the topic and includes a series of new features including:
- Enhanced coverage of language issues, offering strategies for improving communication in multinational companies (Ch.6)
- New discussions about the relationship between immigration and international management (Ch. 11)
- Increased emphasis on understanding the mechanisms of cross-cultural interactions
- Best practices for transferring knowledge across cultures (Ch.9)
- Expanded coverage of cross-generational considerations (Ch.11)
- New and updated examples, statistics, discussion questions and references.
The book is complemented by a companion website featuring a range of tools and resources for lecturers, including chapter-specific PowerPoint slides, and a Microsoft Word test bank containing multiple-choice, true/false, and open-ended questions for each chapter.
Suitable reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students taking Change Management courses.
Table of ContentsPART I: MANAGEMENT AND CULTURE Chapter 1: Introduction: The Challenging Role of the Global Manager Chapter 2: Describing Culture: What It Is and Where It Comes From Chapter 3: Comparing Cultures: Systematically Describing Cultural Differences Chapter 4: How Culture Works: Fundamentals of Cross-Cultural Interaction PART II: ROLES OF THE GLOBAL MANAGER Chapter 5: The Manager as Decision Maker: Cross-Cultural Dimensions of Decision-Making Chapter 6: The Manager as Negotiator: Communicating and Negotiating Across Cultures Chapter 7: The Manager as Leader: Motivation and Leadership across Cultures PART III: GLOBAL MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES Chapter 8: The Challenge of Multicultural Work Groups and Teams Chapter 9: The Challenge of International Organizations: Structure and Culture Chapter 10: The Challenge of International Assignments Chapter 11: The Challenge of Managing Across Cultures in the Future References Name Index Subject Index
