Cross-Cultural Management: Essential Concepts - Softcover

Thomas, Dr. David C.; Peterson, Mark F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1506340709 ISBN 13: 9781506340708

Verlag: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2017

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Reseña del editor:

Understanding the influence of culture on interpersonal interactions in organizational settings is now a fundamental requirement of effective international management. Cross-Cultural Management: Essential Concepts, Fourth Edition 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 management challenges that global managers face in today's workplace.

 

The new 4th edition

·          Has been extensively revised and updated to reflect the most current thinking on the topic

·          Has an increased emphasis on understanding the mechanisms of cross-cultural interactions helping readers make connections between the factors affecting performance of all work groups and the culture influencing these groups.

·          Enhanced coverage of language issues offering readers strategies for improving communication in multinational companies (Ch. 6)

·          Best practices for transferring knowledge across cultures (Ch. 9) has been added to give readers clear instructions for developing stronger communication skills when relaying information to their global counterparts.

·          Expanded coverage of cross-generational considerations (Ch. 11) prepares readers to manage employees of all ages.

·          New discussions about the relationship between immigration and international management (Ch. 11) gives readers a glimpse into the changing environment of business and the effects immigration has on the future of management.  

·          New and updated examples, statistics, discussion questions, and references offer readers the latest research on cross-cultural management.

Biografía del autor:

David C. Thomas (PhD, University of South Carolina) is currently the Beedie Professor of International Management at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. He is the author of ten books, including most recently The Multicultural Mind: Unleashing the Hidden Force for Innovation in Your Organization (Berrett-Kohler Publishers). He has also authored Essentials of International Human Resource Management: Managing People Globally from SAGE Publications (with Mila B. Lazarova) and the best selling Cultural Intelligence: People Skills for Global Business, published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers (with Kerr Inkson). With Peter B. Smith and Mark F. Peterson he published the Handbook of Cross-Cultural Management Research from SAGE Publications. His research on cross-cultural interactions in organizational settings has appeared in numerous journals. He is a past Area Editor for the Journal of International Business Studies and currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Organizational Behavior, Advances in Global Leadership and European Journal of Cross-Cultural Competence and Management.

His previous academic postings have included positions at the Pennsylvania State University, the University of Auckland, New Zealand, where he was also Director of the Master of International Business Program, and The Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) Sydney, Australia. He has held visiting positions at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the University of Hawaii, Massey University, New Zealand, ESCEM, Tours, France, and Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey. In addition to teaching at both the undergraduate and the postgraduate level, Dr. Thomas has developed executive education programs in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States and has served as a consultant to numerous multinational firms and government agencies. When not writing or teaching he can most likely be found scraping or varnishing or sometimes sailing his 1984 Hans Christian cutter, “Clovelly”.

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• Verlag: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1506340709
• ISBN 13: 9781506340708
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 4
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336