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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829975203321

Titolo

The Blackwell handbook of global management [[electronic resource] ] : a guide to managing complexity / / edited by Henry W. Lane ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Blackwell, 2004

ISBN

1-4051-5267-2

1-280-23722-8

9786610237227

1-4051-6635-5

1-4051-2883-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (504 p.)

Collana

Handbooks in management

Altri autori (Persone)

LaneHenry W. <1942->

Disciplina

658.049

Soggetti

International business enterprises - Management

Business

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures; Notes on the Contributors; Preface; 1 Globalization: Hercules Meets Buddha; 2 People in Global Organizations: Culture, Personality, and Social Dynamics; 3 Global Competencies: An Introduction; 4 The Crucial Yet Illusive Global Mindset; 5 Mindful Communication; 6 Creating and Building Trust; 7 Boundary Spanning; 8 Building Community through Change; 9 Making Ethical Decisions; PART III: LEADING AND TEAMING; 10 Leading in a Global Context: Vision in Complexity; 11 Designing and Forming Global Teams; 12 Effective Team Processes for Global Teams

13 Performance Management in Global Teams14 Managing Knowledge in Global Organizations; 15 External Sourcing of Knowledge in the International Firm; 16 Seeking Global Advantage with Information Management and Information Technology Capabilities; 17 Global Account Management: New Structures, New Tasks; 18 Barriers and Bonds to Knowledge Transfer in Global Alliances and Mergers; 19 Managing Complexity in the Global Innovation Process: A Networ

Sommario/riassunto

This handbook provides an overview of current approaches and scholarship in the study of international organizations. Associated with



the fast-growing ION network, it links traditional international business with the latest issues and debates in organizational theory and behaviour.