Ray French
Pages: 224 Published: March 2007
ISBN: 1843981491
ISBN13: 9781843981497
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Description
Cross-Cultural Management a lively and engaging text suitable for both undergraduate and MBA and other postgraduate students taking Cross-Cultural or International Management modules. It encourages students to engage critically with topics through reflective questions and other activities which are particularly suited to multicultural student cohorts. It also includes numerous case studies from around the global making it a truly international text.
This concise but in-depth text offers up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of cross-cultural social relations in the work setting and provides an evaluation of existing frameworks for understanding cross-cultural differences as they affect workplace behaviour and the management of people. It also examines the inter-cultural competencies needed by managers dealing with employees from different cultural backgrounds and points to implications of an awareness of cultural difference for HRM strategies and policies.
Contents
PART 1: SETTING THE SCENE
Introduction
PART 2: CULTURE: USES AND LIMITATIONS
The Meaning(s) of Culture
Understanding Models of Culture
Conceptualising Culture: The Way Forward
PART 3: CROSS-CULTURAL SOCIAL RELATIONS IN THE WORKPLACE
Culture and Organisational Structure
Intercultural Communication
Leadership
Motivation and Exchange
PART FOUR: MANAGING ACROSS OR WITHIN CULTURES
Intercultural Competencies, Training and Ethics
Culture and Human Resource Management
PART FIVE: LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
Conclusions.
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About the author(s)
Ray French
Ray is a Principal Lecturer at the University of Portsmouth Business School, where he teaches in the area of organisational behaviour, managing business relationships, human resource management and cross-cultural awareness for managers. His deep interest in cross-cultural aspects of work and organisation is rooted in his own mixed cultural upbringing and has been reinforced in his career, specifically through close involvement with business courses taught across Europe and in Asia. Ray''s recent publications include two chapters: Recruitment and Selection (co-authored with Sally Rumbles) and Job Design in Managing and Leading People. Adam-Smith, D and Rayner, C (eds) 2005, CIPD.
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