Business Across Cultures

FONS TROMPENAARS is Director of Trompenaars Hampden-Turner, an innovative centre of excellence in intercultural management.  He is the world's foremost authority on cross-cultural management and is author or co-author of several best-selling books in the field, including Riding the Waves of Culture, Die the Pediestrain Die? and 21 Leaders for the 21st Century. PETER WOOLLIAMS is Professor of International Business at Anglia Business School.  He is also an owner/partner in Trompenaars Hampden-Turner.

• Introduction. 1. The organization as a cultural construct.2. The organization of meaning: introducing value dimensions.3. Further value dimensions.4. Corporate culture.5. Managing change and continuity across cultures.6. Marketing across cultures.7. Managing HR dilemmas across cultures.8. Finance and accounting across cultures.9. The quest for a new paradigm of international leadership.10. The reconciling organization.Notes and bibliography.Index.

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