Managing across cultures : a learning framework / Meena S. Wilson, Michael H. Hoppe, Leonard R. Sayles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Meena S.

Contributor:

Hoppe, Michael H.

Sayles, Leonard R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International business enterprises--Management.

International business enterprises.

Management--Cross-cultural studies.

Management.

Comparative management.

Intercultural communication.

Physical Description:

37 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Greensboro, N.C. : Center for Creative Leadership, c1996.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

Summary:

Managing in a multicultural setting can be very challenging. Culture strongly influences how people behave and how they understand the behavior of others, and cultures vary in the behaviors they find proper and acceptable. This report-which integrates work done by experts in the fields of anthropology, crosscultural psychology, and international business management with CCL's perspective on how executives learn from experience-describes the cultural values, often unconsciously held, that underlie work in the U.S. and provides managers in the U.S. with a structured way of learning about the value preferences of people from other cultures. Examples drawn from workplaces around the world aid in applying the framework.

Contents:

Intro

Introduction

Source of Identity: Individual-Collective

Goals and Means of Achievement: Tough-Tender

Orientation to Authority: Equal-Unequal

Response to Ambiguity: Dynamic-Stable

Means of Knowledge Acquisition: Active-Reflective

Perspective on Time: Scarce-Plentiful

Outlook on Life: Doing-Being

Using the Framework

Conclusion

References

Appendix: Models of Cultural Difference.

Notes:

Digitized and made available by: Books 24x7.com.

"CCL no. 173"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-34).

ISBN:

1-281-00156-2

9786611001568

1-932973-50-8

OCLC:

181068748