Cultures and Organizations - Software of the Mind

Produktbeschreibung

The revolutionary study of how the place where wegrew up shapes the way we think, feel, and act--with new dimensions and perspectives

Based on research conducted in more than seventy countries over a forty-year span,Cultures and Organizations examines what drives people apart-when cooperationis so clearly in everyone's interest. With major new contributions from MichaelMinkov's analysis of data from the World Values Survey, as well as an account ofthe evolution of cultures by Gert Jan Hofstede, this revised and expanded edition:

* Reveals the "moral circles" from which national societiesare built and the unexamined rules by which people think,feel, and act

* Explores how national cultures differ in the areas of inequality,assertiveness versus modesty, and tolerance for ambiguity

* Explains how organizational cultures differ from nationalcultures-and how they can be managed

* Analyzes stereotyping, differences in language, cultural rootsof the 2008 economic crisis, and other intercultural dynamics 

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Rules of the Social Game; Part I: Dimensions of National
Cultures; Chapter 1. More Equal Than Others;Chapter 2. I, We and They;Chapter 3.
He, She and (S)he; Chapter 4. What Is Different Is Dangerous; Chapter 5.
Yesterday, Now or Later?; Part II: Cultures in Organizations; Chapter 6.
Pyramids, Machines, Markets and Families; Chapter 7. The Elephant and the Stork;
Part III: Implications; Chapter 8. Intercultural Encounters; Chapter 9.
Surviving in a Multicultural World; Endnotes; Glossary; Bibliography; Name
Index; Subject Index 

Autoreninfo

Prof. Geert Hofstede ist Experte für interkulturelle Fragen.
Gert-Jan Hofstede (Wageningen, the Netherlands) , is a Ph.D. and a Professor at Wageningen University with extensive hands-on experience in teaching Intercultural Communication.