Bridging Cultural Barriers: How to Overcome Preconceptions in Cross-Cultural Relationships (Management for Professionals)

This book provides readers with a comprehensive guide to other cultures – the often-unfamiliar ways that people from other cultures think, speak and act. As such, it helps readers identify potential and real conflicts, and to take appropriate action so as to build successful relationships. The book draws on the authors’ combined experience from international line management and international projects, as well as teaching seminars and coaching clientele from around the globe. It offers an essential resource for anyone involved in transnational business and cross-border relationships. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxvi Why Another Intercultural Manual? (Peter M. Haller, Ulrich Naegele, Susan Berger)....Pages 1-6 Intercultural Competence as Intuitive Access to Alien Cultures (Peter M. Haller, Ulrich Naegele, Susan Berger)....Pages 7-17 Access to Other Cultures: Means, Ways and Possibilities (Peter M. Haller, Ulrich Naegele, Susan Berger)....Pages 19-74 Cultures of Our World (Peter M. Haller, Ulrich Naegele, Susan Berger)....Pages 75-226 Bridging Cultures in Everyday Life (Peter M. Haller, Ulrich Naegele, Susan Berger)....Pages 227-246 Surmounting Cross Cultural Barriers in International Projectmanagement (Peter M. Haller, Ulrich Naegele, Susan Berger)....Pages 247-293 Back Matter ....Pages 295-307