Cultural Confluence in Organizational Change

Alette Vonk is a Lecturer in Intercultural Management at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands. She is a Development Sociologist, lived and worked in West Africa for ten years and today she's a seasoned trainer and consultant in the field of Intercultural Management for a great variety of clients.Vasco Freitas Silva, PhD is an Executive Board Member of Strong Charon SA, a leading private security company in Portugal. With a career spanning 17 years, Silva has held various management positions, including R&D Manager, Sales Manager, Regional Office Manager, Country Manager and Board Member. He is a member of the alumni network at the Harvard Business School and AESE Business School. He embarked on his entrepreneurial venture in Angola in 2010.

• 1. Introduction.- Part I: Setting the Stage.- 2. Globalisation, ‘best’ management practices and cultural awareness.- 3. Contemporary tradition and modernity in Africa.- Part II: Cultural Research: etic and emic approaches.- 4. The Hofstede model: understanding a multicultural environment.- 5. Genchi Genbutsu of the Toyota Way: finding local perspectives.- Part III: Organisational change.- 6. The process of organisational design to bridge the cultural gap.- 7. Reaping the harvest: the results of the transformation.- Part IV: Conclusion.- 8. Spaces of cultural confluence: performative elements of leadership.- Bibliography.- Index.