Management Development Through Cultural Diversity

This stimulating, clearly written and well-structured text is a comprehensive introduction to the principles of management and organisational behaviour, as well as a corrective to the eurocentric bias of most management texts. It develops a trans-cultural perspective which draws on insights from across the world to examine different management styles, cultures and stages of business development. Contents include: * Orientation * Primal Management - Western including America * Rational Management - Northern including Scandinavia * Developmental Management - Eastern including Japan * Metaphysical Management - Southern including South Africa * Developing yourself as a manager Each section examines core management theory and literature, cultural orientation and related prominent theories. The numerous case studies use appropriate examples from a wide range of international organisations. The uniquely wide-ranging perspective make this a valuable text for all those interested in general management, international business, organisational behaviour and corporate strategy.

Ronnie 'Samanyanga' Lessem, who graduated from the Harvard Business School and London School of Economics is a Professor and co-founder of Trans4m, and the Integral Worlds approach to research and development, economics and enterprise.He is an author of more than 40 books.

List of figures, Introduction, PART I Why? Towards mastery-setting the context, PART II What? Global management-establishing the content, PART III How? Managerial metamorphosis-transforming your capabilities, Notes, Index