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Book Synopsis* Highlights the very latest trends and issues in global diversity that affect human resource management. * Articles have been carefully chosen from a wide variety of cultural perspectives. * Case applications provide real life examples of successes and problems in a variety of countries. .
Trade Review"Well crafted and detailed. I appreciate the quality of Maryann's work and her ability to get at the issues important in understanding contemporary Human Resources thought and practice."
Dr Kenneth R Thomson, De Paul University.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors.
Foreword - Fred Luthans.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Part I: Understanding Cultural Diversity in Global Business:.
1. Difference and Danger: Cultural Profiles of Nations and Limits to Tolerance - Geert Hofstede.
2. Key Concepts: Underlying Structures of Culture - Edward T. Hall and Mildred Reed Hall.
3. European Leadership in Globalization - Philip R. Harris and Robert T. Moran.
4. The Yin and Yang of Managing in Asia - Dean Allen Foster.
5. Case: A Difficult Start - Charlotte Butler and Henri-Claude de Bettignies.
6. Exercise: The World Wide Web and Cultural Diversity - Maryann H. Albrecht.
Part II: Strategic Human Resource Management:.
7. Are We Global Yet? - James W. Walker.
8. International HR Policy Basics - John J. Fadel and Mark Petti.
9. Integrated HR Systems Help Develop Global Leaders - Linda K. Stroh, Sven Grasshoff, André Rudé, and Nancy Carter.
10. A Contingency Matrix Approach to IHRM - Fred Luthans, Paul A. Marsnik, and Kyle W. Luthans.
11. Reaping the Rewards of NAFTA - Dick Bottorff.
12. Case: Diversity Management at Hewlett-Packard, Europe - Linda Brimm and Mandakini Arora.
13. Case: Eurochem Shanghai: Corporate Policy or China Practice? - Miles Dodd.
Part III: Recruitment, Selection, and Placement in a Global Context:.
14. The Boundaryless Organization: Implications for Job Analysis, Recruitment, and Selection - Jodi Barnes Nelson.
15. Building a Global Workforce Starts With Recruitment - Shannon Peters Talbott.
16. Four Faces of Global Culture - Peter L. Berger.
17. European Competencies - Some Guidelines for Companies - Bruno Leblanc.
18. Case: Grupo Financiero Inverlat - Daniel D. Campbell, Henry W. Lane, and Kathleen E. Slaughter.
Part IV: Training and Development:.
19. Diversity Training: A Competitive Weapon - Jenny C. McCune.
20. Training Across Cultures - Joyce L. Francis.
21. Strategy and HRM Initiatives for the '00s Environment: Redefining Roles and Boundaries, Linking Competencies and Resources - Richard M. Hodgetts, Fred Luthans, and John W. Slocum, Jr.
22. Global Dual-Career Couple Mentoring: A Phase Model Approach - Michael Harvey and Danielle Wiese.
23. Case: Bhiwar Enterprises - Gordon Brannan and Joseph J. DiStefano.
Part V: Employee Relations:.
24. The Multicultural Organization - Taylor Cox, Jr.
25. Managing Human Resources in Mexico: A Cultural Understanding - Randall S, Schuler, Susan E. Jackson, Ellen Jackofsky, and John W. Slocum, Jr.
26. New Manufacturing Strategies and Labour in Latin America -John Humphrey.
27. Coming to Terms With Local People - John Channon and Adam Dakin.
28. Being "a Third Culture Man" - Geert J. E. M. Sanders.
29. Case: The Evaluation - Charlotte Butler and Henri-Claude de Bettignies.
30. Case: Kentucky Fried Chicken and the Global Fast-Food Industry - Jeffrey A. Krug.
31. Put Your Ethics to a Global Test - Charlene Marmer Solomon.
32. Diversity Stress as Morality Stress - Rae André.
33. Remote Control - Neil Merrick.
34. Should HR Survive? A Profession at the Crossroads - Anthony J. Rucci.
35. Cultural Diversity Programs to Prepare for Work Force 2000: What's.
Gone Wrong? - Norma M. Riccucci.
36. Case: Anglo German Trading Corporation - Kenneth E. Roberts.
37. Case: Novell's Global Strategy: "Bytes Are Somewhat Narcotic" - Marjorie McEntire, C. Brooklyn Derr, and Chris Meek.
Index.
