Multi-National Corporation?

[Alan Stewart]

Nancy

'Riding the Wave of Culture: Understanding Cultural Diversity in Business'
by Fons Trompenaars and Charles Hampden-Turner
is a remarkable book which you may helpful for your purposes.

A namesake, Valerie Stewart, writes: "It's brilliant, and goes into places
which one wouldn't have thought matter, and
do. Basically it's lots of different ways of describing cultures (e.g.
attitudes to time, guilt vs. shame, where does loyalty lie when the chips
are down, etc.). ... Also it has loads of practical tips for overcoming the
barriers."

Good to converse

Alan Stewart
Adelaide




find that
----- Original Message -----
From: "Blake Mills" <MmmBlake at aol.com>
To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 4:03 AM
Subject: Multi-National Corporation?


> G' Day!
> My name is Nancy and I am a lurker.  And, in that role I have been
learning
> much. Many thanks to all of you.  Time to step out into the open space.
>
> My question to the group is:  Would OS be appropriate for a multi-national
> corporation's sales force?
>
> My client is thinking about using OS for 75 people located around the
world
> coming together for 4 days.  I was originally contacted about doing a 4 to
6
> hour workshop on 'managing global teams:  the cultural dimensions", my
> specialization as a trainer, within their 4 day meeting.  They have had
this
> topic several times before and are obviously very, very bright people.
But,
> they always feel they need more help in this area to work more effectively
> across the cultural divide. There will be different country's cultures
> represented.  My thinking, so far, is to do a very brief refresher on
> cultural dimensions that affect the workplace, then open the space to
their
> theme on this topic.
>
> My concern is that they will not get specific cultural information they
are
> looking for.  Or is that my control need?
> My experience is with 15 OS (3 to 4 hour ones) within leadership training
> programs, which have always worked great.
>
> Help!
>
> Thanking you in advance for any wisdom and advice.
> Nancy
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