Global Teams: How Top Multinationals Span Boundaries and Cultures with High-Speed Teamwork [Hardcover]

Michael J. Marquardt (Author), Lisa Horvath (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 24, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0891061576 | ISBN-13: 978-0891061571 | Edition: First Printing First Edition

With a 12-step strategic guide and a wealth of case studies, this book offers the tools organizations need to bridge distance, cultures, and language, and convert the richness created by cultural diversities into innovative thinking and action.

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If global issues haven't occurred to you, you need this book. If they have, getAbstract.com still suggests this book. -- getAbstract, February 2004

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Praise and acclaim for GLOBAL TEAMS is coming from various corporations and people. It includes Mary F. Tomasello, organization development consultant at Alcoa; Howard Schuman, managing director of East-West Capital Resources and author of "Making It Abroad;" Dr. Antony Hii, president of Global HRD Pte Ltd in Malaysia; Mary Kay Vona, partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers; and Nancy O. Berger, education specialist at Cisco Systems and coauthor of "Global Leaders for the 21st Century."

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing; First Printing First Edition edition (July 24, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0891061576
• ISBN-13: 978-0891061571
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #314,674 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #66 in Books > Business & Investing > International > Exports & Imports

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3.0 out of 5 stars A Solid Effort!, February 29, 2004

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Rolf Dobelli "getAbstract" (Switzerland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Global Teams: How Top Multinationals Span Boundaries and Cultures with High-Speed Teamwork (Hardcover)

Some of the challenges of managing global teams are obvious. For example, team members will probably speak different languages and come from different cultures. So how do you function in the Tower of Babel? Authors Michael J. Marquardt and Lisa Horvath recommend designating a common language, usually English for American companies. On the other hand, some of the challenges global team managers confront are not so obvious. For instance, what reward system do you use when everyone values different things? Can you just give everyone a pat on the back and a bonus, or must you individualize feedback mechanisms? What etiquette do you follow if everyone has a different sense of what is polite? If these issues haven't occurred to you already, you need this book. If they have, well, We still suggests this rundown on the very basics. As you may have guessed, all the issues you have already confronted with international employees get magnified with global teams.

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting views, December 15, 2006

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Todesca Tommaso (Trento Italy) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Global Teams: How Top Multinationals Span Boundaries and Cultures with High-Speed Teamwork (Hardcover)

This is mostly about common sense, but it does provide some clever insight into today's multinationals and it's worth for anyone interested in how our different cultures can work together in one organization, and perform at their best. The authors start from an interesting premise, that is "you can never completely understand a culture that is not yours / or that you haven't been living in".

3.0 out of 5 stars A Solid Read!, April 29, 2004

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Rolf Dobelli "getAbstract" (Switzerland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Global Teams: How Top Multinationals Span Boundaries and Cultures with High-Speed Teamwork (Hardcover)

Some of the challenges of managing global teams are obvious. For example, team members will probably speak different languages and come from different cultures. So how do you function in the Tower of Babel? Authors Michael J. Marquardt and Lisa Horvath recommend designating a common language, usually English for American companies. On the other hand, some of the challenges global team managers confront are not so obvious. For instance, what reward system do you use when everyone values different things? Can you just give everyone a pat on the back and a bonus, or must you individualize feedback mechanisms? What etiquette do you follow if everyone has a different sense of what is polite? If these issues haven't occurred to you already, you need this book. If they have, well, We still suggests this rundown on the very basics. As you may have guessed, all the issues you have already confronted with international employees get magnified with global teams.