Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents: Environmental foundation: Worldwide developments -- The political, legal and technological environment -- Global competitiveness -- Ethics and social responsibility -- The Role of culture: The meanings and dimensions of culture -- Managing across cultures -- Organizational cultures and diversity -- Intercultural communication -- International strategic management: Strategic management -- Managing political risk and negotiations -- Organizing international operations -- Decision making and controlling -- Organizational behavior and human resource management: Motivation across cultures -- Leadership across cultures -- Human resource selection and repatriation -- Human resource development across cultures -- Labor relations and industrial democracy -- Experiential exercises for international management: The culture quiz -- Using Gung Ho to understand cultural differences -- "When in Bogota..." -- The international Cola Alliances -- Who to hire? --