When cultures collide : leading across cultures : a major new edition of the global guide / Richard D. Lewis.
Material type: TextPublication details: Boston ; London : Nicholas Brealey International, 2006.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xxii, 599 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 1904838022 (pbk : alk. paper)
- 9781904838029 (pbk : alk. paper)
- HD62.4 .L49 2006
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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.