Managing Chinese-African Business Interactions Growing Intercultural Competence in Organizations /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Mayer, Claude-Hélène (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Louw, Lynette (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Boness, Christian Martin (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Palgrave Studies in African Leadership
• Θέματα: International business enterprises-Cross-cultural studies.; International business enterprises.; Africa-Economic conditions.; Leadership.; Personnel management.; Public relations.; Cross-Cultural Management.; African Business.; Business Strategy/Leadership.; Human Resource Management.; Corporate Communication/Public Relations.

This book provides deep insights into intercultural collaboration among business partners, employees, managers, and entrepreneurs in Chinese-African professional interactions. It presents cultural and theoretical knowledge on Chinese and African management, leadership, and philosophy. Chinese and Af...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Chinese Cultural Concepts and Their Influence on Management
• 3. African Cultural Concepts and Their Influence on Management
• 4. Case 1: Dealing With Organisational Strategies in the Tanzanian-Chinese Chalinze Water Project
• 5. Case 2: "Not who I am, not what I mean": Intercultural Communication in Chinese-African Interactions
• 6. Case 3: Dealing With Organisational Structures, Decision-making and Participation in the Zambian Textile Industry
• 7. Case 4: A Negotiation Between Chinese and African Organisations in Namibia
• 8. Case 5: How to Make Friends in Rwanda: A Chinese Tea Ceremony
• 9. Case 6: Setting Up Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMES) by Chinese Entrepreneurial Immigrants in Maputo, Mozambique
• 10. Case 7: Managing a Chinese-Angolan National Housing Project in Angola's Capital, Luanda
• 11. Case 8: Language, Culture, and Power in the Chinese-South African Telecommunications Sector
• 12. Case 9: Transforming Employee Conflicts in a Chinese Construction Firm in Kampala, Uganda
• 13. Case 10: Sharing Knowledge in a Sudanese Oil Refinery Through Cultural and Language Trainings
• 14. Case 11: Working Conditions in a Chinese-Ugandan Communications Company
• 15. Case 12: Managing a Chinese-South African Restaurant in Port Elizabeth, South Africa
• 16. Case 13: Employee Perceptions of a Chinese Heavy Machinery Importing Organisation Operating in Uganda
• 17. Case 14: Hiring and Firing in the Chinese-Zimbabwean Mining Industry
• 18. Case 15: Managing Chinese-Cameroonian Daily Interactions in a Company in Douala, Cameroon
• 19. Case 16: A Cross-cultural Conference in the Mozambique Confucius Institute.