Societal Culture and Management

Frontmatter -- Contents -- General Introduction / Weinshall, Theodore D. -- Part One. Relating Societal Culture and Management -- A. Introduction -- . Some General Issues -- 1. Do Cultures Vary? / Adler, Nancy J. -- 2. Time is the Essence / Hall, Edward T. -- 3. Cross-national Organizational Research: The Grasp of the Blind Men / Roberts, Karlene H. / Boyacigiller, Nakiye A. -- 4. The Onslaught on Social, Cultural and Organizational Consequences by Technological Innovation / Weinshall, Theodore D. -- C. Some General Effects -- 1. Cultural Differences in Attitudes and Values / Pugh, Derek S. -- 2. Thinking Internationally: A Comparison of How International Executives Learn / Ratiu, Indrei -- 3. Negotiators Abroad - Don't Shoot from the Hip / Graham, John L. / Herberger, Roy A. -- Part Two. Culture and Management in Particular Societies -- A. Introduction -- . U.S.A. and Western Europe -- 1. Cultural Differences in Organizational Behaviour / Pugh, Derek S. -- 2. Body Ritual Among the Nacirema / Miner, Horace -- 3. How to do Business with a Frenchman / Eggers, Russell -- C. U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe -- 1. Emerging East-West Ventures: The Transideological Enterprise / Perlmutter, Howard V. -- 2. Understanding the Cultural Environment: U. S.-U. S. S. R. Trade Negotiations / Beliaev, Edward / Mullen, Thomas / Punnett, Betty Jane -- 3. Back-Drop to the Evolution of Management in Socialist Countries / Hawrylyshyn, Bohdan -- 4. Eastern Europe after Perestroika and Glasnost: The Cases of the U.S.S.R. and Hungary / Richter, Sandor / Weinshall, Theodore D. / Zemtsov, Ilya -- D. South-east Asia -- 1. Human Resource Management in Asia: The Way Through Recession / de Bettignies, Henri-Claude -- 2. Market Research in a Non-Western Context: The Asian Example / Kushner, J. M. -- 3. Cultural Effects on the Marketing Process in South-east Asia / Redding, S. Gordon -- 4. Cultural Consequences for Organization Change in a South-east Asian State: Brunei / Blunt, Peter -- . China -- 1. The Psychology of Chinese Organizational Behaviour / Redding, S. Gordon / Wong, Gilbert . Y. -- 2. Symbolism in Cross-Cultural Trade: Making Chinese Symbols Work For You / Baker, Hugh -- 3. Culture and the Problems of Chinese Management / Lockett, Martin -- 4. The China Trade: Making the Deal Work / Hendryx, Steven R. -- 5. Human Resource Practices in the People's Republic of China / Hau-Siu Chow, Irene / Shenkar, Oded -- F. Japan -- 1. Abacus and Formula Thinking / Ben Dasan, Isaiah -- 2. Does Japanese Management Style Have a Message for American Managers? / Schein, Edgar H. -- 3. Management in Japan - What Can, and Cannot, be Copied in the West / Weinshall, Theodore D. -- 4. Cultural Differences at Work: Japanese and American Managers / Kleinberg, Jill -- Part Three. Culture and Management in Contrasting Societies -- A. Introduction -- . Contrasting Cultures - National and Organizational -- 1. The Methuselahs in Action / Weinshall, Theodore D. -- 2. The Managerial Structure of a Nationally Mixed Organization in Japan: A Sociometric Case Study / Weinshall, Theodore D. / Tawara, Jitsuo -- 3. The Clark-Volvo Joint Venture / Ackoff, Russell L. -- 4. Entrepreneurs: A Balanced View of their Role in Innovation and Growth / Weinshall, Theodore D. / Vickery, Lister -- C. Contrasts in Management -- 1. Organizational Context and Structure in Various Cultures / Pugh, Derek S. / Hickson, David -- 2. A Multinational Study of Decision-Making: The Relation Between Competence and Participation / Heller, Frank -- 3. Management Control in France, Great Britain, and Germany / Horovitz, Jacques H. -- 4. Organizational and Managerial Roles in British and West German Companies: An Examination of the Culture-free Thesis / Child, John / Kieser, Alfred -- D. Managing across Cultures -- 1. The Methuselah Criterion: How to Thrive and Survive in Business / Weinshall, Theodore D. -- 2. The Cross-Cultural Puzzle of International Human Resource Management / Laurent, André -- 3. Negotiating w