Customer Review: This book was used as the core text in a Master Level course I took in Global Leadership. It frankly is one of the best books I have ever read which surprises me even, given that it was used in this context from a primarily academic point of view. I did not expect this book to be as readable... more info
Customer Review: Building and expanding on Hofstede's five dimensions of culture, Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner present a model of culture and cultural differences that is both sensible and eminently useful. While Hofstede may be the man who pioneered cultural research in management, Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner... more info
Customer Review: My introduction to formalized leadership came during the Korean War, as I served as an instructor in the U.S. Army Infantry Leadership Course at Ft. Dix, NJ. There it was a pretty cut and dried formula with no opportunity for innovation. In the ensuing years leadership innovations have leaped into... more info
Customer Review: Consultants Fons Trompenaars and Peter Prud'homme thoroughly explore issues in corporate culture, and focus on managing change across different cultures. They first analyze existing corporate culture analysis models highlighting their shortcomings and offer their new model for analyzing and... more info
Customer Review: This is a well-written book, which provides a solid approach to dealing with cross-cultural issues with many excellent examples and statistics. The central purpose of this work is to dispel the idea that there is one correct management model. In addition to initiating the reader into the world of... more info
Customer Review: The author jumps from one subject to another without a clear plan for where he is going. He lacks a structure or overall theme, in my opinion. He provides personal vignettes about cultures in different countries but no original statistics to back up his claims. He provides useless maxims about the... more info
Customer Review: Trompenaars, Fons and Peter Woolliams Business Across Cultures. Capstone Publishing Ltd. Chichester, England, UK: 2003.363 pages soft bound.
I think that we should consider this book to be a primer for the Business Culture Series coming out from Capstone Publishing by the... more info
Customer Review: Highly recommended for anyone teaching cross cultural communication and English in the business environment. The authors have included excellent examples of the principles they have presented. The writing is enjoyable and informative and is appropriate for a professsional in the field or... more info
Customer Review: I borrowed this book from the local public library after a recommendation by an international business expert who has dealt significantly with Japan. I personally am an American ex-management consultant, Kellogg MBA, and now work in an international business capacity for a foreign government, one of... more info
