When cultures collide : leading across cultures

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Title:

Author:

Lewis, Richard D.

ISBN:

9781904838029

Personal Author:

Lewis, Richard D.

Edition:

3rd ed.

Publication Information:

Boston : Nicholas Brealey Pub., 2006.

Physical Description:

xxii, 599 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

General Note:

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

Contents:

Pt. 1. Getting to grips with cultural diversity -- 1. Different languages, different worlds -- 2. Cultural conditioning -- 3. Categorizing cultures -- 4. The use of time -- 5. Bridging the communication gap -- 6. Manners (and mannerisms) -- Pt. 2. Managing and leading in different cultures -- 7. Status, leadership and organization -- 8. Team building and horizons -- 9. Motivating people and building trust -- 10. 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-Saharan African countries.

Abstract:

"Capturing the rising influence of culture and the seismic changes throughout many regions of the world, cross-cultural expert and international businessman Richard Lewis has significantly broadened the scope of his seminal work on global business and communication. Now covering more than 60 countries and every major region in the world, this thoroughly updated and expanded third edition of When Cultures Collide continues to break new ground. New chapters on more than a dozen countries - from Iraq, Israel and Pakistan to Serbia, Colombia and Venezuela - vastly broaden the range. Building on his powerful LMR model, Lewis gives leaders and managers practical strategies to embrace differences and work successfully across increasingly diverse business cultures."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

International business enterprises -- Management -- Social aspects.

Management -- Social aspects.

Intercultural communication.

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Summary

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.