Building Cross-Cultural Competence: How to Create Wealth from Conflicting ValuesYale University Press, 2008 M10 1 - 400 páginas divdivCross-cultural competence is a skill that has become increasingly essential for the managers in multinational companies. For other business people, this kind of competence may spell the difference between surviving and perishing in the new global economy. This book focuses on the dilemmas of these managers and offers constructive advice on dealing with culture shock and turning it to business advantage. Opposing values can be understood as complementary and reconcilable, say Charles Hampden-Turner and Fons Trompenaars. A manager who concentrates on integrating rather than polarizing values will make much better business decisions. Furthermore, the authors show, wealth is actually created by reconciling values-in-conflict. Based on fourteen years of research involving nearly 50,000 managerial respondents and on the authors’ extensive experience in international business, the book compares American cultural values to those of more than forty other nations. It explores six culture-defining dimensions and their reverse images (universalism-particularism, individualism- /DIV/DIV |
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... conflict between them disappears because they say the same thing and point to the same conclu- sion .... The dichotomy between selfishness and unselfishness disappears ... be- cause in principle every act is both selfish and unselfish ...
... conflict between them disappears because they say the same thing and point to the same conclu- sion .... The dichotomy between selfishness and unselfishness disappears ... be- cause in principle every act is both selfish and unselfish ...
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... conflicts and clashes emerge within re- search, development, manufacturing, marketing, distribution, and after- sales service departments, and many conflicts erupt betweenthem. Yet only those managers and workers who are reconciled with ...
... conflicts and clashes emerge within re- search, development, manufacturing, marketing, distribution, and after- sales service departments, and many conflicts erupt betweenthem. Yet only those managers and workers who are reconciled with ...
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... conflicts : in business , industry , religion , society , science , ethics , and politics The even - numbered chapters ( with exception of Chapter 2 , which has a broader framework ) detail : • Stories told by American culture Mirror ...
... conflicts : in business , industry , religion , society , science , ethics , and politics The even - numbered chapters ( with exception of Chapter 2 , which has a broader framework ) detail : • Stories told by American culture Mirror ...
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... Conflicts : In Business and Industry The clash between Universalism and Particularism takes many forms . There are " family resemblances " in different aspects of business . One example is the historic clash between scientific ...
... Conflicts : In Business and Industry The clash between Universalism and Particularism takes many forms . There are " family resemblances " in different aspects of business . One example is the historic clash between scientific ...
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... Conflicts : In Religion , Politics , and Society The tension between Universalism and Particularism spills over into re- ligion , politics , and society . We have already seen that Protestant cultures score higher on the Universalism ...
... Conflicts : In Religion , Politics , and Society The tension between Universalism and Particularism spills over into re- ligion , politics , and society . We have already seen that Protestant cultures score higher on the Universalism ...
Contenido
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Stories and Cases | 98 |
The Dilemma | 123 |
Stories and Cases | 159 |
The Dilemma | 189 |
The Dilemma | 295 |
Stories and Cases | 320 |
Appendix 1 Dilemma Theory and Its Origins | 345 |
Appendix 2 Exercises in Reconciliation | 349 |
Old and New Questionnaires | 353 |
Appendix 4 The Space Between Dimensions | 359 |
Bibliography | 365 |
Filmography | 377 |
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Building Cross-cultural Competence: How to Create Wealth from Conflicting Values Charles Hampden-Turner,Alfons Trompenaars Sin vista previa disponible - 2000 |
Building Cross-cultural Competence: How to Create Wealth from Conflicting Values Charles Hampden-Turner,Alfons Trompenaars,Fons Trompenaars Sin vista previa disponible - 2000 |
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