European management systems : towards unity out of cultural diversity

Author(s)

• Lessem, Ronnie
• Neubauer, Franz-Friedrich

Bibliographic Information

European management systems : towards unity out of cultural diversity

Ronnie Lessem and Fred Neubauer

McGraw-Hill Bk. Co., c1994

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-287) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Portrays the main European management styles and the philosophical, economic and social contexts in which business is undertaken in France, Germany, Britain and Italy. This work aims to provide a basis for a third force to compare and contrast with Japan and Europe.

Table of Contents

• Introduction: introduction to European management systems
• towards the European businessphere
• the European businessphere
• mapping the European terrrain. Pragmatism - experiential: free enterprise
• action learning
• the experiential manager. Rationalism - professional: planned equlibrium
• function and structure
• the professional administrator. Wholism - developmental: closed and open systems
• differentiation and integration
• the developmental manager. Humanism - convivial: the net and the quest
• artist and politician
• the convivial European manager - summary. Conclusion: a generic typology of cultures
• cultures and functions
• Europe as a learning community.

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Details

• NCID: BA23211053
• ISBN:
  • 0077079086
• LCCN: 93029857
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: x, 299 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HD70.E8
  • DC20 : 658/.0094
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Management -- Europe