Management development through cultural diversity
Annotation This stimulating, clearly written and well-structured text is a comprehensive introduction to the principles of management and organizational behavior, as well as a corrective to the Eurocentric bias of most management texts. This book focuses on four domains of management--primal, rational, developmental and metaphysical. It develops a transcultural perspective drawing on insights from across the world to examine different management styles, cultures and stages of business development. Each section examines core management theory and literature, cultural orientation and related prominent theories. The numerous case studies are drawn from America, Scandinavia, Japan, the Far East, Southern Africa and elsewhere. This is a substantially revised and updated version of Ronnie Lessem's acclaimed book Global Management Principles (1989), using three-quarters new material
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1 online resource (viii, 424 pages) : illustrations
9780203982303, 9786610144365, 9780415178754, 9780415178761, 0203982304, 6610144362, 0415178754, 0415178762
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Chapter INTRODUCTION
part Part I WHY? TOWARDS MASTERY
SETTING THE CONTEXT
chapter 1 DEVELOPING IN STAGES
chapter 2 Transcending the east
west divide
chapter 3 CROSSING THE NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE
chapter 4 THE SOFT AND HARD EDGES OF MANAGEMENT
part Part II WHAT? GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
ESTABLISHING THE CONTENT
chapter 5 PRIMAL ROOTS
CULTURE AND ECONOMICS
chapter 6 PASSION FOR EXCELLENCE
chapter 7 STRATEGY, PERFORMANCE AND VALUE
chapter 8 ENTREPRENEUR AND ANIMATEUR
chapter 9 RATIONAL ROOTS
ADMINISTRATIVE AND BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE
chapter 10 REQUISITE ORGANIZATION
chapter 11 CORE COMPETENCE AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT
chapter 12 EXECUTIVE AND CHANGE AGENT
chapter 13 DEVELOPMENTAL ROOTS
BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY
chapter 14 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS
chapter 15 EMERGENT STRATEGY AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING The branches of developmental management
chapter 16 ADOPTER AND ENABLER
chapter 17 METAPHYSICAL ROOTS
PHILOSOPHY AND THE HUMANITIES
chapter 18 THE KNOWLEDGE-CREATING COMPANY
chapter 19 SPIRIT AND TRANSFORMATION
chapter 20 INNOVATOR AND ADVENTURER
part Part III HOW? MANAGERIAL METAMORPHOSIS
TRANSFORMING YOUR CAPABILITIES
chapter 21 DEVELOPING MASTERY