PREFACE |
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Chapter 1. INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT AND CULTURE |
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1.2 Factors that influence decision making |
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1.4 Cross-cultural and international management |
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1.5 Implications for the Manager |
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Chapter 1. Slicing the meat. |
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PART TWO: CROSS-CULTURAL MANAGEMENT |
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Chapter 2. ANALYSING CULTURES: MAKING COMPARISONS |
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2.3 Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck (1961) |
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2.6 Applying Hofstede’s model |
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2.7 Implications for the Manager |
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Chapter 3 ANALYSING CULTURES: AFTER HOFSTEDE |
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3.2 Comparative analysis since Hofstede |
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3.3 Problems in using comparative analysis |
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3.5 Implications for the Manager |
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Chapter 4 MOVEMENT IN THE CULTURE |
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4.2 Recognizing significant movement in the culture |
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4.3 Economic change and cultural movement in Japan |
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4.4 Other factors causing movement |
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4.5 Implications for the Manager |
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Chapter 5. ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE |
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5.2 Defining and analysing organizational cultures |
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5.3 Organizational culture and national culture |
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5.4 Mitigating the effects of the environment |
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5.5 Implications for the Manager |
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Chapter 6. CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION |
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6.2 Appropriate communication across cultures |
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6.3 One- and two-way communication styles |
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6.4 Non-verbal communication |
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6.5 Implications for the Manager |
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7.3 Intrinsic and extrinsic needs |
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7.4 How context influences needs |
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7.6 Implications for the Manager |
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Chapter 8. DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND NEGOTIATION |
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6.4 The manager resolves a dispute |
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6.6 Implications for the Manager |
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Chapter 9. FORMAL STRUCTURES |
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9.4 Culture and bureaucracy |
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9.5 Implications for the Manager |
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Chapter 10. INFORMAL SYSTEMS |
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10.2 Informal relationships |
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10.4 Patronage, culture and society |
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10.5 Some variants: Guanxi and Wasta |
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10.6 Managing informal systems |
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10.7 Implications for the Manager |
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Chapter 11 THE CULTURE AND POLITICS OF PLANNING CHANGE |
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11.2 The meaning of planning |
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11.3 The classic planning model |
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11.4 How national culture influences planning |
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11.5 How organisational culture influences planning |
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11.6 The politics of planning |
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11.7 Implications for the Manager |
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Chapter 12 WHEN DOES CULTURE MATTER? THE CASE OF SMEs |
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12.2 The start-up in the United Kingdom and United States |
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12.3 The start-up in Taiwan |
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12.4 The Anglo family company |
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12.5 The Chinese family company |
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12.6 The Middle eastern family company |
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12.7 Assessing the influence of national culture |
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12.8 Implications for the Manager |
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Chapter 2 Relations between manager and employees |
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Chapter 3 The Venezuelan manager |
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Chapter 4 Youth and age, or youth and age? |
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Chapter 5 The Vietnamese bank |
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Chapter 6 Bad communication |
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Chapter 7 Motivating who? |
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Chapter 8 The Nigerian family firm |
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Chapter 9 No job description |
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Chapter 10 Patronage in Europe |
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Chapter 11 Improving quality control |
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Chapter 12 Explaining decisions made by small business owners |
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PART THREE: INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT |
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Chapter 13 GLOBALIZATION AND LOCALIZATION |
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13.2 Defining globalisation |
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13.3 The social effects of globalisation |
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13.4 The roots of high globalisation |
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13.5 Implications for the Manager |
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Chapter 14 PLANNING STRATEGY |
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14.2 Reasons for strategic planning |
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14.3 Stages in strategic planning |
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14.4 Strategic planning based on resources |
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14.5 Balancing resources and position |
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14.6 The influence of environmental factors |
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14.10 Implications for the Manager |
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Chapter 15 IMPLEMENTING STRATEGY AND APPLYING KNOWLEDGE |
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15.2 Identifying and applying knowledge |
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15.3 Organizational capabilities and competitive advantage |
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15.4 Implementation and communication |
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15.5 Mergers and Acquisitions |
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15.6 Transferring the implementation system |
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15.7 Implications for the Manager |
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Chapter 16 E-COMMUNICATION |
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16.2 Controlling by E-communication |
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16.3 Cross national implementation |
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16.4 Culture and E-communication |
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16.5 Implications for the Manager |
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Chapter 17 FORMING AN INTERNATIONAL JOINT VENTURE |
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17.2 Why invest in an IJV? |
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17.3 Preparing for success: the four compatibilities |
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17.6 Implications for the Manager |
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Chapter 18 OPPORTUNITY AND RISK: HEADQUARTERS AND SUBSIDIARY |
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18.2 Risk for the subsidiary |
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18.5 Implications for the Manager |
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Chapter 19 MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCES |
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19.2 Applying concepts of HRM |
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19.3 The general functions of HRM |
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19.4 HRM activities in context |
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19.6 Performance appraisal |
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19.9 Implications for the Manager |
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Chapter 20 CONTROLLING BY STAFFING |
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20.2 Staffing to control the IJV |
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20.3 Bureaucratic or cultural control in the subsidiary? |
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20.4 Local or expatriate management? |
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20.5 Implications for the Manager |
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Chapter 21 MANAGING EXPATRIATE ASIGNMENTS |
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21.3 Expatriate success and failure |
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21.4 Expatriate selection |
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21.7 Implications for the Manager |
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Chapter 22 THE EXPATRIATE BRAND MANAGER |
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22.2 The emergence of global brands |
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22.3 Role of the expatriate brand manager |
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22.4 Brand communication: managing the mix |
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22.5 Implications for the Manager |
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Chapter 13 The call centre revolution |
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Chapter 17 The Indian joint venrture |
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Chapter 18 Global Paper (1) |
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Chapter 19 The foreign employee |
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Chapter 20 Global Paper (2) |
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Chapter 21 Appointing a headquarters manager to the Swiss subsidiary |
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PART FOUR: CONCLUSIONS |
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Chapter 23 THE CULTURE OF THE SUBSIDIARY: CONVERGENCE AND |
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DIVERGENCE |
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23.2 Corporate cohesion and cultural shift |
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23.3 Convergence and divergence |
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23.4 The dual-pressure perspective |
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23.6 Implications for the Manager |
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Chapter 24. ETHICS AND CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY |
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24.3 Ethics across culture and time |
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24.5 Corporate Social Responsibility |
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24.6 Implications for the Manager |
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Chapter 24 A Donation to the President’s Campaign Fund |
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Appendix Planning a Dissertation |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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