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Management across cultures : developing global competencies /

By: Steers, Richard M
Title By: Nardon, Luciara, 1972- | Sánchez-Runde, Carlos
Material type: BookPublisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2013.Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xii, 442 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9781107645912; 1107030129 (hbk.); 9781107645912 (pbk.); 1107645913 (pbk.)Subject(s): Management -- Cross-cultural studies | International business enterprises -- ManagementDDC classification: 658.049 Online resources: Location Map
Summary:
The second edition of this popular textbook explores the latest approaches to cross-cultural management, as well as presenting strategies and tactics for managing international assignments and global teams. With a clear emphasis on learning and development, the text encourages students to acquire skills in multicultural competence that will be highly valued by their future employers. This has never been as important as now, in a world where increasingly all managers are global managers and where management practices and processes can differ significantly across national and regional boundaries. This new edition has been updated after extensive market feedback to include new features: a new chapter on working and living abroad; applications boxes showing how theories and key concepts can be applied to solve real-life management problems; student questions to encourage critical thinking; updated examples and references.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai
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658.049 ST MA (Browse shelf) Available T0049645
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Previous ed.: Management across cultures : challenges and strategies / Richard M. Steers, Carlos J. Sánchez-Runde, Luciara Nardon. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The second edition of this popular textbook explores the latest approaches to cross-cultural management, as well as presenting strategies and tactics for managing international assignments and global teams. With a clear emphasis on learning and development, the text encourages students to acquire skills in multicultural competence that will be highly valued by their future employers. This has never been as important as now, in a world where increasingly all managers are global managers and where management practices and processes can differ significantly across national and regional boundaries. This new edition has been updated after extensive market feedback to include new features: a new chapter on working and living abroad; applications boxes showing how theories and key concepts can be applied to solve real-life management problems; student questions to encourage critical thinking; updated examples and references.

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