Cross-Cultural Management
in work organisations

Description

Cross-Cultural Management by Ray French provides up-to-date, comprehensive coverage of cross-cultural social relations in the work setting. It incorporates research findings, and includes international case studies and examples.

This lively and engaging book will help students taking Cross-Cultural or International Management modules at undergraduate, MBA or postgraduate level. It encourages readers to engage critically with topics through reflective questions and other multicultural activities. It also includes numerous case studies from around the globe making it a truly international text.

French provides an evaluation of existing frameworks for understanding cross-cultural differences as they affect workplace behaviour and the management of people. He 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

Authors

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, Co (eds) 2005, CIPD.