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" <mmmbl...@aol.com> To: <osl...@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 > > * > * > ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > =========================================================== > osl...@egroups.com > To subscribe, > 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist > 2. Sign up -- provide an email address, > and choose a login ID and password > 3. Click on "Subscribe" and follow the instructions > > To unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of osl...@egroups.com: > 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist > 2. Sign in and Proceed > * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html =========================================================== osl...@egroups.com To subscribe, 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign up -- provide an email address, and choose a login ID and password 3. Click on "Subscribe" and follow the instructions To unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@egroups.com: 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign in and Proceed
