Culture, 2^nd Ed.

International Enterprise

The Open University

Publisher: The Open University, 2001

ISBN: 0-7492-7687-8

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0. Introduction
• Background to the unit
• Aims and objectives
• Overview of the unit
1. The Effects of Culture
• 1.1 Coping with New Markets
• 1.2 World-Wide Factors Affecting Management
• 1.3 Key Management-Related Elements of Cultures
• Attitudes to Authority
• Attitudes to Others
• Attitudes to Managing Yourself
• Attitudes to Time
• Attitudes toward Nature
• Variability within Cultures
• 1.4 Conclusion
2. Convergence in Global Management Functioning?
• 2.1 The Process of Industrialization
• 2.2 The Modern Industrial State
• 2.3 The Global Pervasiveness of Hierarchy
• 2.4 Organizational Context and Structure in Various Cultures
• 2.5 Product Globalization
• 2.6 English as the International Language
• 2.7 Conclusion
3. Systematic Cultural Differences Around the World
• IBM employees around the world
• 3.1 The Power Distance Dimension
• French and German Factory Comparisons
• 3.2 The Uncertainty Avoidance Dimension
• Japanese Work Organization
• 3.3 The Individualism-Collectivism Dimension
• Arab Executives
• High-Context and Low-Context Speech
• 3.4 The Masculinity-Femininity Dimension
• The British Managerial Culture
1. Perfectibility: Doing Better is a Good Thing
2. Class Position: The Legitimacy of Hierarchical Authority
3. Personal Trust: The Neglect of Other Forms of Evaluation
• 3.5 Interpreting the Dimensions
• 3.6 Classifying Cultures by the Dimensions
• 3.7 Implicit Models of Organization Functioning
• 3.8 The Long-Term Dimension
• 3.9 The Impact of Cultural Differences
• 3.10 Conclusion
4. What Makes an Effective Cross-Cultural Manager?
• 4.1 The Nature of Culture Shock
• 4.2 Behaviours of Effective Cross-Cultural Managers?
• 4.3 Does Training Help to Produce Effective Cross-Cultural Managers?
• 4.4 Conclusion
5. Cultural Change
• 5.1 The Processes of Cultural Change
• 5.2 What Do Managers in the USA and Russia Actually Do?
• 5.3 What is a Considerate Supervisor?
• 5.4 Convergence Reviewed