International Management: Culture, Strategy & Behavior, 6ed

As a discipline of academy inquiry, International Management applies management concepts and techniques to their contexts in firms working in multinational, multicultural environments. Hodgetts’Luthans: International Management was the first mainstream International Management text in the market. Its 6th edition continues to set the standard for International Management texts with its research-based content and its balance between culture, strategy, and behavior. International Management stresses the balanced approach and the synergy/connection between the text’s four parts: Environment (3 chapters): Culture (4 chapters), Strategy and Functions (4 chapters) and Organizational Behavior /Human Resource Management (4 chapters).

Table of Contents

Part one: Environmental Foundation
1. Globalization and Worldwide Developments
2. The Political, Legal, and Technological Environment
3. Ethics and Social Responsibility
Brief Integrative Case 1: Colgate’s Distasteful Toothpaste
Brief Integrative Case 2: Advertising or Free Speech? The Case of Nike and Human Rights
In-Depth Integrative Case 1: Pharmaceutical Companies, Intellectual Property, and the Global AIDS Epidemic
Part Two: The Role of Culture
4. The Meanings and Dimensions of Culture
5. Managing Across Culture
6. Organizational Culture and Diversity
7. Cross-Culture Communication and Negotiation
Brief Integrative Case 1: Cross Cultural Conflicts in the Corning-Vitro Joint Venture
Brief Integrative Case 2: Integrating National and Organizational Cultures: Chemical Bank’s Mergers in Europe
In-Depth Integrative Case 1:EuroDisney
In-Depth Integrative Case 2:Wal-Mart’s Japan Strategy
Part Three: International Strategic Management
8. Strategy Formulation and Implementation
9. Entry Strategies and Organizational Structures
10. Managing Political Risk, Government Relations, and Alliances
11. Management Decision and Control
Brief Integrative Case 1: KNP, N.V
Brief Integrative Case 2: Reliance
In-Depth Integrative Case 1:The HP-Compaq Merger and its Global Implications
In-Depth Integrative Case 2:Can the Budget Air Model Succeed in Asia? The Story of AirAsia
Part Four: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
12. Motivation Across Cultures
13. Leadership Across Cultures
14. Human Resource Selection And Development Across Cultures
15. Labor Relations and Industrial Democracy
Brief Integrative Case 1: The Road to Hell
Brief Integrative Case 2: A Copy Shop Goes Global
In-Depth Integrative Case 1:Lord John Browne and BP's Global Shift
In-Depth Integrative Case 2:Chiquita’s Global Turnaround
Skill-Building and Experiential Exercises
Personal Skill-Building Exercises
1. The Culture Quiz
2. Using Gung Ho to Understand Cultural Differences
3. "When in Bogota..."
4. The International Cola Alliances
5. Who to Hire?