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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... employees. In a style similar to the Quakers, Indian and Chinese entrepreneurs are network specialists. They are in touch with most members of their ethnic groups not only in California but also in Bangalore, Delhi, Hsinchu, Tai- pei ...
... employees. In a style similar to the Quakers, Indian and Chinese entrepreneurs are network specialists. They are in touch with most members of their ethnic groups not only in California but also in Bangalore, Delhi, Hsinchu, Tai- pei ...
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... employees with one year of ser- vice may buy X number of company shares at a 5 percent discount . ” This applies equally to all members of the universe , and no exceptions should be made . If the CEO's nephew is an employee , for ...
... employees with one year of ser- vice may buy X number of company shares at a 5 percent discount . ” This applies equally to all members of the universe , and no exceptions should be made . If the CEO's nephew is an employee , for ...
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... employee entitlement. In practice, it can be difficult to separate the two roles and keep the benefits of kinship and friendship apart from the fair administration of rights and entitlements. It is for this reason that we measure ...
... employee entitlement. In practice, it can be difficult to separate the two roles and keep the benefits of kinship and friendship apart from the fair administration of rights and entitlements. It is for this reason that we measure ...
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... employees and managers. If people do not identify them- selves by these labels , how are we to discern. Corporate Stories Reveal the Culture Figure 2.5 Four Corporate Stories Figure 2.7 Universalism Versus Particularism. sTORIEs AnD CAsEs ...
... employees and managers. If people do not identify them- selves by these labels , how are we to discern. Corporate Stories Reveal the Culture Figure 2.5 Four Corporate Stories Figure 2.7 Universalism Versus Particularism. sTORIEs AnD CAsEs ...
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... employees using these rules are vindicated and supported . " These kinds of corporate stories are very important to know if you are a new employee entering the corporate cul- ture and wondering how you should behave . How We Managed a ...
... employees using these rules are vindicated and supported . " These kinds of corporate stories are very important to know if you are a new employee entering the corporate cul- ture and wondering how you should behave . How We Managed a ...
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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