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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... example , be able to see that just as individuals can con- tribute much to the life of the community , that community has nurtured and originates the individuality they express . " That is intelligence of an unusual kind , yet essential ...
... example , be able to see that just as individuals can con- tribute much to the life of the community , that community has nurtured and originates the individuality they express . " That is intelligence of an unusual kind , yet essential ...
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... example, is safe and reliable but not high-performing and sporty. But if we look deeper, we see that despite some trade-offs, automobiles are considerably safer and better-performing, more fuel-saving and more responsive to the throttle ...
... example, is safe and reliable but not high-performing and sporty. But if we look deeper, we see that despite some trade-offs, automobiles are considerably safer and better-performing, more fuel-saving and more responsive to the throttle ...
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... . We cannot think of a nation, tribe, or tiddlywinks team, for example, that does not make rules and is not then shortly faced with exceptions to those rules. We cannot imagine any group anywhere that is InTRODuCTIOn 9.
... . We cannot think of a nation, tribe, or tiddlywinks team, for example, that does not make rules and is not then shortly faced with exceptions to those rules. We cannot imagine any group anywhere that is InTRODuCTIOn 9.
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... ( examples and influences are located outside ) Synchronous time ( time is a dance of fine coordinations ) The odd - numbered chapters in this book explore and describe the par- ticular dilemma or values dimension . The even - numbered ...
... ( examples and influences are located outside ) Synchronous time ( time is a dance of fine coordinations ) The odd - numbered chapters in this book explore and describe the par- ticular dilemma or values dimension . The even - numbered ...
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... example , in- sist that men and women are both human and should be treated the same , thereby upholding the universal rights of both genders . Alternatively we can insist that men and women are different and should be treated differ ...
... example , in- sist that men and women are both human and should be treated the same , thereby upholding the universal rights of both genders . Alternatively we can insist that men and women are different and should be treated differ ...
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 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
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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