Globalisation, the Wave, and the Undertow
Management Revue › Band 18 Nr. 4, Januar 2007
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Several books are reviewed. These include: 1. Mastering Business in Asia: Human Resource Management, edited by H. Bucknall and R. Ohtaki, 2. Asian Management Systems, by M. Chen, 3. World on Fire, by A. Chua, 4. Hokusai: Mountains and Water, Flowers and Birds, by M. Forrer, and 5. Trust: Reason, Routine, Reflexivity, by G. Moellering.
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Globalisation, the Wave, and the Undertow
'Globalisation, the Wave, and the Undertow' is a critical review of a dozen books with relevance to international HRM and international business. The books under review here are (in alphabetical order):
* Bucknall, H. / Ohtaki, R. (eds.) (2005): Mastering Business in Asia: Human Resource Management. Singapore, Wiley: 220pp, £12.99* Chen, M. (2004): Asian Management Systems. London, Thomson: 288pp, £30.99* Chua, A. (2003): World on Fire. London, Heinemann: 346pp, £12.99* Forrer, M. (2004): Hokusai: Mountains and Water, Flowers and Birds. London, Prestel: 96pp, $14.95* Moellering, G. (2006): Trust: Reason, Routine, Reflexivity. London, Elsevier: 230pp, £51.99* Ong, A. H. (1999): Flexible Citizenship. London, Duke University Press: 335pp. £13.99* Prahalad, C. K. (2005): The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid. Upper Saddle River (NJ), Wharton School Publishing: 304pp £9.99* Rowley, C. / Benson, J. (eds.) (2004): Management of Human Resources in the Asia-Pacific: Convergence Reconsidered. London, Routledge: 256pp, $155.00* Scullion, H. / Collings, D. (2006): Global Staffing. London, Routledge: 232pp, $33.95* Skromme Granrose, C. (ed.) (2005): Employment of Women in Chinese Cultures: Half the Sky. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar: 224pp, £53.96* Warner, M. / Joynt, P. (2002): Managing Across Cultures. London, Thomson: 284pp, £34.19* Warner, M. (ed.) (2003): Culture and Management in Asia. London, Routledge: 2 84pp, £21.99We divide our review of these books into two basic categories: one contains those books that, in our view, appear to represent the Wave' of Western management thought and practice; and one containing books that appear to give access to the (often invisible) resistance to this wave - what we term the 'Undertow'. In for...Siehe den Gesamtinhalt dieses Dokumentes
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