Cross‐cultural Management: A Knowledge Management Perspective

Citation

Harris, P.R. (2004), "Cross‐cultural Management: A Knowledge Management Perspective", European Business Review, Vol. 16 No. 2, pp. 205-206. https://doi.org/10.1108/ebr.2004.16.2.205.1

Sometimes seminal books are published, but fail to get reviewed at the time of their release. Two such works on comparable themes are not to be overlooked. Cross‐cultural Management: A Knowledge Management Perspective by Nigel J. Holden is very significant, both for managers and students of management. Its 13 chapters and epilogue cover a wide range of topics, beginning with part one's unique analysis of the concept of culture to its impact on knowledge management. Part two is entirely devoted to in‐depth, case study coverage of global corporations. Finally, part three centres on cross‐cultural management as a knowledge domain. Professor Nigel Holden is a distinguished author‐educator, formerly with the Copenhagen Business School and now with three European institutions of higher education and is a member of the EBR Editorial Advisory Board. The cross‐cultural dimension as an essential ingredient in all MBA programs, and this provides the perfect textbook for such study.

Given the contemporary corporate greed, corruption, and criminality, this next volume deserves a place in any business curriculum and continuing education.

Navigating Cross‐cultural Ethics: What Global Managers Do Right to Keep from Going Wrong is by Eileen Morgan. This relevant discussion of moral principles and practices in the global marketplace suggest creating an ethical map for cross‐cultural navigation by personnel. It suggests ways of charting the course by the exercise of real “leadership.” Dr Morgan's extensive consulting experience throughout New England emphasises organisational issues of business and ethics. She shares valuable stories, insights, and experiences on these themes in a lively way throughout this work that should be mandatory reading for top management and in business schools!