Cases and Projects in International Management Cross-Cultural Dimensions

by Mead, Richard

• ISBN13: 9781557868497
• ISBN10: 1557868492
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-20
• 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