The global challenge : managing people across borders / Vladimir Pucik (Visiting Emeritus Professor, Aalto University School of Business, Helsinki), Ingmar Björkman (Rector, Hanken School of Economics, Finland), Paul Evans (The Shell Chaired Professor of Human Resources and Organizational Development, Emeritus, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France) and Günter K. Stahl (Professor of International Management, and Director, Center for Sustainability Transformation and Responsibility (STaR), Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pucik, Vladimir, author.

Björkman, Ingmar, author.

Evans, Paul, 1943- author.

Stahl, Günter K., author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International business enterprises--Personnel management.

International business enterprises.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (564 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.

Summary:

"In this extensively revised fourth edition textbook, authors Vladimir Pucik, Ingmar Björkman, Paul Evans and Günter Stahl take a people management and organizational perspective on the complex issues involved in successfully managing today's multinational firms. Taking account of contemporary business challenges of digitalization, inclusion, and sustainability, The Global Challenge explores how international strategies are executed through people management. Key Features: - Practical examples from leading and emerging multinational firms from around the world - Connected yet self-contained chapters to be used as teaching material in courses and programs - Critical insights provided by a team of scholars with extensive teaching, research, and consulting experience worldwide - Focus on topical issues such as mechanisms of cross-border control and coordination, virtual work and collaboration, diversity and inclusion, management of knowledge and innovation, and the role of people management in tackling societal problems and global sustainability challenges Balancing thoroughly updated case studies with the latest academic research, this cutting-edge fourth edition textbook will be an invaluable resource for students enrolled in MBA, EMBA, and Master's programs worldwide. Executives, managers, and HR professionals in multinational companies will also benefit from its examination of challenges and contradictions that firms confront when operating across borders"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Preface to the fourth edition

1. Introduction to the global challenge

2. Understanding local context

3. Enhancing global integration

4. Enhancing coordination

5. Constructing social architecture

6. Acquiring global talent

7. Global performance management

8. Global leadership development

9. Harnessing diversity in teams and organizations

10. Managing global mobility

11. Facilitating change in multinational organizations

12. Sharing and creating knowledge

13. Forging cross-border mergers

14. Promoting sustainability

15. References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035300723 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.