Societal Culture and Management / / ed. by Theodore D. Weinshall.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Business and Economics 1990 - 1999
• MitwirkendeR: Ackoff, Russell L.,; Adler, Nancy J.,; Baker, Hugh,; Beliaev, Edward,; Ben Dasan, Isaiah,; Blunt, Peter,; Boyacigiller, Nakiye A.,; Child, John,; Eggers, Russell,; Graham, John L.,; Hall, Edward T.,; Hau-Siu Chow, Irene,; Hawrylyshyn, Bohdan,; Heller, Frank,; Hendryx, Steven R.,; Herberger, Roy A.,; Hickson, David,; Horovitz, Jacques H.,; Kieser, Alfred,; Kleinberg, Jill,; Kushner, J. M.,; Laurent, André,; Lockett, Martin,; Miner, Horace,; Mullen, Thomas,; Perlmutter, Howard V.,; Pugh, Derek S.,; Punnett, Betty Jane,; Ratiu, Indrei,; Raveh, Yael A.,; Redding, S. Gordon,; Richter, Sandor,; Roberts, Karlene H.,; Schein, Edgar H.,; Shenkar, Oded,; Tawara, Jitsuo,; Vickery, Lister,; Weinshall, Theodore D.,; Wong, Gilbert Υ. Y.,; Zemtsov, Ilya,; de Bettignies, Henri-Claude,
• HerausgeberIn: Weinshall, Theodore D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2012]; ©1993
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: Reprint 2012
• Language: English
• Series: de Gruyter Studies in Organization ; 44
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (587 p.)
• Other title: i-iv --; Contents --; General Introduction --; Part One. Relating Societal Culture and Management --; A. Introduction --; Β. Some General Issues --; 1. Do Cultures Vary? --; 2. Time is the Essence --; 3. Cross-national Organizational Research: The Grasp of the Blind Men --; 4. The Onslaught on Social, Cultural and Organizational Consequences by Technological Innovation --; C. Some General Effects --; 1. Cultural Differences in Attitudes and Values --; 2. Thinking Internationally: A Comparison of How International Executives Learn --; 3. Negotiators Abroad – Don't Shoot from the Hip --; Part Two. Culture and Management in Particular Societies --; Β. U.S.A. and Western Europe --; 1. Cultural Differences in Organizational Behaviour --; 2. Body Ritual Among the Nacirema --; 3. How to do Business with a Frenchman --; C. U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe --; 1. Emerging East-West Ventures: The Transideological Enterprise --; 2. Understanding the Cultural Environment: U. S.-U. S. S. R. Trade Negotiations --; 3. Back-Drop to the Evolution of Management in Socialist Countries --; 4. Eastern Europe after Perestroika and Glasnost: The Cases of the U.S.S.R. and Hungary --; D. South-east Asia --; 1. Human Resource Management in Asia: The Way Through Recession --; 2. Market Research in a Non-Western Context: The Asian Example --; 3. Cultural Effects on the Marketing Process in South-east Asia --; 4. Cultural Consequences for Organization Change in a South-east Asian State: Brunei --; Ε. China --; 1. The Psychology of Chinese Organizational Behaviour --; 2. Symbolism in Cross-Cultural Trade: Making Chinese Symbols Work For You --; 3. Culture and the Problems of Chinese Management --; 4. The China Trade: Making the Deal Work --; 5. Human Resource Practices in the People's Republic of China --; F. Japan --; 1. Abacus and Formula Thinking --; 2. Does Japanese Management Style Have a Message for American Managers? --; 3. Management in Japan – What Can, and Cannot, be Copied in the West --; 4. Cultural Differences at Work: Japanese and American Managers --; Part Three. Culture and Management in Contrasting Societies --; Β. Contrasting Cultures – National and Organizational --; 1. The Methuselahs in Action --; 2. The Managerial Structure of a Nationally Mixed Organization in Japan: A Sociometric Case Study --; 3. The Clark-Volvo Joint Venture --; 4. Entrepreneurs: A Balanced View of their Role in Innovation and Growth --; C. Contrasts in Management --; 1. Organizational Context and Structure in Various Cultures --; 2. A Multinational Study of Decision-Making: The Relation Between Competence and Participation --; 3. Management Control in France, Great Britain, and Germany --; 4. Organizational and Managerial Roles in British and West German Companies: An Examination of the Culture-free Thesis --; D. Managing across Cultures --; 1. The Methuselah Criterion: How to Thrive and Survive in Business --; 2. The Cross-Cultural Puzzle of International Human Resource Management --; 3. Negotiating with Foreigners --; Ε. The Multinational Corporations --; 1. The Impact of the Multinational Corporations --; 2. The Training of Multinational Managers --; 3. Some Personal Thoughts on the Implications and Consequences of 1992 in the Ε. E. C. --; Indexes --; Name Index --; Subject Index --; Communities Index --; 589-590
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110856064; 9783110635669
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110856064
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Theodore D. Weinshall.