Management across cultures: developing global competencies

The third edition of this popular textbook has been thoroughly expanded and updated throughout to explore the latest approaches to cross-cultural management, presenting strategies and tactics for managing international assignments and global teams. With a clear emphasis on learning and development, this new edition introduces a global management model, along with enhanced 'Applications' and 'Manager's Notebooks' to encourage students to acquire skills in multicultural competence that will be highly valued by their future employers. These skills have never been more important in a world where, increasingly, all managers are global managers and where management practices and processes can differ significantly across national and regional boundaries. This textbook is suitable for students taking courses on international management, as well as those on executive training programmes.

Cover; Half-title ; Title page ; Copyright information ; Table of contents ; List of exhibits ; Guided tour ; Preface ; 1 Management across cultures: an introduction ; Management Challenge ; The changing global landscape ; From intermittent to continuous change.

From isolation to interconnectedness From biculturalism to multiculturalism ; Multicultural competence and managerial success ; Manager's Notebook: Developing multicultural competence ; Plan of book ; Key terms ; Discussion questions ; Case: Global training at Google ; Notes.

2 Global managers: challenges and responsibilities Management Challenge ; Traditional management models ; Context of global management ; Rethinking management models ; Managerial roles and practices across cultures ; Matching managerial roles to local situations.

Diversity in global assignments Expatriates ; Frequent flyers ; Virtual managers ; Manager's Notebook: A model for global managers ; Key terms ; Discussion questions ; Case: Two Expatriates ; Notes ; 3 Cultural environments ; Management Challenge.

Culture, socialization, and normative behavior What is culture? ; Characteristics of cultures ; Descriptive models of culture ; Models of natio…