International Management - Softcover

Mead, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631200037 ISBN 13: 9780631200031

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 1998

Synopsis

International Management provides a comprehensive introduction to cross-cultural management, demonstrating how cultural factors influence behaviour in the boardroom and the workplace, and examines the skills needed to manage across national borders.

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• The only book on the market which effectively incorporates the cross-cultural dimension.
  
• Provides unique coverage of patronage relationships; organizational culture; dispute; family companies; HQ and subsidiary relationships; and planning change.
  
• Written by an author with a truly international perspective - having gained both teaching and management experience in the US, UK and Asia.
  
• The author's background in anthropology gives the book another unique approach.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

International Management provides a comprehensive introduction to cross-cultural management, demonstrating how cultural factors influence behavior in the boardroom and the workplace, and examines the skills needed to manage across national borders.

The new edition of this bestselling text has been extensively revised and updated to include new material on the knowledge company, risk management, motivation by teamwork, mission statements plus there is greater emphasis on the role of technology, the work of Trompenaars and a new chapter on strategy.

The numerous examples included in the book are drawn from a wide variety of sources and are truly international, being sourced from the US, Europe and Southeast Asia. By demonstrating the practical applications of theoretical issues, this text helps managers and management students gain a thorough understanding of cross-cultural management.

About the Author:

Richard Mead is Director of Asian Business Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. He has most recently taught at the Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, and previously at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, USA. He has over 25 years' experience of teaching, research and consulting in communications and management, including periods in Malaysia, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Brazil and Sierra Leone.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0631200037
• ISBN 13: 9780631200031
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 496