Henry W. Lane & Martha Maznevski 
International Management Behavior [EPUB ebook] 
Global and Sustainable Leadership

This is the seventh edition of International Management
Behavior, an established text for students and executives
developing the knowledge, perspective and skills required for
leading and managing people in global business.

This guide provides a comprehensive overview of international
management, structured around the core challenges and opportunities
faced by global managers. This encompasses: the role of the global
manager, working on an individual and organizational level, and
understanding how to manage a diverse workforce. Individual
chapters address key subjects, including: the global mindset,
working effectively across cultures, strategy execution, change
management and working in global teams. This edition has been
thoroughly updated to reflect recent developments in ethics and
corporate sustainability.

Based on over 40 years of teaching and research,
International Management Behavior 7e is designed to
stimulate and facilitate learning. This text combines a wealth of
theoretical knowledge with current real-world examples across a
range of cultures and industry sectors. The authors focus on
research that provides the most immediate, practical guidance for
managers, with well-chosen examples to demonstrate practical
implementation and bring key concepts to life.

To accompany the revised and updated seventh edition of
International Management Behavior, updated instructor
support material has been supplied at href=’http://www.wiley.com/go/lane7e’>www.wiley.com/go/lane7e,
including Power Point slides and teaching notes. This instructor
site has been designed in conjunction with the main text to assist
the teaching and development of global leaders.

Tabella dei contenuti

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction 1

Part 1 5

Chapter 1 The Global Manager 7

Part 2 31

Chapter 2 Understanding Culture: Through the Looking Glass 33

Chapter 3 Interpersonal Skills for International Management: The MBI Model for High Performance 71

Chapter 4 Managing Global Teams and Networks 97

Part 3 121

Chapter 5 Executing Global Strategy 123

Chapter 6 Talent Management: Selecting and Developing Global Managers 169

Chapter 7 Managing Change in Global Organizations 191

Part 4 215

Chapter 8 Competing with Integrity in Global Business: Personal Integrity 217

Chapter 9 Competing with Integrity in Global Business: Corporate Sustainability 255

Index 281

Circa l’autore

Henry W. Lane is Professor of International Business and
Strategy at the D’Amore-Mc Kim School of Business at Northeastern
University. He has written numerous books, articles and case
studies. Professor Lane received the 2009 Academy of Management,
International Management Division’s Outstanding Educator
Award. He is active as a consultant and faculty member for
university and corporate courses around the world and has taught at
business schools in Canada, France, Germany, Finland, Mexico,
Colombia and Peru.

Martha L. Maznevski is Professor of Organizational
Behavior and International Management and Director of the MBA
Program, at the Institute for Management Development (IMD) in
Lausanne, Switzerland. Her research focuses on
high-performing global teams and leading people in global
complexity. She has published many articles and books about
cross-cultural effectiveness, global leadership, teams, and other
international management topics. Her teaching spans a broad
range of international organizational behavior themes, and she has
worked in Europe, North America, Africa, Asia, Australia and South
America, addressing challenges and opportunities of managing people
globally.