The multicultural mind : unleashing the hidden force for innovation in your organization / David C. Thomas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomas, David C. (David Clinton), 1947- author.

Series:

BK business book.

BK business book

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diversity in the workplace.

Organizational change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 159 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., [2016]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Globalization has created a superheated competitive business environment that demands innovation to stay ahead. But it's also created a hidden source of innovation right in your midst: the people in your organization who have deep experience in more than one culture—multiculturals. Having to integrate different cultural frameworks has enabled them to develop abilities that can contribute powerfully to building innovative organizations. David Thomas makes a compelling business case for recognizing and cultivating a new dimension of diversity—the diversity within individuals! He looks at how to establish the organizational conditions under which multiculturals can flourish and shows how even the most monocultural among us can gain the advantages of a multicultural mind.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: INTRODUCING MULTICULTURALS: THE MULTICULTURAL MIND AND INNOVATION; 1 A RESOURCE HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: Multiculturals and innovation; 2 WHY MEXICANS SPEAK SPANISH: Sources of cultural identity; 3 SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD: How confronting cultural differences results in a multicultural mind; Part II: UNDERSTANDING MULTICULTURALS: THEIR SKILLS AND HOW THEY SEE THEMSELVES AND THE WORLD; 4 NEORICANS, MEXICAN AMERICANS, AND CATALAN SPANISH: The many ways in which individuals experience and manage their multiculturalism

5 SINGING SEA CHANTEYS DOES NOT MAKE YOU A SAILOR: Language and multiculturalism in an organizational context6 WHERE ARE YOU FROM-REALLY?: Observable differences and developing a multicultural mind; Part III: LEVERAGING THE MULTICULTURAL MIND: CREATING AN INNOVATIVE ORGANIZATION; 7 I AM FEELING VERY OLYMPIC TODAY. HOW ABOUT YOU? The influence of the situation on multiculturals and innovation; 8 I GET BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS: The roles of multiculturals in teams and organizations

9 THE NEEDS OF THE MANY OUTWEIGH THE NEEDS OF THE FEW: Leveraging the skills of multiculturals and building an innovative organizationNotes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781626561038

1626561036

9781626561021

1626561028

OCLC:

948809769