Maximizing Human Intelligence Deployment in Asian Business : The Sixth Generation Project

by Edited by John B. Kidd, Xue Li, and Frank Jurgen Richter

• ISBN13: 9780333948149
• ISBN10: 0333948149
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2001-08-25
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Under the present waves of merger and acquisition, many multinational firms have a great need to effectively manage ever leaner and more divergent work-forces. Contributors focus particularly on the challenges faced by firms with multinational subsidiaries, within which human resource management systems has often been operating in very different ways. This book will help managers of multi-national firms to deploy staff more effectively and show how human intelligence deployment improves long-term profitability.

Author Biography

John B. Kidd is at Aston Business School.

Xue Li was in the first group of five persons authorized to tutor The Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and Business English Courses (BEC) in China.

Frank-Jnrgen Richter is Director for Asia at the World Economic Forum.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	vii
List of Tables	viii
Notes on the Contributors	ix
PART I GLOBALIZATION, STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT, AND THE DEPLOYMENT OF HUMAN INTELLIGENCE
A Perspective on Human Intelligence Deployment in Asia	3	(15)
John B. Kidd
Xue Li
Frank-Jurgen Richter
International Strategic Human Resource Management: Integrating Human Intelligence and Strategic Management	18	(26)
John Bratton
Managing Employee Competence in Global Organizations	44	(13)
Ronald L. Jacobs
PART II HUMAN INTELLIGENCE DEPLOYMENT IN ASIA
Employee Commitment: A Psycho-Social Perspective on Asian and American Culture and Businesses	57	(22)
William M. Czander
Dong Hwan Lee
Psychosemantic Model of Social-Economic Behaviours: Multidisciplinary Considerations and Applications in the Asian Context	79	(17)
Oliver C. S. Tzeng
The Challenge of Confucius: The Generalizability of North American Career Assumptions	96	(28)
Cherlyn S. Granrose
Awakening Creative Intelligence for Peak Performance: Reviving an Asian Tradition	124	(16)
Dennis P. Heaton
Harald S. Harung
Consciousness as the Basis of Cognition, Culture and Practice in Pre-and Post-Crises Asia	140	(23)
Mohan Raj Gurubatham
PART III MAKING SENSE OF THE `US AND THEM' SCENARIO
Beyond Culture Shock: Developing Cross-Cultural Awareness	163	(16)
Lionel F. Stapley
How Westerners Can Make Sense of Asian Cultural Paradoxes	179	(16)
Allan Bird
Joyce S. Osland
Cultural Literacy: Its Link to Business Success in Asia-Pacific	195	(24)
Philip Merry
Index	219