Research Catalog

Title

The future international manager : a vision of the roles and duties of management / edited by Laszlo Zsolnai and Antonio Tencati.

Publication

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Tencati, Antonio.
• Zsolnai, László.

Description

xxv, 174 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"An in-depth look at the desired professional profile of new international managers in different aspects of business. It examines the qualities an international manager needs to possess, including commitment to environmental sustainability, sensitivity toward gender and diversity issues, and an engagement in progressive entrepreneurship"--Provided by publisher.

Subject

• International business enterprises > Management
• Issues management
• Social responsibility of business

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Business as a profession / Laszlo Zsolnai -- The need for managers as reflective practitioners / Sven Junghagen -- Achieving environmental sustainability / Antonio Tencati, Stefano Pogutz, and Carlos Romero -- Developing social responsibility / Steen Vallentin -- Managing gender and diversity in organizations / Mary Ann Danowitz, Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger, and Roswitha Hofmann -- Reinventing organizations with information and communication technologies / Paola Bielli and Andras Nemeslaki -- Holistic problem solving / Knut J. Ims and Laszlo Zsolnai -- Cooperating with social and political actors / Zsolt Boda, Eleanor O'Higgins, and Kuno Schedler -- Engaging in progressive entrepreneurship / Antonio Tencati ... [et al.].

ISBN

• 9780230219878 (hardback)
• 023021987X (hardback)

LCCN

2009044053

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries