The Mindful International Manager: How to Work Effectively Across Cultures

ISBN-13: 9780749469825 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 248 str.

Jeremy Comfort; Peter Franklin

Opis

The Mindful International Manager tackles the management situations that international managers have to handle every day. Written to be accessible to non-native English speakers, it quotes the experiences and insights of practicing international managers and describes differences and difficulties as well as the skills and competences.Equipping readers with the techniques and knowledge to motivate and manage their teams, this book shows how to clarify local vs. international roles, support and develop a team, organize and coordinate boundaries of time and distance, and win commitment toward common goals. It contains exercises, best practice advice, quotes from practicing managers from around the world, and a glossary of difficult terms.

Recenzje

"Conversational and immediately accessible to anyone who is new to the content... great care has been taken in these pages to talk the way people talk in the real world and to relate theory to practice." Craig Storti, writer and cross-cultural trainer, author of The Art of Crossing Cultures, Speaking of India and many more bestsellers

Spis treści

• • Chapter - 00: Introduction;
  • Chapter - 01: Managing internationally;
  • Chapter - 02: Cultures;
  • Chapter - 03: Individuals;
  • Chapter - 04: Situations;
  • Chapter - 05: Direction;
  • Chapter - 06: Organization and change;
  • Chapter - 07: Roles;
  • Chapter - 08: Support;
  • Chapter - 09: Feedback;
  • Chapter - 10: Representing;
  • Chapter - 11: Conflict;
  • Chapter - 12: Cooperation;
  • Chapter - 13: Leading

O autorze

Jeremy Comfort founded York Associates, UK, nearly thirty years ago with the mission to develop people internationally. He has trained and coached hundreds of individuals and teams who face the ever more complex challenges of working internationally.

Peter Franklin is professor of intercultural business and management communication at HTWG Konstanz University of Applied Sciences in Germany. He also works on MBA courses at business schools in Germany, Britain and Switzerland.

Peter Franklin is Director of Dialog in The Delta Intercultural Academy, an Internet-based knowledge community devoted to culture and communication in international business.