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Introducing Management in a Global Context (Paperback)
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Introducing Management in a Global Context (Paperback)
Series: Global Management Series
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Managing a global business introduces particular challenges;
managers must decide whether to standardize and centralize or to
devolve key decisions to local markets, how to handle performance
management, talent management and a range of other concerns. In
this core text a range of leading experts present an introduction
to management in a global context. Covering the major management
disciplines, Introducing Management in a Global Context provides an
introductory overview of key topic areas and to glimpse the latest
research in domains such as strategy, technology and change,
economics and development, politics and the social world,
marketing, ethics and corporate decision making. To help support
their learning, readers have access to a range of online resources
including chapter-by-chapter multiple choice questions which will
enable them to assess how well they have grasped individual
chapters. The text also features a range of supplementary readings,
in text exercises and cases/examples to help bring concepts to
life. Understanding the content and context of this book will help
shape you as a globally oriented manager. Includes: * In text
exercises and end of chapter review questions with 'solutions'; *
PowerPoint slide sets for each chapter, suitable for 2 hours
teaching; * Exemplar papers for each topic area to encourage
further reading and research * "Who to Read" summaries at the end
of each chapter identifying leading thinkers in the field; * MCQs
which could be used for class test or self-assessment purposes to
enhance student learning. Kevin O'Gorman was formerly Professor of
Management and Business History and Head of Business Management in
the School of Languages and Management in Heriot-Watt University,
Edinburgh. He trained in Glasgow, Salamanca and Rome as a
philosopher, theologian and historian. His research interests have
a dual focus: Origins, history and cultural practices of
hospitality, and philosophical, ethical and cultural underpinnings
of contemporary management practices. Using a wide range of
methodological approaches he has published over 80 journal
articles, books, chapters, and conference papers in business and
management studies. Robert MacIntosh is Professor of Strategy and
Head of the School of Management and Languages at Heriot-Watt
University. He trained as an engineer and has worked at the
Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde. His research on the ways
in which top teams develop strategy and on organizational change
has been published in a wide range of outlets. He has a
long-standing interest in research methods for business and
management studies and has published on the relevance of management
research using methods that include ethnography and action
research. He has consulted extensively with public and private
sector organizations and sits on the board of the charity Turning
Point Scotland.
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