Management Worldwide: The Impact of Societal Culture on Organizations Around the Globe (Penguin Business) (Paperback)

by David J. Hickson (Author), Derek S. Pugh (Author) "The world is getting smaller, figuratively speaking, but horizons are getting wider, especially managerial horizons..." (more)
Key Phrases: second culture shock, culture cake, considerate supervisor, Hong Kong, United States, Saudi Arabia (more...)

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Product Description
Examines how the cultures of different societies in the world influence management, what is common and unique to different societies as well as featuring introductory chapters on these and related general issues. The book looks at different global areas and offers a discussion of multinational organizations and whether there is any convergence of management techniques worldwide.

About the Author
David Hickson and Derek Pugh are two of Britain's most distinguished management theorists. Their prevous books for Penguin include the famous Writers on Organizations. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (January 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140149813
• ISBN-13: 978-0140149814
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,444,225 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best book I've read on the subject - very insightful, July 9, 1999

By A Customer

If you're going to manage in a country and culture different from your own, you're going to make some serious mistakes. Hickson and Pugh teach us a lot about cultural values that we assume to be given, but which are a reflection of our own native culture, and which are not necessarily appropriate in a different culture. Things like formality vs informality, hierarchical cultures vs. flat cultures, power-distance, etc. are communicated and explained. I recommend this book to all expatriate managers.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good source of information!, March 9, 2007

By	Cristiano De Rossi (New York, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Management Worldwide (Penguin Business) (Paperback)

This book is very well written and helpful for anyone operating in the business worldwide. I am writing my thesis on the textile and apparel industry in Italy and South Korea, and this book has been an helpful source for getting information and comparing the information I already had in hand. So little we may know about other countries cultures, especially when doing business with foreigners. This book will help you to understand other people and the way they do business. "This book has been written in the hope that it will, within its own field at least, aid its readers to better see others as those others see themselves, and to better see themselves as others see them". David Hickson