Intercultural management : a case-based approach to achieving complementarity and synergy /

"How can organizations and individuals manage intercultural challenges and benefit from diversity? Intercultural Management is about managing across cultures: the difficulties and opportunities it brings and the competencies needed to handle the situations and create solutions. Applying a const...

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Other Authors: Barmeyer, Christoph I. (Editor), Franklin, Peter, 1955- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
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Summary:"How can organizations and individuals manage intercultural challenges and benefit from diversity? Intercultural Management is about managing across cultures: the difficulties and opportunities it brings and the competencies needed to handle the situations and create solutions. Applying a constructive approach, this book demonstrates how cultural diversity can be used as a resource to generate synergy and complementarity. Bringing together a collection of innovative case studies on a wide range of management topics it examines the issues in international management, helping the reader to explore theory in the context of real-life situations. Key features: [bullet] Includes contributions from leading academics and practitioners. [bullet] Helps the reader develop core management competencies. [bullet] Presents authentic international case studies from a range of countries including central and Eastern Europe as well as the Asian economies. [bullet] User-friendly structure with solutions on a dedicated companion website."--
Physical Description:xiv, 344 : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:9781137027375
1137027371