Managing People Across Cultures maps out the value of people issues in the organizations of today. It challenges us to ask key questions such as ?How did Human Resource Management (HRM) come to be and what genuine need is there for it?? and ?What should the future direction of HRM be?? Fons Trompenaars and Charles Hampden-Turner spell out their vision for what HRM must do to stay relevant to businesses today. Their view is that people management must embrace the values of entrepreneurship i.e. agility, flexibility and innovation to ensure its continued effectiveness. The authors also argue that workplaces have to become customized to grow and learn as its employees push the boundaries of learning and discovery. Functional barriers also need to be torn down. You will discover that the rightful place for HRM is at the fountainhead of any business; the place where ideas are first generated and mobilized for action.
Book Details:
- Author: Fons Trompenaars
- ISBN: 9781841124728
- Year Published: 2004
- Pages: 384
- BISAC: BUS019000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Decision-Making & Problem Solving
About the Book and Topic:
Managing People Across Cultures maps out the value of people issues in the organizations of today. It challenges us to ask key questions such as ?How did Human Resource Management (HRM) come to be and what genuine need is there for it?? and ?What should the future direction of HRM be?? Fons Trompenaars and Charles Hampden-Turner spell out their vision for what HRM must do to stay relevant to businesses today. Their view is that people management must embrace the values of entrepreneurship i.e. agility, flexibility and innovation to ensure its continued effectiveness. The authors also argue that workplaces have to become customized to grow and learn as its employees push the boundaries of learning and discovery. Functional barriers also need to be torn down. You will discover that the rightful place for HRM is at the fountainhead of any business; the place where ideas are first generated and mobilized for action.
Managing People Across Cultures tackles head-on the following issues: · The relationship between HRM and corporate culture · Recruitment, selection and assessment · Training managers to achieving strategic goals · How HRM can facilitate problem-solving within teams · Leadership development across cultures · Varieties of culture shock There are also role-play and simulation exercises. The Culture for Business series addresses the most important business issues of the moment from a specifically cross-cultural perspective. The series is grounded in the research that underpins the unique Trompenaars Hampden-Turner database of cross-cultural profiles. Over 60,000 managers from more than 60 countries across the world have completed THT?s extensive diagnostic questionnaire, and the series draws on this deep research base as a platform for these highly accessible guides to key business issues like strategic planning and scenarios, corporate culture and communications. The series is entertaining and inviting, aimed at busy executives who need to address contemporary business issues from multiple perspectives.
* Part of the Culture for Business series, which systematically assesses key business functions from a cross-cultural management perspective. * Co-author Fons Trompenaars is a cult figure in management thinking.
About the Author
Fons Trompenaars is the worlds foremost cross-cultural management guru. He is Director of THT, an innovative centre for excellence for intercultural management issues, and the author of several books including the worldwide bestseller, Riding the Waves of Culture.