International Multi-Unit Leadership - Developing Local Leaders in International Multi-Site Operations

Replete with international case studies, International Multi-Unit Leadership looks at ¿EUR¿leading from the middle¿EUR¿ in international service-based subsidiaries. The book captures the zeitgeist of internationalizing hospitality, retail, service and leisure organizations facing challenges in relation to technology spread, divergent national cultures

List of contents

Introduction; Internationalisation performance factors; Activities and issues; Ensuring control; Generating commitment; Implementing change; Characteristics and development; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Professor Chris Edger, the author of Effective Multi-Unit Leadership (Gower, 2012), holds the chair of Multi-Unit Leadership at Birmingham City Business School, Birmingham City University, UK and teaches at Warwick Business School where he has received numerous teaching awards. Chris has over twenty years of senior leisure and retail multi-unit operations, sales and support expertise working for domestic and internationally-owned multi-site companies. In 2010 he won the Personnel Today 'HR Impact of the Year' Award in his capacity as Group HR, Service and Productivity Director at the UK�€�s largest casual dining group, Mitchells and Butlers. He has a PhD from Warwick Business School (ESRC Award), MBA and DMS from Nottingham Business School and an MSc (econ) with distinction from the London School of Economics.

Summary

Replete with international case studies, International Multi-Unit Leadership looks at ?€?leading from the middle?€? in international service-based subsidiaries. The book captures the zeitgeist of internationalizing hospitality, retail, service and leisure organizations facing challenges in relation to technology spread, divergent national cultures

Product details

• Authors: Chris Edger, Edger Chris
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.06.2024
• EAN: 9781032837451
• ISBN: 978-1-03-283745-1
• No. of pages: 238
• Weight: 440 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Motivational, International business, Management: leadership & motivation, Management & management techniques, Management: leadership and motivation, Personnel & human resources management, Personnel and human resources management, Management and management techniques