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9781557868497

Cases and Projects in International Management Cross-Cultural Dimensions

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    9781557868497

  • ISBN10:

    1557868492

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-07-13
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Summary

Designed to ensure that students develop the cross-cultural skills needed by the modern manager, this book uses real-life cases and projects to investigate how culture influences behavior in the workplace.

Author Biography

Richard Mead is Director of Asian Business Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He has over 25 years' experience of teaching, researching and consulting in communications and management, including periods in the USA, Malaysia, Thailand, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Brazil and Sierra Leone.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Acknowledgments ix
Part I cases 1(100)
Introduction to culture
3(3)
The professor's shoes
6(4)
The New Delhi Tea Company
10(5)
How much structure?
15(8)
The Pascale Automobile Company
23(4)
The European Union University Support Agency
27(6)
Asia South/Research
33(6)
Honesty and ethics
39(4)
The Swiss-Thai joint venture
43(4)
Consulair
47(7)
An American family company
54(4)
Voxykoll
58(5)
The Korean hotel
63(4)
The Australian expatriate
67(4)
Job rotation in Japan
71(4)
The Anglo-Zambian research and development project
75(5)
Applying American systems in Thailand
80(4)
Repatriation
84(4)
The Filipino who was loyal to his friend
88(3)
Afolayan Supplies
91(6)
When to keep quiet
97(4)
Part II Projects 101(43)
Comparing cultures
103(5)
Designing a management study skills course
108(4)
Making real change
112(9)
Spending money
121(4)
Transplanting a management system
125(8)
The Ruritanian Electronics negotiation
133(6)
Workplace communication: needs analysis
139(5)
Appendix: Hofstede's Model 144(8)
Bibliography 152(1)
Index 153

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