Readings and cases in international management
Subtitle: a cross-cultural perspective
By: [compiled by] David C. Thomas.
Contributors: Thomas, David C. 1947-
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
Subjects: International business enterprises -- Management.; International business enterprises -- Management -- Cross-cultural studies.; Intercultural communication.
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Management and culture; title: Global managers: developing a mindset for global competitiveness / Ben L. Kedia and Ananda Mukherji; title: Cultural constraints in management theories / Geert Hofstede; title: Whatever happened to masculinity and femininity? / Geert Hofstede; title: Building competitive advantage from ubuntu: management lessons from South Africa / Mzamo P. Mangaliso; title: The Japanese manager's traumatic entry into the United States: understanding the American-Japanese cultural divide / Richard G. Linowes; title: Beyond sophisticated stereotyping: cultural sensemaking in context / Joyce S. Osland and Allan Bird; title: Merck & Company, Inc.: having the vision to succeed / Stephanie Weiss and David Bollier; title: Unocal and the Yadana gas pipeline project / Anne T. Lawrence and Howard Tolley, Jr.; title: Common bond values at the New Zealand office of AT&T / Deborah Shepherd; title: The road to hell / Gareth Evans; title: Café mam and ISMAM / Ronald Nigh, Ann D. Walsh, and Dahinda Meda; title: Gold star properties: financial crisis / Joseph J. Distefano; title: Chiba International, Inc. / Nina Hatvany and Vladimir Pucik; title: Footwear international / R. William Blake; title: Roles of the international manager; title: Values in tension: ethics away from home / Thomas Donaldson; title: When ethics collide: managing conflicts across cultures / Paul F. Buller, John J. Kohls, and Kenneth S. Anderson; title: Key concepts: underlying structures of culture / Edward T. Hall and Mildred Reed Hall; title: Negotiating with the Chinese: a socio-cultural analysis / Pervez Ghauri and Tony Fang; title: Understanding the bear: a portrait of Russian business leaders / Sheila M. Puffer; title: Contrasts in culture: Russian and Western perspectives on organizational change / Snejina Michailova; title: Nike's dispute with the University of Oregon / Rebecca J. Morris and Anne T. Lawrence; title: How much sleaze is too much? / Asbjorn Osland; title: Moto: coming to America / Patricia Gercik; title: Negotiating across the Pacific / Xiaohua Lin and Jian Guan; title: Consolidated Engineering Co. goes to China / Travis Maples and Penelope B. Prime; title: Kiwi samurai: SecureFit industries in Japan / David C. Thomas; title: Rus Wane Equipment: joint venture in Russia / Stanislav V. Shekshnia and Sheila M. Puffer; title: International management challenges; title: Virtual teams: technology and the workplace of the future / Anthony M. Townsend, Samuel M. DeMarie, and Anthony R. Hendrickson; title: Minding your metaphors: applying the concept of teamwork metaphors to the management of teams in multicultural contexts / Cristina B. Gibson and Mary E. Zellmer-Bruhn; title: End-games in international alliances / Manuel G. Serapio, Jr. and Wayne F. Cascio; title: Same bed, different dreams: working relationships in Sino-American joint ventures / James P. Walsh, ErPing Wang, and Katherine R. Xin.