The Blackwell Handbook of Global Management: A Guide to Managing Complexity

This is a benchmark overview of current approaches and research in the study of international management and organizations, with a focus on implementation issues in a globalized context.

The volume is structured into sections covering the global context, global competencies, teaming and leading, executing strategic initiatives globally, and special issues in developing and transitioning economies. These sections are framed and contextualized by an introduction from the editors. Topical subjects covered include developing a global mindset, managing global virtual teams, knowledge management in multinationals, and the effects of globalization.

Spis treści:
List of Figures.
List on the Contributors.
Preface.
Introducing ION: The International Organization Network.
How ION Works.
Blackwell Handbook of Global Management: A Guide to Managing Global Complexity: The Process.
Part I: Introduction: Understanding People and Context:.
1. Globalization: Hercules Meets Buddha: Henry W. Lane, Martha L. Maznevski, Mark Mendenhall.
2. People in Global Organizations: Culture, Personality and Social.
Dynamics – Mary Yoko Brannen, Carolina Gomez, Mark F. Peterson, Laurence Romani, Lilach Sagiv.
Part II: Global Competencies:.
3. Global Competencies: An Introduction: Alan Bird, Joyce S. Osland.
4. The Crucial Yet Illusive Global Mindset: Nakiye Boyacigiller, Schon Beechler, Sully Taylor, Orly Levy.
5. Interpersonal Skills:.
Part A. Mindful Communication: David C. Thomas, Joyce S. Osland.
Part B. Creating and Building Trust: Ellen Whitener, Guenter Stahl.
6. The System Level Skills of Gobal Competency:.
Part A. Boundary Spanning: Schon Beechler, Mikael Sondergaard, Edwin Miller, Alan Bird.
Part B. Building Community Through Change: Joyce S. Osland, Alan Bird.
Part C. Ethical Decision–Making: Jeanne McNett, Mikael Sondergaard.
Part III: Teaming and Leading:.
7. Lea ding in a Global Context: Vision in Complexity: Deanne N. den Hartog.
8. Designing and Forming Global Teams: Julia C. Gluesing, Cristina B. Gibson.
9. Effective Team Processes for Global Teams: Sue Canney Davison, Bjorn Z. Ekelund.
10. Performance Management in Global Teams: Bradley L. Kirkman, Deanne N. Den Hartog.
Part IV: Executing Strategic Initiatives Globally:.
11. Managing Knowledge in Global Organizations: Tatiana Kostova, Nicholas Athanassiou, Iris Berdrow.
12. External Sourcing of Knowledge in the International Firm: Julian Birkinshaw.
13. Seeking Global Advantage With Information Management and Information Technology Capabilities: Donald A. Marchand.
14. Global Account Management: New Structures, New Tasks: Julian Birkinshaw, Joseph J. DiStefano.
15. Barriers and Bonds to Knowledge Transfer in Global Alliances and Mergers: Henry W. Lane, Danna Greenberg, Iris Berdrow.
16. Managing Complexity in the Global Innovation Process: A Networks and Social Capital Solution: Edward F. McDonough III, Francis C. Spital, Nicholas Athanassiou.
Part V: Special Issues in Developing and Transitioning Economies:.
Introduction: Joyce S. Osland, Sue Canney Davison.
17. The Developing World: Towards a Managerial Understanding: Betty Jane Punnett.
18. Leadership and Teamwork in the Developing Country Context: Zeynep Aycan.
19. Gaining Legitimacy: Management’s Challenge in Developing and Transitioning Economies: Daniel J. McCarthy; Sheila M. Puffer.
20. Management in Action in Developing Economies: Terence Jackson.
Index

Nota biograficzna:
Henry W. Lane, Martha L. Maznevski, Mark E. Mendenhall, and Jeanne McNett are a highly regarded team of writers and teachers on international management.

Harry Lane is the Darla and Frederick Brodsky Trustee Professor in Global Business at Northeastern University.

Martha L. Maznevski is Professor of Organizational Behavior a nd International Management at the International Institute for Management Development, Lausanne.

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

Jeanne McNett is Associate Professor of Management at Assumption College in Massachusetts.

The editors have helped create the International Organizations Network, ION, to develop high–quality international management research on organizational and behavioral issues and increase its impact on management education and practice. ION has provided the authors, the research base, and worldwide teaching experience for this important new handbook on the complexities of global management behavior.

Okładka tylna:
This is a benchmark overview of current approaches and research in the study of international management and organizations, with a focus on implementation issues in a globalized context.

The volume is structured into sections covering the global context, global competencies, teaming and leading, executing strategic initiatives globally, and special issues in developing and transitioning economies. These sections are framed and contextualized by an introduction from the editors. Topical subjects covered include developing a global mindset, managing global virtual teams, knowledge management in multinationals, and the effects of globalization.