Overview

Why are cultural differences significant? How can understanding them contribute to business success? Cross-cultural management is a crucial challenge for the successful development of international business, yet it is often badly understood and poorly implemented. Misunderstandings arise because culture affects both individuals and organisations, yet attempts to understand, explain and interpret these differences have often been hidden between a welter of conflicting theories and paradigms. This book aims to provide much-needed guide to both the theory and practice of cross-cultural management. Using an innovative approach combining theory, tool-kits and applications, this book takes a fresh look at this complex topic. It is about recognizing cross-cultural differences, accounting for them in managerial communications and bridging them in a variety of negotiations. Each section within the book explores its themes within a common framework, comprising an exploration of dominant and alternative theoretical approaches, a research-based tool-kit exploring responses, and finally a real-life case of a multicultural situation of clashing values with a critical description of an attempted solution. At the end of the book, the author has developed an innovative approach to teaching cultural sensitivity via exploration of a number of classic film masterpieces. As a crucial part of the global business environment and as essential aspect of organisational understanding, this book will be welcomed by masters-level students of international business, HRM and organisational behaviour, as well as executives and consultants involved in cross-border negotiations and management.

Full Product Details

Author:   Slawomir Magala (Erasmus University, Netherlands)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.630kg
ISBN:  

9780415349659

ISBN 10:   0415349656
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   25 August 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9780415588294
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Or The Shadow Of The Tower Of Babel Chapter 1: The Ends, Means And Meanings Of Cultures Or The Language Connection Ends of Cultural Software Means: Objective knowledge? Meanings: Learning cultural codes as languages Ends, Means And Meanings Of Culture; The language connection Professional Bureaucracy In Action: The case of the BBC Chapter 2: Clashing Civilizations or the Global Connection Cross Cultural Aspects of Globalization Two Cassandras of Globalization: Huntington and Ritzer Cross-Cultural Compromises and Multiculturalism Shifting Cultural Identities: The global connection The Case of Integrating Kazakh Immigrants in Poland Chapter 3: Networking Organizations or the Management Connection Organizational Cultures by Design The Police Case Cultural Due Diligence in Mergers and Acquisitions The Case of Cross-Border Nordic Ventures Knowledge, Management, Criticism The Case of International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies From Controlling to Coaching: Democracy beyond factory (office) door The case of panoptic control in a public company Manager as a Narrator: The organizational discourse The case of managerial discourse in countries divided by common languageor practice: Austria versus Germany and Germany versus Great Britain Chapter 4: Creative Communications and the Multimedia Connection Media are the Message; the shift to digital communications The Uses of the Extremes or 'Merry Christmas, Lawrence' Power and Ideology; 'The Underground' Dynamics of socialization or democracy behind the factory door; '12 Angry Men' Conclusions: Managing cross-cultural competence Notes Literature

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'This is a scholarly, perceptive, well written and very interesting book that covers wide ground and addresses important aspects of societal and organizational culture in a dynamic and international world where the ability to understand the varieties of culture is crucial.' - Mats Alvesson, Professor of Business Administration, Lund University, Sweden

<p>'This is a scholarly, perceptive, well written and very interesting book that covers wide ground and addresses important aspects of societal and organizational culture in a dynamic and international world where the ability to understand the varieties of culture is crucial.' - Mats Alvesson, Professor of Business Administration, Lund University, Sweden

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Slawomir Magala is Professor of Cross-cultural Management at the University of Erasmus, Rotterdam.

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