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Author Biggs, Henry, author.

Title Shaping the global leader : fundamentals in culture and behavior for optimal organizational performance / Henry Biggs, Tom Bussen, and Lenny Ramsey
Published New York : Routledge, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 226 pages) : illustrations
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1: The What, How, and Why of Culture; 2: Individualism -- Collectivism; 3: A Glass of Beer, a Shot of Sake, and Groupthink; 4: Group Work and the Free-rider Effect; 5: Achievement -- Ascription; 6: Power Distance: Hierarchical versus Egalitarian; 7: Avoiding the Elixir of Power; 8: Uncertainty Avoidance; 9: The Loss Aversion Bias; 10: Assertiveness; 11: Pan-cultural Motivation; 12: Attitudes in Time; 13: Communication Is More -- Much More -- than Language; 14: Ethnocentrism; Conclusion; Appendix; Index
Summary Considering behavioral norms in their cultural contexts, this book arrives at a fully operational international leadership theory - and makes it accessible to academic and professional readers alike. Shaping the Global Leader fundamentally covers eight cultural dimensions gleaned from acclaimed international leadership scholars such as Geert Hofstede and the GLOBE study authors. Each cultural dimension is followed by interviews of renowned organizational leaders who relate their experiences in that area and each section underscores strategies for moving forward. The authors highlight critical lessons from classic behavioral psychology experiments and apply these findings to the international organizational context. This book serves as an eminently readable and enlightening handbook for those working, leading or studying interculturally. Both students and professionals in international leadership or business will be provided with clear and actionable organizational insights for an increasingly complex global landscape
Bibliography Includes bibliographic references and index
Notes Henry P. Biggs, PhD, JD, MBA, serves currentlyas CEO of Course Scheduling and Eusabian Technologies - software development companies with locations in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Formerly the Chair of the Foreign Language Department at Houghton College, Biggs served as the Assistant then Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, where he taught International Leadership with co-author Lenny Ramsey. He is a dual citizen of the United States and Italy, and currently resides in Paris, France. Tom Bussen, JD, MBA, formerly served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Asia and as an Assistant Professor of Business at the American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Bussen taught courses therein Leadership, International Business, and Ethics. More recently, Bussen served as Visiting Researcher at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, and is now a doctoral student in Organizational Behavior Management at the University of Florida. Lenny Ramsey, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy at Carroll University. She earned her PhD in Neuroscience through the McDonnell International Scholars Academy at Washington University in St Louis, where she taught International Leadership. She is a citizen of the Netherlands
Subject Organizational effectiveness.
Organizational behavior.
Corporate culture.
Leadership.
Organizational Culture
Leadership
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Workplace Culture.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior.
Corporate culture
Leadership
Organizational behavior
Organizational effectiveness
Form Electronic book
Author Bussen, Tom, author.
Ramsey, Lenny, author.
ISBN 9781000449068
1000449068
9780429275296
0429275293
1000458563
9781000453812
1000453812
9781000458565