Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Exhibits
- Preface
- 1 Global realities and management challenges
- 2 Developing global management skills
- 3 Culture, values, and worldviews
- 4 Inside the managerial mind: culture, cognition, and action
- 5 Inside the organizational mind: stakeholders, strategies, and decision making
- 6 Organizing frameworks: a comparative assessment
- 7 Communication across cultures
- 8 Leadership and global teams
- 9 Culture, work, and motivation
- 10 Negotiation and global partnerships
- 11 Managing in an imperfect world
- 12 Epilogue: the journey continues
- Appendix A Models of national cultures
- Appendix B OECD guidelines for global managers
- Index
- References
12 - Epilogue: the journey continues
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Exhibits
- Preface
- 1 Global realities and management challenges
- 2 Developing global management skills
- 3 Culture, values, and worldviews
- 4 Inside the managerial mind: culture, cognition, and action
- 5 Inside the organizational mind: stakeholders, strategies, and decision making
- 6 Organizing frameworks: a comparative assessment
- 7 Communication across cultures
- 8 Leadership and global teams
- 9 Culture, work, and motivation
- 10 Negotiation and global partnerships
- 11 Managing in an imperfect world
- 12 Epilogue: the journey continues
- Appendix A Models of national cultures
- Appendix B OECD guidelines for global managers
- Index
- References
Summary
When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.
Omar Khayyám Eleventh-century poet, PersiaIf we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep walking.
Siddhārtha Gautama Fifth-century bce founder of Buddhism, IndiaFuturists and their closely watched predictions abound in these changing times, and nowhere is this trend more prominent than with regards to future economic trends and the future of global business. Some experts predict that past competitors will become future partners, while other experts predict just the opposite. Some predict increased economic integration brought on by globalization, while others predict increased economic fragmentation and turmoil, also brought on by globalization. Even the opinions of great philosophers of the past apparently disagree. The eleventh-century Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet, Omar Khayyám, suggests that in order to see the future we must study the past. Learn from history; the past is prologue. At the same time, the fifth-century bce Hindu prince and founder of Buddhism, Siddhārtha Gautama (also known as Śākyamuni), suggests that if we want to see the future (indeed, if we want to be part of the future), we should step forward. If we are facing in the right direction, he notes, all we have to do is keep moving. Keep your eye on the ball; the future belongs to those who search it out and are prepared to capitalize on it. Two philosophers and two different opinions – again.
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- Management across CulturesChallenges and Strategies, pp. 404 - 410Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010