Extent:
Online-Ressource (XIII, 290 S.)
graph. Darst.
Type of publication: Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories): Einführung ; Lehrbuch ; Textbook
Language: English
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record
International Management Behavior: Global and Sustainable Leadership; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Developing International Managers: Research-Grounded, Pragmatically-Tested; Outline of the Book: Following the Challenges and Opportunities; Focus on the Voyage; Part 1; Chapter 1: The Global Manager; Globalization: The Setting for International Management Behavior; Recent Globalization: Transportation and Communications Connect Us; Managing Globalization = Managing Complexity; Managing Complexity: Hercules Meets Buddha
Managing People Across Borders: A Job DescriptionNot all Jobs are Equally Global; Glass Half Empty or Half Full?; Manager or Leader? International or Global?; Superhero or Ordinary Human? What Does it Take to Lead Across Borders?; Global Managing Starts with a Global Mindset; Opportunities for Global Managers; Part 2; Chapter 2: Understanding Culture: Through the Looking Glass; Culture: Easier to Identify than Define; All Groups Have Cultures; Is Culture Becoming Less Important?; Why Focus on Country Cultures?; Culture Influences How We See the World; Clearer Vision With D-I-E
Culture Influences our LensesWhen Cultures Meet - Question the Other or Question Ourselves?; Culture Creates Efficiency and Identity; Mapping Cultures; The Cultural Orientations Framework and International Management; How do we Engage the World Around Us?; Who has Power? Who is Responsible?; How do we Coordinate Collective Action?; What is our Timeframe?; Cultural Contributions in Multicultural Teams; The Discipline of Cartography: Cultural Mixes, Changes, and other Complexities; Culture is at the Core of International Management
Chapter 3: Interpersonal Skills for International Management: The MBI Model for High PerformanceMapping to Understand and Describe Differences; Mapping in Action - A New Team; Bridging Differences Through Communication; Prepare to be Open, Optimistic and Active; Decenter to Transfer Meaning; Recenter to Align and Agree; Integrating to Manage and Build on the Differences; Generating Participation; Resolving Disagreements; Building on Ideas; MBI Creates Results; MBI in Action - Adapting Systems Across Boundaries; Who Should Adapt?; Continuous Learning for Development and Effectiveness
Chapter 4: Managing Global Teams and NetworksTeams are the Basic Unit of Work and Collaboration; Effective Teams Manage Their Set Up and Their Processes Carefully; Structural Inputs: Set Up the Team Right, From the Start; Select Team Members Carefully; Social Processes: Transform Input Conditions into Performance; Effective Teams Adapt and Learn; Virtual Teams: The Joys and Challenges of Distance and Technology; Virtual Teams: Just What are We Dealing With?; Dispersed Configuration: From Time Zones to Infrastructure; Virtuous Cycles: Pursuing Three Processes Simultaneously
Managing Virtual Teams: Leading Virtuous Cycles
ISBN: 978-1-118-52737-5 ; 978-1-118-78878-3
Classification: Unternehmensführung ; Außenwirtschaft: Allgemeines
Source:
ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011678734