Cultural differences and improving performance : how values and beliefs influence organizational performance / Bryan Hopkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hopkins, Bryan, 1954- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diversity in the workplace--Management.

Diversity in the workplace.

Cultural awareness.

Intercultural communication.

Organizational behavior.

Performance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Managers, and the organizations for which they work, need to be able to understand the influence of cultural expectations and behaviours on performance and adapt their problem solving accordingly; strategies appropriate in one part of the world may be ineffective or even counter-productive in another.Bryan Hopkins' ground breaking book is for managers struggling to equate their desire to develop the business globally with the challenge of achieving consistent performance across borders.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Part I The Theory; Part II The Practice; Further Reading; References; Index

Notes:

"A Gower Book"--cover.

First published 2009 by Gower Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4094-5862-8

1-317-15658-7

1-315-57525-6

1-317-15657-9

1-283-01856-X

9786613018564

0-566-08908-4

9781315575254

OCLC:

506174527