Danger And Opportunity: Bridging Cultural Diversity For Competitive Advantage – Lionel Laroche

Description

Résumé :
Présentation
Auteur(s) : Lionel Laroche – Caroline Yang
Editeur : Routledge
Langue : Anglais
Parution : 01/12/2013
Format : Moyen de 350g à 1kg
Nombre de pages : 304
Expédition : 386
Dimensions : 22.6 x 15.2 x 2.0
Résumé :
The Chinese characters for danger and opportunity form the word crisis. Ancient Chinese wisdom sees an opportunity in danger. While cultural diversity brings challenges to the workplace how do we turn these challenges into opportunities? Drawing on their extensive experience working with multicultural and multinational organizations Lionel Laroche and Caroline Yang provide an in-depth analysis of cross-cultural dynamics in the workplace and offer practical suggestions at both the individual and organizational levels. The book analyzes cross-cultural challenges in six areas: the relative importance of technical and soft skills cross-cultural communication cross-cultural feedback hierarchy individualism and risk tolerance. It then provides a solutions framework that encompasses people systems and environment to bridge the issues that arise from cultural differences. The analysis and solutions are applied in four business contexts: managing a multicultural workforce competing in the global talent market collaborating with joint venture partners and working with offshore resources. If you work with colleagues managers employees and customers from diverse cultures if you are with an organization that has a multicultural workforce and/or global operations or if your organization collaborates with joint venture partners or offshore resources from different cultures then Danger and Opportunity: Bridging Cultural Diversity for Competitive Advantage is the book for you.
Biographie:
Lionel Laroche is founder of MultiCultural Business Solutions Canada. He consults on the impact of cultural differences in multinational organizations. Lionel has written two books and runs regular training programs. Caroline Yang is a cross-cultural consultant at MultiCultural Business Solutions Canada. With over 15 years’ experience in human resources she has authored books on leadership teamwork and global human resource policies.
Sommaire:
1. Introduction 2. Cultural Factors and Concepts – Part I 3. Cultural Factors and Concepts – Part II 4. Managing a Multicultural Workforce 5. Working with Offshore Resources 6. Collaborating with Joint Venture Partners 7. Competing in the Global Talent Market 8. Conclusion
Critique:
Understanding and working with different cultures is a key element to the success of any multinational corporation or overseas venture. This book not only enhances a reader’s cultural awareness it outlines actions that can be taken to bridge cultural gaps and pave the way for the creation of effective programs allowing staff from different nationalities to work together at an optimal level. It also enhances a reader’s ability to assess local labour markets and identify strategies for success. Lionel and Caroline have created an excellent tool for HR professionals and senior executives to align different cultures with the corporate culture of their organizations. – Christine Barwell Vice President Human Resources Alamos Gold Inc. Toronto Canada In this book Laroche and Yang provide effective and fascinating ways to handle multicultural business contexts. Their recommendations and findings in the domain of cultural differences are based on one of the richest worldwide experiences that I have ever seen. This book will certainly help managers of global companies use cultural differences as opportunities to implement outstanding and robust internal and external processes from all possible perspectives (communication reporting hiring performance management development risk.