International Hrm Book

	Notes on Contributors	xii
	Foreword	xv
	Acknowledgments	xvii
	Introduction	1
Part I	Understanding Cultural Diversity in Global Business	7
1	Difference and Danger: Cultural Profiles of Nations and Limits to Tolerance	9
2	Key Concepts: Underlying Structures of Culture	24
3	European Leadership in Globalization	41
4	The Yin and Yang of Managing in Asia	55
5	Case: A Difficult Start	59
6	Exercise: The World Wide Web and Cultural Diversity	63
Part II	Strategic Human Resource Management	69
7	Are We Global Yet?	71
8	International HR Policy Basics	76
9	Integrated HR Systems Help Develop Global Leaders	79
10	A Contingency Matrix Approach to IHRM	83
11	Reaping the Rewards of NAFTA	103
12	Case: Diversity Management at Hewlett-Packard, Europe	108
13	Case: Eurochem Shanghai: Corporate Policy or China Practice?	125
Part III	Recruitment, Selection, and Placement in a Global Context	131
14	The Boundaryless Organization: Implications for Job Analysis, Recruitment, and Selection	133
15	Building a Global Workforce Starts With Recruitment	148
16	Four Faces of Global Culture	152
17	European Competencies - Some Guidelines for Companies	160
18	Case: Grupo Financiero Inverlat	169
Part IV	Training and Development	181
19	Diversity Training: A Competitive Weapon	183
20	Training Across Cultures	190
21	Strategy and HRM Initiatives for the '00s Environment: Redefining Roles and Boundaries, Linking Competencies and Resources	196
22	Global Dual-Career Couple Mentoring: A Phase Model Approach	211
23	Case: Bhiwar Enterprises	234
Part V	Employee Relations	243
24	The Multicultural Organization	245
25	Managing Human Resources in Mexico: A Cultural Understanding	261
26	New Manufacturing Strategies and Labour in Latin America	271
27	Coming to Terms With Local People	287
28	Being "a Third Culture Man"	291
29	Case: The Evaluation	295
30	Case: Kentucky Fried Chicken and the Global Fast-Food Industry	301
Part VI	Issues in Global and Cultural Diversity	327
31	Put Your Ethics to a Global Test	329
32	Diversity Stress as Morality Stress	336
33	Remote Control	345
34	Should HR Survive? A Profession at the Crossroads	348
35	Cultural Diversity Programs to Prepare for Work Force 2000: What's Gone Wrong?	355
36	Case: Anglo-German Trading Corporation	360
37	Case: Novell's Global Strategy: "Bytes Are Somewhat Narcotic"	362
	Index	382