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Rethinking Cross Cultural Management in a Globalizing Business World

Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, ams.ikl{at}cbs.dk

Nigel Holden

Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, Holden{at}xcm23.freeserve.co.uk

Cross cultural management is often regarded as a discipline of international management focusing on cultural encounters between what are perceived as well-defined and homogeneous entities: the organization and the nation-state, and offering tools to handle cultural differences seen as sources of conflict or miscommunication. The authors argue that this approach is out of phase with the business world of today, with its transnational companies that face the challenges of the management of global knowledge networks and multicultural project teams, interacting and collaborating across boundaries using global communication technologies. The authors emphasize the need for an alternative approach which acknowledges the growing complexity of inter- and intra-organizational connections and identities, and offers theoretical concepts to think about organizations and multiple cultures in a globalizing business context.

Key Words: a cross cultural management • culture concepts • globalization • narrative • transnational companies

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, Vol. 2, No. 1, 103-121 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/147059580221007


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