Societal Culture and Management

Theodore D. Weinshall

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9783110122114
• eBook ISBN: 9783110856064
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Economics
• Subtopic: Economic Theory
• Index: Economics

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Table of contents

• Contents
• General Introduction
• Part One. Relating Societal Culture and Management
• A. Introduction
• Β. Some General Issues
• 1. Do Cultures Vary?
• 2. Time is the Essence
• 3. Cross-national Organizational Research: The Grasp of the Blind Men
• 4. The Onslaught on Social, Cultural and Organizational Consequences by Technological Innovation
• C. Some General Effects
• 1. Cultural Differences in Attitudes and Values
• 2. Thinking Internationally: A Comparison of How International Executives Learn
• 3. Negotiators Abroad – Don't Shoot from the Hip
• Part Two. Culture and Management in Particular Societies
• A. Introduction
• Β. U.S.A. and Western Europe
• 1. Cultural Differences in Organizational Behaviour
• 2. Body Ritual Among the Nacirema
• 3. How to do Business with a Frenchman
• C. U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe
• 1. Emerging East-West Ventures: The Transideological Enterprise
• 2. Understanding the Cultural Environment: U. S.-U. S. S. R. Trade Negotiations
• 3. Back-Drop to the Evolution of Management in Socialist Countries
• 4. Eastern Europe after Perestroika and Glasnost: The Cases of the U.S.S.R. and Hungary
• D. South-east Asia
• 1. Human Resource Management in Asia: The Way Through Recession
• 2. Market Research in a Non-Western Context: The Asian Example
• 3. Cultural Effects on the Marketing Process in South-east Asia
• 4. Cultural Consequences for Organization Change in a South-east Asian State: Brunei
• Ε. China
• 1. The Psychology of Chinese Organizational Behaviour
• 2. Symbolism in Cross-Cultural Trade: Making Chinese Symbols Work For You
• 3. Culture and the Problems of Chinese Management
• 4. The China Trade: Making the Deal Work
• 5. Human Resource Practices in the People's Republic of China
• F. Japan
• 1. Abacus and Formula Thinking
• 2. Does Japanese Management Style Have a Message for American Managers?
• 3. Management in Japan – What Can, and Cannot, be Copied in the West
• 4. Cultural Differences at Work: Japanese and American Managers
• Part Three. Culture and Management in Contrasting Societies
• A. Introduction
• Β. Contrasting Cultures – National and Organizational
• 1. The Methuselahs in Action
• 2. The Managerial Structure of a Nationally Mixed Organization in Japan: A Sociometric Case Study
• 3. The Clark-Volvo Joint Venture
• 4. Entrepreneurs: A Balanced View of their Role in Innovation and Growth
• C. Contrasts in Management
• 1. Organizational Context and Structure in Various Cultures
• 2. A Multinational Study of Decision-Making: The Relation Between Competence and Participation
• 3. Management Control in France, Great Britain, and Germany
• 4. Organizational and Managerial Roles in British and West German Companies: An Examination of the Culture-free Thesis
• D. Managing across Cultures
• 1. The Methuselah Criterion: How to Thrive and Survive in Business
• 2. The Cross-Cultural Puzzle of International Human Resource Management
• 3. Negotiating with Foreigners
• Ε. The Multinational Corporations
• 1. The Impact of the Multinational Corporations
• 2. The Training of Multinational Managers
• 3. Some Personal Thoughts on the Implications and Consequences of 1992 in the Ε. E. C.
• Indexes
• Name Index
• Subject Index
• Communities Index