Cultural Dimension of Global Business
Now in its ninth edition, The Cultural Dimension of Global Business continues to provide an essential foundation for understanding the impact of culture on global business and global business on culture. The highly experienced authors demonstrate how the theory and insights of cultural anthropology...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Abingdon, Oxon :
Routledge
2023
2023. |
| Edición: | Ninth edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009810646306719 |
| Sumario: | Now in its ninth edition, The Cultural Dimension of Global Business continues to provide an essential foundation for understanding the impact of culture on global business and global business on culture. The highly experienced authors demonstrate how the theory and insights of cultural anthropology can positively influence the conduct of global business, examining a range of issues that individuals,teams,and organizations face as they work globally and across cultures. The cross-cultural scenarios presentedat the end ofeach chapter allow students of business, management, and anthropology alike to explore cultural differences while gaining valuable practice in thinking through a variety of complex and thorny cultural issues.The fully updated ninth edition offers:* An expanded focus on international perspectives, and greater insight into China and its emergence as a global economic power* Consideration of team interactions in complex global environments, including virtually, while recognizing that individuals have critical influence on business processes and outcomes* New methodological tools with reflections and exercises to inspire readers to begin thinking and acting globally, offering guidance on identifying salient features of an international business or partnership, adjusting to novel or unexpected circumstances, and capturing the perceptions and behaviors of global businesspeople* New chapters on understanding one's own organizational culture as a precursor to conducting business globally, additional material to enhance business partnership interactions, and strategies for integrating the global into local operations* Discussion of the wide-ranging disruptions facing people and business around the world and the ways in which the global pandemic affected business processes and practices*Further resources via the Instructor & Student Resource, www.routledge.com/cw/ferraro2, including links, blogs, and videos, an instructor's resource manual, and a section on relevant cultural sources. |
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| Notas: | Previous edition: 2017. <I><P>Preface </I></P><I><P>Acknowledgments </I></P><B><P>1 Cultural anthropology and global business </P><P></B><EM>Global business: connections and disruptions </EM></P><P><EM>The perspective of cultural anthropology </EM></P><P><EM>Cultural anthropology and the business sector </EM></P><P>Business anthropology </P><P>The value of taking culture into account </P><P><EM>Anthropology's major concept: culture </EM></P><P>Culture as process </P><P>Culture is learned </P><P>Culture influences biological processes </P><P>Cultural universals exist</P><P><EM> Economic systems </EM></P><P><EM> Kinship systems </EM></P><P><EM> Educational systems </EM></P><P><EM> Social control systems </EM></P><P><EM> Supernatural belief systems </EM></P><P><EM> Cultural change </EM></P><P>People from all cultures are ethnocentric </P><P>Cultures are integrated wholes </P><P><EM>Cultural differences in business: challenges and opportunities </EM></P><P><EM>Cross- cultural scenarios </EM></P><B><P>2 Applying lenses to understand culture </P><P></B><EM>Cultural themes </EM></P><P>Characterization </P><P>Reach<EM> </EM></P><P>Transformation </P><P>Relative stability<EM> </EM></P><P><EM>Metaphors </EM></P><P>Value alignment </P><P>Organizational status </P><P><EM>Drawings </EM></P><P>A method </P><P>Roles </P><P><EM>Change </EM></P><P>Unforeseen change </P><P>Cyclical change </P><P><EM>Context </EM></P><P>National culture differences </P><P>Organizational culture differences </P><P><EM>Contrasting values </EM></P><P>The individual- collective dimension </P><P><EM> How individualism- collectivism plays out in individual- oriented