Management Worldwide: Distinctive Styles Among Globalization by David J. Hickson,Derek S. Pugh

Fully updated and expanded for this second edition, Management Worldwide is essential for managers, students of management and organizations who want to know how managers operate and business is conducted in different societies. David Hickson and Derek Pugh describe how things work in the countries of the seven major cultural and economic groups around the world- Anglo-Saxon, Latin, northern Europe, eastern Europe, Asian, Arab and the Developing World. There is new material on Hungary, Indonesia and South Korea, and each chapter has been revised to take account of fresh research and writing from authorities worldwide. Later chapters provide profiles of the internationally minded manager and practical guidance for expatriates returning to homebase. It concludes by looking at convergence and the factors that may be slowly overcoming local differences and forging a common international management style.