International HRM Managing Diversity in the Workplace

by Albrecht, Maryann H.

• ISBN13: 9780631219224
• ISBN10: 0631219226
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-10-19
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This collection of articles and cases helps readers develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes that managers and human resource managers need for success when working in culturally diverse environments.

Author Biography

Maryann Albrecht is Associate Professor of Management at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she teaches cultural diversity, organizational behavior and career planning. She is currently an Officer in the National Academy of Management and an Executive Board Member of the Midwest Academy of Management.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors	xii
Foreword	xv
Fred Luthans
Acknowledgments	xvii
Introduction	1	(6)
Part I Understanding Cultural Diversity in Global Business	7	(62)
Difference and Danger: Cultural Profiles of Nations and Limits to Tolerance	9	(15)
Geert Hofstede
Key Concepts: Underlying Structures of Culture	24	(17)
Edward T. Hall
Mildred Reed Hall
European Leadership in Globalization	41	(14)
Philip R. Harris
Robert T. Moran
The Yin and Yang of Managing in Asia	55	(4)
Dean Allen Foster
Case. A Difficult Start	59	(4)
Charlotte Butler
Henri-Claude de Bettignies
Exercise: The World Wide Web and Cultural Diversity	63	(6)
Maryann H. Albrecht
Part II Strategic Human Resource Management	69	(62)
Are We Global Yet?	71	(5)
James W. Walker
International HR Policy Basics	76	(3)
John J. Fadel
Mark Petti
Integrated HR Systems Help Develop Global Leaders	79	(4)
Linda K. Stroh
Sven Grasshoff
Andre Rude
Nancy Carter
A Contingency Matrix Approach to IHRM	83	(20)
Fred Luthans
Paul A. Marsnik
Kyle W. Luthans
Reaping the Rewards of NAFTA	103	(5)
Dick Bottorff
Case. Diversity Management at Hewlett-Packard, Europe	108	(17)
Linda Brimm
Mandakini Arora
Case. Eurochem Shanghai: Corporate Policy or China Practice?	125	(6)
Miles Dodd
Part III Recruitment, Selection, and Placement in a Global Context	131	(50)
The Boundaryless Organization: Implications for Job Analysis, Recruitment, and Selection	133	(15)
Jodi Barnes Nelson
Building a Global Workforce Starts With Recruitment	148	(4)
Shannon Peters Talbott
Four Faces of Global Culture	152	(8)
Peter L. Berger
European Competencies - Some Guidelines for Companies	160	(9)
Bruno Leblanc
Case. Grupo Financiero Inverlat	169	(12)
Daniel D. Campbell
Henry W. Lane
Kathleen E. Slaughter
Part IV Training and Development	181	(62)
Diversity Training: A Competitive Weapon	183	(7)
Jenny C. McCune
Training Across Cultures	190	(6)
Joyce L. Francis
Strategy and HRM Initiatives for the '00s Environment: Redefining Roles and Boundaries, Linking Competencies and Resources	196	(15)
Richard M. Hodgetts
Fred Luthans
John W. Slocum, Jr.
Global Dual-Career Couple Mentoring: A Phase Model Approach	211	(23)
Michael Harvey
Danielle Wiese
Case. Bhiwar Enterprises	234	(9)
Gordon Brannan
Joseph J. DiStefano
Part V Employee Relations	243	(84)
The Multicultural Organization	245	(16)
Taylor Cox, Jr.
Managing Human Resources in Mexico: A Cultural Understanding	261	(10)
Randall S. Schuler
Susan E. Jackson
Ellen Jackofsky
John W. Slocum, Jr.
New Manufacturing Strategies and Labour in Latin America	271	(16)
John Humphrey
Coming to Terms With Local People	287	(4)
John Channon
Adam Dakin
Being ``a Third Culture Man''	291	(4)
Geert J. E. M. Sanders
Case. The Evaluation	295	(6)
Charlotte Butler
Henri-Claude de Bettignies
Case. Kentucky Fried Chicken and the Global Fast-Food Industry	301	(26)
Jeffrey A. Krug
Part VI Issues in Global and Cultural Diversity	327	(55)
Put Your Ethics to a Global Test	329	(7)
Charlene Marmer Solomon
Diversity Stress as Morality Stress	336	(9)
Rae Andre
Remote Control	345	(3)
Neil Merrick
Should HR Survive? A Profession at the Crossroads	348	(7)
Anthony J. Rucci
Cultural Diversity Programs to Prepare for Work Force 2000: What's Gone Wrong?	355	(5)
Norma M. Riccucci
Case. Anglo-German Trading Corporation	360	(2)
Kenneth E. Roberts
Case. Novell's Global Strategy: ``Bytes Are Somewhat Narcotic''	362	(20)
Marjorie McEntire
C. Brooklyn Derr
Chris Meek
Index	382