Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind

Why read it

• You will learn the dimensions along which national cultures differ, drawn from research among employees of one large company
• You will question the assumption that management theories apply everywhere, since the author's earlier work doubted their universal validity
• You will see that organizations differ in culture just as nations do, and learn to think about both kinds of difference

Who it is for

• Manager leading a team spread across several countries
• Business student preparing for an international assignment
• Traveler or expatriate puzzled by local workplace habits

Contents

1. Cultures and Organizations
2. Preface
3. PART I THE CONCEPT OF CULTURE
4. PART II DIMENSIONS OF NATIONAL CULTURES
5. PART III CULTURES IN ORGANIZATIONS
6. PART IV IMPLICATIONS

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