TY - BOOK AU - Mead,Richard TI - International management: cross-cultural dimensions SN - 0631231773 (pbk.) : AV - HD62.4 .M4 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - Malden, Mass., Oxford, U.K. PB - Blackwell KW - International business enterprises KW - Management KW - Social aspects KW - Corporate culture KW - Intercultural communication N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [427]-436) and index; International management and culture -- Comparing cultures -- Shifts in the culture -- Organizational culture -- Culture and communication -- Needs and incentives -- Dispute resolution and negotiation -- Formal structures -- Informal systems -- Planning change -- Globalization and localization -- Family companies -- Designing and implementing strategy -- Headquarters and subsidiary -- The international joint ventures -- Staffing to control -- Expatriate assignments -- Training and supporting an expatriate assignment -- Planning to research and write a dissertation ER -