Managing across cultures /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schneider, Susan C (Author)
Other Authors: Barsoux, Jean-Louis
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Harlow, England ; New York : Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2003.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Online Access:Table of contents
Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • The Meaning of Culture
  • The undertow of culture
  • Converging cultures?
  • Culture as a source of competitive advantage/disadvantage
  • Recognizing culture
  • Discovering cultural advantage
  • Exploring culture
  • The search for meaning
  • Artifacts and behavior
  • Beliefs and values
  • Interpreting patterns of culture
  • Interacting spheres of culture
  • Cultural spheres of influence
  • Creating competitive advantage: interacting spheres
  • Culture and Management Practice
  • Culture and organization
  • Different schools, different cultures
  • Culture and structure
  • Culture and processes
  • Transferability of best practice? Alternative approaches
  • Culture and strategy
  • The cultural roots of strategy
  • Cultural models of strategy
  • The tale of two banks
  • Interaction effects
  • Strategic implications of culture
  • Internationalization
  • the role of national culture
  • Culture and human resource management
  • The cultural meaning of HRM
  • Choosing from the HR menu
  • Making HRM meaningful across cultures
  • Questions to ask
  • Managing Cultural Differences
  • The 'international' manager
  • Lessons from abroad
  • Competencies for managing internationally
  • Developing cultural competencies
  • Personal strategies for managing across cultures
  • Suggestions for managing differences
  • The 'multicultural' team
  • Why multicultural teams?
  • Task strategies
  • Process strategies
  • Reweaving differences: Joseph's coat
  • Suggestions for managers
  • Questions to ask
  • Virtual teams
  • The 'global' organization.