The Cultural Advantage

Mijnd Huijser • ebook • epub

• Samenvatting
  It is all too common - and costly - for people in international groups to misunderstand each other. Sometimes in a dramatic fashion, often in a subtle way, these cultural differences can impede progress among global teams.
  With over 20 years of international experience in training intercultural groups, Mijnd Huijser has developed, tested and refined a powerful tool that helps overcome the obstacles inherent in global teams. His Model of Freedom provides a visual and practical method for understanding oneself and others. It helps individuals distinguish between personal and cultural behavior, and allows them to contribute to better teamwork. Managers and team members learn how to convert tensions in corporate culture to sources of energy, leveraging the advantage of culture for best results.
  Beware: this book is not about How to do Business in China, Holland, Spain, or any other country. Nor will you find lists of do’s and don’ts. The Cultural Advantage is for executives, managers, and other professionals who work in international project and task teams, or who on a daily basis deal in some way or another with colleagues from different cultures. It is for people whose international working environment challenges them to cope with a wide variety of communication styles and convictions about what is right, just, or timely.
• Productinformatie
  Binding : Epub
  Auteur : Mijnd Huijser
  Bestandstype : epub
  Distributievorm : Ebook (digitaal)
  Aantal pagina's : Afhankelijk van e-reader
  Beveiliging : Geen   Informatie 
  Uitgeverij : Ayn Press
  ISBN : 9789082108804
  Datum publicatie : 09-2013
  
• Inhoudsopgave
  Introduction
  1 From Hurricane to Drizzle
  2 Beyond Mars and Venus: on cultural identity
  3 The Model of Freedom: on the cultural model
  4 Perceptions of Reality: on cultural orientations
  5 Paterfamilias or Superman: on leadership
  6 Living with Barbarians: on communication
  7 Gladiators with Unequal Weapons: on meetings
  8 Crossing the River Rubicon: on change processes
  9 Hunters and Farmers: on corporate cultures
  10 Ceci n'est pas un team: on a winning intercultural team
  
  Appendix 1: The Theories of Hofstede and Trompenaars
  Appendix 2: The Origins of the Model of Freedom
  Appendix 3: The Model of Freedom in One View
  Appendix 4: Train the Trainers
  Appendix 5: Literature
  About the Author
  About the Model of Freedom Association
• Reviews (8,3 uit 3 reviews)
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  05-09-2013
  African Business, Aug/Sep 2006
  The Cultural Advantage will prevent you spending most of your valuable time managing conflicts instead of moving your team or project forward. It does not offer you fish for today's meal but a rod to catch fish for the rest of your international career.
  
  

  
  Geplaatst door African Business
  Waardeert het boek met een 8 uit 10

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  05-09-2013
  Dr. George Simons, dialogin.com, 28 May 2006
  The author has managed to re-express critical insights into culturally conflicting behavior with more clarity and punch than one normally sees in this field.
  
  

  
  Geplaatst door Dr. George Simons
  Waardeert het boek met een 8 uit 10

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  05-09-2013
  The Midwest Book Review, March 2007
  The Cultural Advantage reads with the excitement of fiction, following a case study through the book to teach methodology in an inviting, appealing manner.
  
  

  
  Geplaatst door The Midwest Book Review
  Waardeert het boek met een 9 uit 10