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When cultures collide : leading across cultures : a major new edition of the global guide / Richard D. Lewis.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston ; London : Nicholas Brealey International, 2006.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xxii, 599 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1904838022 (pbk : alk. paper)
  • 9781904838029 (pbk : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD62.4 .L49 2006
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Partial contents:
pt. 1. Getting to grips with cultural diversity. Different languages, different worlds -- Cultural conditioning -- Categorizing cultures -- The use of time -- Bridging the communication gap -- Manners (and mannerisms) -- pt. 2. Managing and leading in different cultures. Status, leadership and organization -- Team building and horizons -- Motivating people and building trust -- Meetings of the minds -- pt. 3. Getting to know each other. English-Speaking Countries -- Western European Countries -- Central and Eastern European Countries -- Nordic Countries -- The Baltic States and Central Asian Countries -- Middle Eastern Countries -- Asian (South, Southeast, East) Countries -- Latin American Countries -- Sub-Sahara African Countries.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Standard Loan Thurles Library Main Collection 658.049 LEW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available R18881NKRC
Standard Loan Thurles Library Main Collection 658.049 LEW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available R18882PKRC
Standard Loan Thurles Library Main Collection 658.049 LEW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available R18885XKRC

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The successful managers for the next century will be the culturally sensitive ones. You can gain competitive advantage from having strategies to deal with the cultural differences you will encounter in any international business setting.

Richard Lewis provides a guide to working and communicating across cultures, and explains how your culture and language affect the ways in which you think and respond. This revised and expanded edition in paperback of Richard Lewis's book provides an ever more global and practical guide not just to understanding but also managing in different business cultures. New chapters on more than a dozen countries - from Iraq, Israel and Pakistan to Serbia, Columbia and Venezuela - vastly broaden therange.

Rev. ed. of: When cultures collide : managing successfully across cultures.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [585]-586) and index.

pt. 1. Getting to grips with cultural diversity. Different languages, different worlds -- Cultural conditioning -- Categorizing cultures -- The use of time -- Bridging the communication gap -- Manners (and mannerisms) -- pt. 2. Managing and leading in different cultures. Status, leadership and organization -- Team building and horizons -- Motivating people and building trust -- Meetings of the minds -- pt. 3. Getting to know each other. English-Speaking Countries -- Western European Countries -- Central and Eastern European Countries -- Nordic Countries -- The Baltic States and Central Asian Countries -- Middle Eastern Countries -- Asian (South, Southeast, East) Countries -- Latin American Countries -- Sub-Sahara African Countries.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Richard Lewis is the chairman of Richard Lewis Communications, an international institute of cross-cultural and language training with offices in over 30 countries. He founded the quartely magazine Cross Culture in 1989 and is heavily involved in the intercultural field, lecturing in countries from Finland to Hong Kong and working with companies as diverse as Fiat, IBM, Nokia, Andersen Consulting and Nestle. He lives near Winchester, and is one of Britain's foremost linguists, speaking 12 languages - and spent 5 years in Japan, where he was tutor to the Imperial Family.

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