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International Management Behavior

International Management Behavior

International Management Behavior

Global and Sustainable Leadership
9th Edition
Martha L. Maznevski, University of Western Ontario
Henry W. Lane, Northeastern University, Boston
Vanessa C. Hasse, University of Western Ontario
Rikke Kristine Nielsen, Aalborg University, Denmark
January 2025
Available
Hardback
9781009489201

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    Rigorously revised, the ninth edition of this successful, established textbook is ideal for current and future global leaders who want to lead international businesses sustainably and with impact. Combining a wealth of theoretical knowledge with real-world situations from diverse cultures, countries and industries, the book brings key concepts to life, while offering tools and strategies for putting them into practice. Reflecting global trends, this new edition features a greater focus on culture, virtual teams, leadership paradoxes, digital transformations, and a mindset-centered approach to dynamic change. All-new examples and cases contribute to bringing the book completely up to date, while reflection questions and a rich suite of online teaching resources (including suggested student exercises and classroom activities, teaching notes, further resources, and access to Aperian Globesmart), make this an essential tool for developing mindful, global leaders.

    • Provides a thorough overview of international management practice in the global business world, supported by real-world examples
    • Emphasizes ethical business, corporate responsibility, and mindful leadership to reveal the most effective and sustainable leadership qualities needed for international management success
    • Includes cases from Ivey Business School and other business schools, to enrich readers' understanding of business contexts from around the world

    Product details

    January 2025
    Hardback
    9781009489201
    536 pages
    254 × 178 × 30 mm
    1.259kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Preface
    • Acknowledgements
    • Introduction: a note to our readers
    • Part I. The New Global Context:
    • 1. Global leaders in the 21st century
    • 2. Pathways to mindful global leadership: mindset, competences, and paradox thinking
    • 3. Understanding culture: the context for global leaders Decision-Making cases
    • Part II. Leading People Across Contexts:
    • 4. Mapping cultural dimensions for effective interaction
    • 5. Communicating across cultures: bridging and integrating
    • 6. Designing and leading effective teams
    • 7. Talent management: selecting and preparing leaders for global assignments
    • Part III. Executing Strategy in a Global Context:
    • 8. Strategy and organizational forms
    • 9. Executing strategy: organizational alignment for performance
    • 10. Leading organizational change
    • Part IV. Purpose, Sustainability, and Integrity:
    • 11. Sustainability and responsible organizations
    • 12. Competing with integrity and ethical decision-making.
      Authors
    • Martha L. Maznevski , University of Western Ontario

      Martha L. Maznevski is Professor of Organizational Behavior and Faculty Co-Director for Executive Education at Ivey Business School, Western University, Ontario. She has thirty years of research and teaching experience in global leadership, specializing in cross-cultural effectiveness, global teams and collaboration, and leading in complex and dynamic organizations and environments. She has worked in over fifty countries and with leaders from around the world.

    • Henry W. Lane , Northeastern University, Boston

      Henry W. Lane is Professor Emeritus at the D'Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University and at the Ivey Business School, Western University, Ontario. His research and teaching interests include executing global strategy, cross-cultural management, organizational learning and managing change. In 2009 he received the Academy of Management, International Management Division's Outstanding Educator Award; and the 2009 Academy of Management Review Decade Award.

    • Vanessa C. Hasse , University of Western Ontario

      Vanessa C. Hasse is an Assistant Professor of International Business at the Ivey Business School, Western University, Ontario. Her research focuses on organizational responses to performance signals and outlier events in international contexts, as well as the impact cultural dimensions have on managerial decision-making. As a management educator, she has authored several case studies and has been recognized for her innovations in designing transformative learning experiences.

    • Rikke Kristine Nielsen , Aalborg University, Denmark

      Rikke K. Nielsen is Associate Professor at the Department of Communication & Psychology at Aalborg University, Denmark. Her main research areas are organizational paradox, global leadership and engaged scholarship, and she enjoys working with practice in both research and teaching to enable others to make a positive difference through knowledge co-creation and exchange.