European management systems : towards unity out of cultural diversity / Ronnie Lessem and Fred Neubauer.
By: Lessem, Ronnie
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Contributor(s): Neubauer, Franz-Friedrich.
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BookPublisher: London ; New York : McGraw-Hill Bk. Co, 1994Description: x, 299 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0077079086.Subject(s): Management -- EuropeDDC classification: 658.0094 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 658.0094 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00018527 | ||
| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 658.0094 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00018528 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Portrays the main European management styles and the philosophical, economic and social contexts in which business is undertaken in France, Germany, Britain and Italy. This work aims to provide a basis for a third force to compare and contrast with Japan and Europe.
Bibliography: p. 284-287 - Includes index.
Part I: Introduction -- Introduction to European management systems -- Towards the European businessphere -- The European businesssphere -- Mapping the European terrain -- Part II Pragmatism - experiential -- Free enterprise -- Pragmatism in European management -- The experiential manager -- Part III - Rationalism - professional -- Rationalism in European business -- Function and structure -- The rational European manager -- Part IV: Wholism - developmental -- Closed and open systems -- Differentiation and integration -- The developmental manager -- Part V: Humanism - convivial -- The net and the quest -- Flexible specialisation -- Artist and politician -- Part VI: Conclusion -- A generic typology of cultures -- Cultures and functions -- Creating a European management system.