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Team dynamics and diversity : Japanese corporate experiences / Lisbeth Clausen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clausen, Lisbeth, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Multinational work teams--Japan--Case studies.
- Multinational work teams.
- Diversity in the workplace--Japan--Case studies.
- Diversity in the workplace.
- Japan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (253 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Frederiksberg : Samfundslitteratur, 2015.
- Contents:
- TEAM DYNAMICS AND DIVERSITY
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
- TEAM CHALLENGES IN GLOBAL BUSINESS
- THE QUESTIONS IN THIS STUDY
- WHAT ARE TEAM DYNAMICS?
- WHAT IS TEAM DIVERSITY?
- OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK
- REFERENCES
- CHAPTER 2: TEAM TRENDS IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
- TEAM DYNAMICS AND DIVERSITY: DEFINITIONS
- NINE QUESTIONS GUIDE THE LITERATURE REVIEW
- CURRENT TRENDS IN TEAM MANAGEMENT: THEORY AND PRACTICE
- CONTRIBUTIONS OF THIS STUDY
- CHAPTER 3: HOW TO STUDY TEAMS: ORGANIZATION, COMMUNICATION, AND COMPETENCE-AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK
- SUMMARY
- TEAM MANAGEMENT IN A GLOBAL SETTING: THE ROLE OF JAPAN
- A DYNAMIC PERSPECTIVE ON CULTURE
- 1. HOW DOES ORGANIZATION THEORY CONTRIBUTE TO STUDYING TEAM DYNAMICS?
- 2. HOW DOES COMMUNICATION THEORY CONTRIBUTE TO STUDYING TEAM DYNAMICS?
- 3. HOW DOES COMPETENCE THEORY INFLUENCE THE STUDY OF TEAM DYNAMICS?
- CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE: FIVE STAGES
- CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN TEAMS
- CHAPTER 4: SEVEN MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS IN TOKYO-COMPANY BACKGROUND
- INTRODUCTION
- SEVEN CORPORATIONS IN TOKYO
- CHAPTER 5: BANG &
- OLUFSEN-A NEW ORGANIZATION WITH THE SAME TEAM
- THE TURNAROUND: FROM SUBSIDIARY TO MASTER DEALER
- BICULTURAL LEADERSHIP
- CRAZY AND LAZY-MANAGEMENT MOTTO
- BRANDING LUXURY PRODUCTS IS ABOUT EMOTIONS
- THE CLOSER TO THE CUSTOMER, THE MORE TRADITIONALLY JAPANESE
- CHAPTER 6: ECCO SKO A/S JAPAN: NEW DIRECTIONS AND TEAM CHALLENGES-FROM JOINT VENTURE TO SUBSIDIARY
- THE TURNAROUND
- TEAM STRUCTURE: FLAT OR HIERARCHICAL?
- " BURNING PLATFORMS" AND MOTIVATION
- FUNCTIONAL TEAM COMMUNICATION
- CHANGING THE ECCO IMAGE: A CINDERELLA SMILE
- MISSION COMPLETED
- CHAPTER 7: COLOPLAST AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT-"A WINNING TEAM"
- SUMMARY.
- ENTREPRENEURIALISM
- THE "CHOSEN ONES" AND THE ORGANIZATION
- TEAM CONTRIBUTION: SPEEDING UP PROCESSES
- THE BUSINESS IDEA AND TEAM MANDATE
- STAKEHOLDERS: IMPORTANT CONNECTIONS
- POWER MAPPING THE TEAM: AN INFORMATION HUB
- A HUB-BASED INFORMATION EXCHANGE
- STILL STANDING: COMPLETE MEMBERSHIP
- CHAPTER 8: NOVO NORDISK AND THE TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM
- FACILITATORS FROM HEADQUARTERS MONITOR THE CORPORATE VALUES
- THE CORPORATE VALUES: TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE
- TEAMING UP WITH GLOBAL
- REFRESHING AND MOTIVATION CYCLE
- HIGH PERFORMING TEAMS: GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND TRACKING SYSTEMS
- PROJECT PROCESSES AND TIMING
- A SERVANT LEADER AND DIVERSITY ADVOCATE
- WORK-LIFE BALANCE IS IMPROVING WITH INFLUENCE FROM THE DANISH HEADQUARTERS
- WOMEN IN PROJECT DIRECTOR POSITIONS
- CHAPTER 9: MICROSOFT MANAGEMENT TEAM-DIVERSITY AS A STRATEGIC RESOURCE
- LEADERSHIP STYLE EMBRACES DIVERSITY
- A MEDIATION ROLE: BRIDGING THE GAP
- THE TEAM OF SASAKI-SAN
- PEOPLE FOCUS
- THE WORLD IS NOT FLAT: TEAMWORK AS A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY
- YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW: HOW TO ELICIT FEEDBACK
- EMOTIONAL WORK: RATIONALIZING THE NONRATIONAL
- CHANGING DEPARTMENTS IN A MULTINATIONAL IS LIKE CHANGING TO ANOTHER COMPANY
- IN JAPAN DIVERSITY JUST MEANS GENDER?
- CHAPTER 10: SONY CORPORATION-INTERNAL AUDIT TEAM
- HEADHUNTED TO TOKYO
- GLOBAL TEAMS AND THEIR TASKS
- PICKING THE TEAM
- MINDSET AND INFUSION OF SONY DNA
- COMPATIBILITY OF COMPETENCES IN THE TEAM MAKES LIFE EASIER
- " I DO H AVE A THING FOR NUMBERS"
- YOU CAN'T KNOW EVERYTHING: DEPENDENCE ON THE TEAM
- WE DON'T KNOW BECAUSE WE CAN'T KNOW
- CHAPTER 11: HUAWEI KEY ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT TEAM-RESULT-ORIENTED
- CORPORATE VALUES
- WHAT MAKES THE TEAM?
- MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE IN JAPANESE AND CHINESE COMPANIES.
- HUAWEI: AN EXCITING COMPANY TO WORK FOR
- CHINESE MANAGEMENT CHARACTERISTICS-RECAP
- CONFUCIUS MANAGEMENT THINKING
- RESULT ORIENTED (KEKKASHUGI )
- CHAPTER 12: CONCLUSION
- TOKYO CORPORATE EXPERIENCES
- SEVEN MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS IN TOKYO
- CONCLUDING NOTE
- APPENDIX
- LIST OF OVERALL QUESTIONS ASKED IN THE STUDY
- INDEX.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 87-630-0339-2
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