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Zusatztext This eloquent! easy-to-read book covers everything you need to consider to create a structure that will allow your international team to succeed...Lewis brings theory to life through a number of engaging case studies! as well as his own personal experience... Lewis has achieved a fine balance between theory often delivered in a light-hearted and easy to remember way and tactical every day application. Whether your international team is 10 people or 10!000 people! the clear narrative provides valuable insight... This fascinating subject is crucial to the success of global business. Informationen zum Autor Richard Lewis is the chairman of Richard Lewis Communications! an international institute of cross-cultural and language training with offices in over 30 countries. He founded the quartely magazine Cross Culture and is heavily involved in the intercultural field! lecturing in countries from Finland to Hong Kong and working with companies as diverse as Fiat! IBM! Nokia! Andersen Consulting and Nestle. He lives near Winchester! and is one of Britain's foremost linguists! speaking 12 languages - and spent 5 years in Japan! where he was tutor to the Imperial Family. Klappentext From the pioneering expert who has revolutionized the way business is conducted across cultures comes this major new edition of an international bestseller! updated and expanded to include more than 60 major countries and regions of the world. "An authoritative roadmap to navigating the world economy"--"The Wall Street Journal." This revised and expanded edition provides a guide to working and communicating across cultures, and explains how your culture and language affect the ways in which you think and respond. Zusammenfassung The successful managers for the next century will be the culturally sensitive ones. You can gain competitive advantage from having strategies to deal with the cultural differences you will encounter in any international business setting. Richard Lewis provides a guide to working and communicating across cultures! and explains how your culture and language affect the ways in which you think and respond. This revised and expanded edition in paperback of Richard Lewis's book provides an ever more global and practical guide not just to understanding but also managing in different business cultures. New chapters on more than a dozen countries - from Iraq! Israel and Pakistan to Serbia! Columbia and Venezuela - vastly broaden the range. ...