cultures </EM></P><P><EM> How individualism- collectivism plays out in collective- oriented cultures </EM></P><P><EM> Implications for business </EM></P><P>The equality- hierarchy dimension </P><P><EM> How equality- hierarchy plays out in egalitarian cultures </EM></P><P><EM> How equality- hierarchy plays out in hierarchical cultures </EM></P><P><EM> Implications for business </EM></P><P>The change orientation dimension </P><P><EM> How orientations to change play out in change- embracing cultures </EM></P><P><EM> How orientations to change play out in change- fearing cultures </EM></P><P><EM> Implications for business </EM></P><P>The time orientation dimension </P><P><EM> Precise versus loose reckoning of time </EM></P><P><EM> Sequential versus synchronized time </EM></P><P><EM> How time orientation plays out </EM></P><P><EM> In precise/ sequential- oriented cultures </EM></P><P><EM> In loose/ synchronized- oriented cultures </EM></P><P><EM> Past, present, and future orientations </EM></P><P><EM> How time orientation plays out </EM></P><P><EM> In past- oriented cultures </EM></P><P><EM> In present- oriented cultures </EM></P><P><EM> In future- oriented cultures </EM></P><P><EM> The busyness factor </EM></P><P><EM> How time orientation plays out in busy cultures </EM></P><P><EM> Implications for business </EM></P><P><EM>Conclusion </EM></P><P><EM>Cross- cultural scenarios </EM></P><P><B>3 Communicating nonverbally across cultures </B></P><P><EM>The nature of nonverbal communication </EM></P><P>Types of nonverbal communication </P><P>Potential pitfalls in studying nonverbal communication </P><P><EM>Business introductions </EM></P><P>Business card exchange </P><P>Bowing<EM> </EM></P><P>Gift giving<EM> </EM></P><P><EM>Interactions among businesspeople </EM></P><P>Body posture </P><P>Gaze </P><P>Hand gestures </P><P>Facial expressions </P><P>Dress </P><P>Proxemics </P><P><EM> Personal space </EM></P><P><EM> Public space and work </EM></P><P>Visual media </P><P><EM>Conclusion </EM></P><P><EM>Cross- cultural scenarios </EM></P><B><P>4 Communicating across cultures using language </P><P></B><EM>The ideal of linguistic proficiency in global business </EM></P><P>Defining language </P><P>Communicate more, misunderstand less, partner better </P><P>Cultural competence is essential too! </P><P>Need a reason to learn a foreign language? </P><P><EM> English language skills are not always, or routinely, sufficient </EM></P><P><EM> Language skills enable relationship and partnership building </EM></P><P><EM> Few possess both language and specific technical skills </EM></P><P><EM> While helpful, interpreters have limits </EM></P><P><EM> Knowing more than one language improves contextual understanding </EM></P><P><EM>Linguistic diversity </EM></P><P>Spoken languages worldwide </P><P>"What do they speak there?" </P><P><EM> When the assumptions turn out wrong </EM></P><P><EM> Learning from firsthand experience </EM></P><P><EM> Revisiting and revising our assumptions </EM></P><P><EM>Language and culture </EM></P><P>The influence of culture on language </P><P><EM> Culture and business </EM></P><P><EM> Culture and sports </EM></P><P><EM> Culture and language preservation </EM></P><P><EM>Language and social context </EM></P><P>Take relationship specifics into account </P><P>Translation issues can lead to miscommunication </P><P><EM>Additional complicating factors </EM></P><P>Slang </P><P>Euphemisms </P><P>Conversational taboos </P><P>Accents </P><P>Humor </P><P><EM>Information and communication technologies </EM></P><P>Email </P><P>Text messages </P><P><EM>Conclusion </EM></P><P><EM>Cross- cultural scenarios </EM></P><B><P>5 Negotiating across cultures </P><P></B><EM>What is negotiation? </EM></P><P>The negotiation process </P><P>The nature of cross-cultural negotiation </P><P><EM>Where to negotiate </EM></P><P><EM>Effective strategies for international negotiators </EM></P><P>Avoid cultural cluelessness </P><P>Prepare carefully </P><P>Concentrate on long- term relationships, not short- term contracts </P><P>Focus on the interests behind the positions </P><P>Avo |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (354 p.) ill |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781003214144 9781000849127 9781000849141 |
