The Global Challenge

Managing People Across Borders

Vladimir Pucik, Ingmar Björkman, Paul Evans, Günter K. Stahl (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

564 Seiten

2023 | 4th edition
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-0353-0071-6 (ISBN)

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In this extensively revised fourth edition textbook, authors Vladimir Pucik, Ingmar Björkman, Paul Evans and Günter Stahl take a people management and organizational perspective on the complex issues involved in successfully managing today’s multinational firms. Taking account of contemporary business challenges of digitalization, inclusion, and sustainability, The Global Challenge explores how international strategies are executed through people management.

Key Features:

Practical examples from leading and emerging multinational firms from around the world

Connected yet self-contained chapters to be used as teaching material in courses and programs

Critical insights provided by a team of scholars with extensive teaching, research, and consulting experience worldwide

Focus on topical issues such as mechanisms of cross-border control and coordination, virtual work and collaboration, diversity and inclusion, management of knowledge and innovation, and the role of people management in tackling societal problems and global sustainability challenges

Balancing thoroughly updated case studies with the latest academic research, this cutting-edge fourth edition textbook will be an invaluable resource for students enrolled in MBA, EMBA, and Master’s programs worldwide. Executives, managers, and HR professionals in multinational companies will also benefit from its examination of challenges and contradictions that firms confront when operating across borders.

Vladimir Pucik, Visiting Emeritus Professor, Aalto University School of Business, Helsinki, Ingmar Björkman, Rector, Hanken School of Economics, Finland, Paul Evans, The Shell Chaired Professor of Human Resources and Organizational Development, Emeritus, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France and Günter K. Stahl, Professor of International Management, and Director, Center for Sustainability Transformation and Responsibility (STaR), Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria

Contents: Preface to the Fourth Edition 1. Introduction to The Global Challenge 2. Understanding local context 3. Enhancing global integration 4. Enhancing coordination 5. Constructing social architecture 6. Acquiring global talent 7. Global performance management 8. Global leadership development 9. Harnessing diversity in teams and organizations 10. Managing global mobility 11. Facilitating change in multinational organizations 12. Sharing and creating knowledge 13. Forging cross-border mergers 14. Promoting sustainability 15. References Index

Erscheinungsdatum	17.02.2023
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	169 x 244 mm
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Personalwesen
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
ISBN-10	1-0353-0071-0 / 1035300710
ISBN-13	978-1-0353-0071-6 / 9781035300716
Zustand	Neuware