Cross-Cultural Leadership

Readings

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1	Introduction and Overview	Set the baseline. What understanding of leaders and leadership has each of us already acquired? How does that reflect our global experiences? Identify Teams Introductory Presentation of each Team’s Region: Geography, History, Regional Differences, Politics, Economic Issues Brief Overview of the Theories and Themes in this Course
2	Cultural Styles	Universalism vs. Particularism Individualism vs. Collectivism Neutral vs. Emotional Achievement vs. Ascription Cross-cultural Dialogue	Trompenaars, Fons, and Charles Hampden-Turner. Riding the Waves of Culture: Understanding Cultural Diversity in Global Business. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998, pp. 1-10, 29-37, 49-53, 68-75, 80-82, 105-111, 121-122. ISBN: 0786311258.
3	Social Dimensions	Assertiveness Gender Differentiation Uncertainty Avoidance Power Distance Cross-cultural Dialogue	Javidan, Mansour, and Robert J. House. “Cultural Acumen for the Global Manager: Lessons from Project GLOBE.” Organizational Dynamics 29, no. 4 (Spring 2001): 289-304. House, Robert J., Paul J. Hanges, Mansour Javidan, Peter W. Dorfman, and Vipin Gupta. Culture, Leadership, and Organizations: The GLOBE Study of 62 Societies. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications, 2004, pp. 410-411, 365-366, 622-623, 539-540, 250-251, 573-574. ISBN: 0761924019. Schneider, Susan, and Jean-Louis Barsoux. Managing Across Cultures. 2nd ed. Essex, England: Pearson Education Limited, 2003, pp. 87-95.
4	Orientation to Time and Space	Focus on Past, Present or Future: Short or Long-term Horizon Monochronic or Polychronic Activities: Rigid or Fluid Schedules Space: Public, Private or Mixed Cross-cultural Dialogue	Trompenaars, Fons, and Charles Hampden-Turner. Riding the Waves of Culture: Understanding Cultural Diversity in Global Business. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998, pp. 123-128, 132-144. ISBN: 0786311258. Gesteland, Richard R. Cross-Cultural Business Behavior: Marketing, Negotiating and Managing across Cultures. 2nd ed. Copenhagen: Copenhagen Business School Press, 1999, pp. 55-62.  ISBN: 8763000253.
5	Leadership Effectiveness	Leadership Traits Leadership Styles Presentation of Student Papers Critique of Course	Kouzes, James, and Barry Posner. The Leadership Challenge. 3rd ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002, pp. 13-22, 24-25. ISBN: 0787956783. Goleman, Daniel. “Leadership that Gets Results.” Harvard Business Review, March-April 2000, pp. 78-90. Derr, C. Brooklyn, Sylvie Roussillon, and Frank Bournois. Cross-Cultural Approaches to Leadership Development. Westport, Connecticut: Quorum Books, 2002, pp. 290-292. ISBN: 156720466X. Graham, John L. and N. Mark Lam. “The Chinese Negotiation.” Harvard Business Review, October 2003, pp. 82-91.