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Managing Cultural Differences
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The Managing Cultural Differences (MCD) as mentioned in this paper is a popular textbook for international business and cross-cultural management courses and is required course reading for undergraduates, postgraduates, and MBA students.Abstract:
The world of business for all organizations in the twenty-first century is global, interdependent, complex, and rapidly changing. That means sophisticated global leadership skills are required more than ever today. Individual and organizational success is no longer dependent solely on business acumen. Our ability to understand, communicate, and manage across borders, countries, and cultures has never been as important as it is now. The understanding and utilization of cultural differences as a business resource is a key building block as companies rely on their global reach to achieve the best profit and performance.
For this reason, international business and cross-cultural management are key topics in undergraduate business, MBA, and executive education programs worldwide as companies and institutions prepare current and future business leaders for the global marketplace. This exciting new edition of the highly successful textbook, Managing Cultural Differences, seeks to guide students and any person with global responsibilities to understand how culture fits in a changing business world, how to gain a competitive advantage from effective cross-cultural management, and gives practical advice for doing business across the globe.
With updated content, new case studies, and a new author team, Managing Cultural Differences is required course reading for undergraduates, postgraduates, and MBA students alike, as well as being of significant value for anyone who sells, purchases, travels, or works internationally.read more
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Moving Beyond Internationalizing the Mission Force Missions have come full circle. Nations that were once the recipients of missionaries are now sending out their own. Internationalization and globalization of mission organizations is needed, but they are not the same thing. It is our failure to understand this and treating them as synonymous that spells trouble. Hence the need to think and act in new and more effective ways.
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The Nerf ball: A useful technique for management education and practice: Working paper series--05-06
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Surfing Cultures: Re-entry Debriefing for Returning Expatriates — an Essential Phase of the International Assignment Cycle
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Government, law and structure: where is transparency and what does it mean for marketing strategy?
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TL;DR: In this paper, the role of government and the rule of law are examined across cultures, and a decision tree is created to determine when and how to adapt business activities for success.