Managing Cultural Diversity in Technical Professions (Managing Cultural Differences Series) - Softcover

Laroche, Lionel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750675810 ISBN 13: 9780750675819

Publisher: Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

'Managing Cultural Diversity in Technical Professions' provides managers of technical professionals with clear and tested strategies to improve communication and increase productivity among culturally diverse technical professionals, teams, and departments. Dr. Laroche outlines the differences in education and training, career expectations, communication styles, and management expectations in countries around the world. He explains cross-cultural concepts and presents his case for the importance of cross-cultural competence supported by hard data, including charts, tables, and readily accessible schematics. You'll benefit from the author's experience and expertise as a manager and consultant in this area, illustrated by numerous anecdotes, critical incidents, and mini case studies, centered around two central themes: * Most technical professionals do not recognize the impact of cultural differences in their work * Cross-cultural issues lead to a significant under-utilization of talent and affect productivity negatively 'Managing Cultural Diversity in Technical Professions' offers proven tactics for improving your personal effectiveness and the efficiency of your multicultural teams, breaking the communication barrier in the multicultural workplace.

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About the Author

Laroche Lionel

From the Back Cover

Managing Cultural Diversity in Technical Professions provides managers of technical professionals with clear and tested strategies to improve communication and increase productivity among culturally diverse technical professionals, teams, and departments.

Dr. Laroche outlines the differences in education and training, career expectations, communication styles, and management expectations in countries around the world. He explains cross-cultural concepts and presents his case for the importance of cross-cultural competence, supported by hard data including charts, tables, and readily accessible schematics.

You will benefit from the author's experience and expertise as a manager and consultant in this area, as illustrated by numerous anecdotes, critical incidents, and mini-case studies highlighting two central themes:
* Most technical professionals do not recognize the impact of cultural differences in their work
* Cross-cultural issues lead to a significant under-utilization of talent and affect productivity negatively

Managing Cultural Diversity in Technical Professions offers proven tactics for improving your personal effectiveness and the efficiency of your multicultural teams, breaking the communication barrier in the multicultural workplace.

Lionel Laroche, Ph.D., P.Eng., is Principal and Founder of Multicultural Business Solutions, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750675810
• ISBN 13: 9780750675819
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256