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• The Meanings of 'International Management'

The growing number of international-management studies has stimulated the search for a better understanding of this expression and field. Recent articles have agreed and disagreed on what it means. A key point of discussion has been whether the traditional definition of international management - namely, management crossing borders - should be challenged; another is whether related expressions, such as global management, does improve the understanding of what "international management" means. The researchers develop a definition that ranges beyond the one-way crossing of borders to include two-way exchanges, domestic learning and the development of a practice of management in all institutions. Key results show that "International management" applies not only to the unidirectional crossi...

... of broader management and international-business courses; and journals such as Management Internati...Those borders are the lines found in maps to delimit some 200 sovereign states... of thinking: Sinic (Chinese), Japanese, Hindu, Islamic, Orthodox (Russian), Western, Latin Ameri...

• Management International Review
• Band 44 Nr. 2, April 2004

• Ethnocentric Hrm Policies in the Asia Pacific Region: An Explanation of Host Country Resistance**

This paper considers the impact of ethnocentric policies, using as an example diversity policies, created by Multinational Companies (MNCs), Non Government Organisations (NGOs) and international agencies then imposed on a host country and its population. Examples of practices in the Asian Pacific region illustrate how the experience of colonialisation, war and migration have major impact on perceptions of the Host Country governments and nationals The paper discusses possible reasons for Host Country Nationals (HCNs) to resist foreign, apparently, ethnocentric policies. The resistance is often based on the experience of being colonised or the fragile social cohesiveness by the host nations. The motives of the MNC are often perceived to be to weaken the host nation and its organisations ...

... policy can cause as much damage to their business performance as ignoring the issue altogether, as i...Muslims (and Hindus and Buddhists and citizens of most Asian Pacific s... responsibility and reward this 'life line' for survival is not always present. Until recentl...

• Management Revue
• Band 18 Nr. 4, Januar 2007