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This book provides a systematic view of current and future research perspectives on intercultural knowledge sharing and offers a model for the growth of organizational knowledge in the digital age. The author puts forward multidisciplinary and multi-paradigmatic approaches to offer an updated view on the best practices towards international management. With insights on the opportunities and limitations of the use of digital and social media to facilitate intercultural knowledge sharing in business, the book explores the evolution of research on the topic, taking into account the consequence of "glocalization" as well as technological innovation and the evolution of organizational strategies and structures. Intercultural Knowledge Sharing in MNCs will be of use to scholars of management and organizational studies, as well as managers of international businesses interested in knowledge sharing, as it delivers an invaluable model which aims to conciliate diversity and inclusion,global and local knowledge, technological innovation and humanism.
List of contents
1. Introduction.- 2. Culture, Glocalization, Complexity.- 3. Organizational Knowledge and Intercultural Management.- 4. Intercultural Knowledge Sharing in MNCs, Towards a Complex and Dynamic Model.- 5. Toward an Integrated and Inclusive Approach to Intercultural Knowledge Sharing.- 6. An Integrated Approach to Facilitate Knowledge Sharing Among and Beyond Cultural Barriers, Using Social Media.
About the author
Fabrizio Maimone is Lecturer of Organizational Theory and Design at Libera Università Maria Santissima Assunta (LUMSA University) and also Lecturer of Communication at LUISS Business School, Rome Italy. He is Executive Editor of the European Journal of Cross-cultural Competence and Management. He works as a management consultant and trainer, is author of several publications and co-editor of Evolution of Post-Bureaucratic Organization.
Summary
Provides a systematic framework of organizational culture and cultural differences
Offers a complex and holistic approach to the management of knowledge sharing
Discusses key findings and underlines the practical implications for managers and practitioners
