Includes index.

Contents: The global imperative: International management: A global perspective -- The international business environment -- Government relations and political risk -- Ethics and social responsibility -- Strategy and global organization: Global strategic planning -- Going global and implementing strategies -- Designing effective international organizations -- Spanning borders for cross-cultural management: Cultural dimensions of international management -- Intercultural communications -- Intercultural negotiations -- Human resources in the global context: International labor relations -- Human resources: managing expatriates -- Human resources: Staffing, training, and development -- Managing people: The leadership dimension: Motivating people: The challenge of diversity -- Leadership in the global context -- International teams: The emerging management challenge.