Globalwork Bridging Distance, Culture, and Time

"One of the few cutting-edge books you'll read this year. It's as valuable for the new perspective it'll give you as for the tools you can put to use now."-Soundview Executive Summaries" This practical handbook makes sense of hte daily conflicts, uncertainties, and pleasures of work in cross-cultural teams, global outposts, and even cyberspace through the cultural lenses used by anthropologists-language, time, context, power, and information flow."-Industry WeekPractical answers to the most pressing questions faced daily by today's global managers. Based on groundbreaking research conducted by the Institute for the Future on behalf of such organizations as Apple Computer, AT&T, and American Express, this guide to the challenges of managing globally identifies the key competencies that managers need to succeed in the global workplace.O'Hara-Devereaux, Mary is the author of 'Globalwork Bridging Distance, Culture, and Time', published 1994 under ISBN 9781555426026 and ISBN 1555426026.