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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... depicted bare—more an abstract, universal symbol, than the portrait of a real event. Protestants worship God as “the word.” For Catholics the crucifixion is depicted in elaborate detail, blood trickling from the crown of thorns. A very ...
... depicted bare—more an abstract, universal symbol, than the portrait of a real event. Protestants worship God as “the word.” For Catholics the crucifixion is depicted in elaborate detail, blood trickling from the crown of thorns. A very ...
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... depict the story as a struggle between Universal- ism, or the Rule of Law, and Particularism, or private devotion to another person (Figure 2.1). On the vertical ... depicted by the direction of the arrow. 36 particularism universalism –
... depict the story as a struggle between Universal- ism, or the Rule of Law, and Particularism, or private devotion to another person (Figure 2.1). On the vertical ... depicted by the direction of the arrow. 36 particularism universalism –
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... depicted by the direction of the arrow in the diagram. The marshall first upholds his duty, which then allows him to resume his interrupted love life. The second value is realized through the first. The dilemma is resolved when Will and ...
... depicted by the direction of the arrow in the diagram. The marshall first upholds his duty, which then allows him to resume his interrupted love life. The second value is realized through the first. The dilemma is resolved when Will and ...
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... depicted by the direction of the arrow. The “lying bishop” reasons that Jean Valjean will understand the universal law of God only if he is first shown a particular act of love and kindness. Sending him back to lifetime imprisonment ...
... depicted by the direction of the arrow. The “lying bishop” reasons that Jean Valjean will understand the universal law of God only if he is first shown a particular act of love and kindness. Sending him back to lifetime imprisonment ...
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... depicted in Figure 2.8. Despite his warnings, we fail to see why a product should not be distinctive and low-cost for the degree of quality on offer. Moreover, we see this combination as unbeatable. The “generic” nature of the premium ...
... depicted in Figure 2.8. Despite his warnings, we fail to see why a product should not be distinctive and low-cost for the degree of quality on offer. Moreover, we see this combination as unbeatable. The “generic” nature of the premium ...
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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