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For over 25 years, Riding the Waves of Culture has set the standard for leading effectively in an international business context. Helping leaders to be highly attuned to cultural differences, and to leverage such differences for maximum competitive advantage. Retaining its in-depth exploration of underlying cultural frameworks that have made it a business classic, Riding the Waves of Culture, Fourth Edition provides new, evidence-based information and insights on critical business matters, including: - How to enhance and improve chances of success in M&A deals by expertly handling corporate and cultural differences - Ways of improving and handling competencies, dilemmas, servant leadership, innovation, and remote-team effectiveness in an increasingly diverse business world - New analyses of changes over the past decades that are moving the world closer to a single 'global village' Renowned experts in their field, the authors also include new chapters and updates on: - the meaning of culture - how to assess cultural competence - change management - assessing organisation culture - diversity and ethnicity The most thoroughly researched and highly respected resource of its kind, Riding the Waves of Culture does more than help you stay afloat in today's diverse work environment; it provides the knowledge you need to seize the advantage and compete for the long run.

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In the global marketplace, Riding the Waves of Culture is the guide to managing effectively in diverse countries and cultures. A must-read for all international/intercultural managers... a powerful pioneering work that has gained the respect of corporate leaders around the world. This book offers the roadmap to solve the dilemmas of cross-cultural management in the 21st century, not only for the West bust also for the East.

In the global marketplace, Riding the Waves of Culture is the guide to managing effectively in diverse countries and cultures. A must-read for all international/intercultural managers... a powerful pioneering work that has gained the respect of corporate leaders around the world. This book offers the roadmap to solve the dilemmas of cross-cultural management in the 21st century, not only for the West bust also for the East.

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Fons Trompenaars (Author) Fons Trompenaars is a world-renowned expert on international management. He is the co-founder and director of Trompenaars Hampden-Turner (THT), and together with Charles Hampden-Turner he developed a model of national cultures based on seven key dimensions and how they combine to create the four basic types of corporate culture. Fons was voted one of the the top 20 Most Influential Thinkers 2011 by HR Magazine and has also been shortlisted by Thinkers50 for the Global Village Award. Trompenaars lives in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Charles Hampden-Turner (Author) Charles Hampden-Turner is a Senior Research Associate at the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge and cofounder and Director of Research and Development at the Trompenaars-Hampden-Turner Group.

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