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Global management / Mark Mendenhall, Betty Jane Punnett, David Ricks.

By: Mendenhall, Mark E, 1956-.
Contributor(s): Punnett, Betty Jane | Ricks, David A.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Blackwell Publishers, 1995Description: xxiii, 710 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 155786635X ; 1557866368 .Subject(s): International business enterprises -- Management | ManagementDDC classification: 658.049
Contents:
Part One - The global picture: Understanding the international management environment -- Global management: An overview -- Global management in the context of politics -- The cultural environment -- International labor relations -- The global ethical environment -- Part Two - The firm picture: International strategic management and operations -- Global strategy overview -- The foreign entry decision -- Implementing foreign entry decisions -- Adapting management to foreign environments -- Managing operations globally -- Organizing and control in global organizations -- Part Three: The people picture: Executing international decisions through staffing and directing -- Human resource selection -- Training for international assignments -- Managing the expatriate manager -- Special issues for global firms: Women and dual-career couples -- Communication and negotiation in global management -- Leadership and motivation in global context.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 658.049 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00006556
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 658.049 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00006567
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Global Management is the new international management text for undergraduates, covering both strategy and the human resource function in a global context.

Written by an authoritative author team, it features:

Coverage, in three main sections, of the Global Picture, the Firm Picture and the People Picture A comprehensive list of references Classroom-tested experiential exercises that relate to different countries, different sized organizations, and different people for flexible learning Discussion questions at the end of each chapter Long and short cases

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part One - The global picture: Understanding the international management environment -- Global management: An overview -- Global management in the context of politics -- The cultural environment -- International labor relations -- The global ethical environment -- Part Two - The firm picture: International strategic management and operations -- Global strategy overview -- The foreign entry decision -- Implementing foreign entry decisions -- Adapting management to foreign environments -- Managing operations globally -- Organizing and control in global organizations -- Part Three: The people picture: Executing international decisions through staffing and directing -- Human resource selection -- Training for international assignments -- Managing the expatriate manager -- Special issues for global firms: Women and dual-career couples -- Communication and negotiation in global management -- Leadership and motivation in global context.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Part I The Global Picture: Understanding the International Management Environment
  • Part II The Firm Picture: International Strategic Management and Operations
  • Part III The People Picture: Executing International Decisions through Staffing and Directing

Author notes provided by Syndetics

David A. Ricks is Vice President for Academic Affairs at the American Graduate School of International Management, USA.

Mark Mendenhall holds the J. Burton Frierson Chair of Excellence in Business Leadership at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, USA.


Betty Jane Punnett is Associate Professor and Director of Faculty Development at the University of Windsor, Canada.

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