Developing Global Business Leaders
Subtitle: Policies, Processes, and Innovations
Contributors: Mark E. Mendenhall (Editor); Torsten M. Kuhlmann (Editor); Gunter K. Stahl (Editor)
Publisher: Quorum Books
Published: October 30, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781567203141
Subjects: International business; Organizational theory & behaviour; Leadership In Business; Executives; Business Executives; Personnel management; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Leadership; Business/Economics; International business enterprises; Human Resources & Personnel Management; International - General; Business & Economics / Human Resources & Personnel Management; Management - General; Training of; International business enterpr
First sentence: It has been argued by many scholars and business observers that people-not plans, systems, or strategies-are the key to obtaining a global competitive advantage for a company in any given industry (see, for example, Bennis, 1989a; Pfeffer, 1994) Black, Gregersen, Mendenhall, and Stroh (1999) summarized this view when they wrote, "People formulate and implement strategy.