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Comparing five different cultures - American, Arabian, Chinese, Japaness and Scandinavian - and how they reveal themselves in business practice, Bjorn Berke questions whether the culture-free business leader exists, and if so, what the characteristics of such a person might be.
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Business Leadership and Culture : National Management Styles in the Global Economy
author
:
Bjerke, Bjorn.
publisher
:
Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc.
isbn10 | asin
:
1840641711
print isbn13
:
9781840641714
ebook isbn13
:
9781840647600
language
:
English
subject
Leadership, Executive ability.
publication date
:
1999
lcc
:
HD57.7.B536 1999eb
ddc
:
658.4/092
subject
:
Leadership, Executive ability.
Page i
Business Leadership and Culture
Page ii
To Camilla
Page iii
Business Leadership and Culture
National Management Styles in the Global Economy
Bjrn Bjerke
Professor of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Stockholm University, Sweden
Page iv
Bjrn Bjerke 1999
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical or photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher.
Published by Edward Elgar Publishing Limited Glensanda House Montpellier Parade Cheltenham Glos GL50 1UA UK
Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. 136 West Street Suite 202 Northampton Massachusetts 01060 USA
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data Bjerke, Bjrn, 1941 Business leadership and culture : national management styles in the global economy / Bjrn Bjerke. Includes bibliographical references. 1. Leadership. 2. Executive ability. I. Title. HD57.7.B536 2000 658.4'092dc21 9928282 CIP
ISBN 1 84064 171 1
Typeset by Manton Typesetters, Louth, Lincolnshire, UK. Printed and bound in Great Britain by Bookcraft (Bath) Ltd.
Page v
Contents
List of Figures
vi
List of Tables
vii
Foreword
viii
1 To Understand Culture
1
2 Corporate Culture
33
3 Business Leadership and National Culture
57
4 American Culture
84
5 Arab Culture
104
6 Chinese Culture
129
7 Japanese Culture
168
8 Scandinavian Culture
197
9 A Comparative Analysis and Interpretation
218
10 The Cultural Business Leader
247
References
269
Index
283
Page vi
Figures
1.1 Levels of 'Mental Programming'
7
1.2 Culture and Subcultures
10
1.3 Culture in a Consciousness-Nonconsciousness Continuum
14
1.4 Culture As Layers of Explicity-Implicity
15
1.5 Culture Along a Behavioural-Consciousness Continuum
18
1.6 Language between Humankind and the Rest of the World
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