TY - BOOK AU - Ackoff,Russell L. AU - Adler,Nancy J. AU - Baker,Hugh AU - Beliaev,Edward AU - Ben Dasan,Isaiah AU - Blunt,Peter AU - Boyacigiller,Nakiye A. AU - Child,John AU - Eggers,Russell AU - Graham,John L. AU - Hall,Edward T. AU - Hau-Siu Chow,Irene AU - Hawrylyshyn,Bohdan AU - Heller,Frank AU - Hendryx,Steven R. AU - Herberger,Roy A. AU - Hickson,David AU - Horovitz,Jacques H. AU - Kieser,Alfred AU - Kleinberg,Jill AU - Kushner,J.M. AU - Laurent,André AU - Lockett,Martin AU - Miner,Horace AU - Mullen,Thomas AU - Perlmutter,Howard V. AU - Pugh,Derek S. AU - Punnett,Betty Jane AU - Ratiu,Indrei AU - Raveh,Yael A. AU - Redding,S.Gordon AU - Richter,Sandor AU - Roberts,Karlene H. AU - Schein,Edgar H. AU - Shenkar,Oded AU - Tawara,Jitsuo AU - Vickery,Lister AU - Weinshall,Theodore D. AU - Wong,Gilbert Υ.Y. AU - Zemtsov,Ilya AU - de Bettignies,Henri-Claude TI - Societal Culture and Management T2 - de Gruyter Studies in Organization SN - 9783110122114 AV - HD31 U1 - 306 20 PY - 2012///] CY - Berlin, Boston : PB - De Gruyter, KW - Industrial management KW - Cross-cultural studies KW - Führung KW - Interkulturelles Verstehen KW - Kulturkontakt KW - Management KW - Organisationskultur KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General KW - bisacsh N1 - i-iv --; 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 --; 589-590; restricted access; Issued also in print UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110856064 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110856064 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110856064/original ER -