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Mariachi Circles? Core readings for MBA course on cross-cultural management

  • 1.  Mariachi Circles? Core readings for MBA course on cross-cultural management

    Posted 05-22-2011 06:22

    From: Romie Littrell [mailto:littrellaom@yahoo.co.nz] forwarded by list director for technical reasons

    What a strange article Linda. Somehow the editors and reviewers of "International Studies of Management & Organization" allowed the article to be published without ever defining the nature and processes of "Mariachi Circles". (On second thought, I guess I'm not surprised by any failings of editors and reviewers.)

    I've spent time in Mexico and enjoy Mariachi performances, and have and understanding of what the term means as applied to the circles, but I'm sure anyone who hasn't that experience will have no idea.

    E.T. Hall would have called this a "high context" communication article.

    Regards,
    Romie Littrell

    Hope for the USA? "If something is unsustainable, it will stop."--Herb Stein, an economic adviser to Richard Nixon
    Romie F. Littrell, BA, MBA,PhD, FIAIR, An fánaí fiáin
    AUT Business School N.Z., romie.littrell@aut.ac.nz
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    --- On Sun, 22/5/11, Linda Matthews <matthews@UTPA.EDU> wrote:


    From: Linda Matthews <matthews@UTPA.EDU>

     

    Here's a piece that might be fun to add:  Expatriate Reduction and Mariachi Circles (in ISMO)... I am a bit biased ;-)

     

     

    besy,  linda

    Linda M. Matthews
    Professor and Chair, Department of Management

    University of Texas- Pan American

    956 665-3559 (office)

     

     

    From: International Management Discussion List [IMD-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] on behalf of Romie Littrell [littrellaom@YAHOO.CO.NZ]

    Avoid "cookbooks", the "mix these behaviours and you'll have a successful business relationship"; e.g., don't expose the bottom of your shoe in the Middle East, take business cards with two hands in Japan and China, etc. Kurt Lewin is correct, there's nothing so practical as a good theory.

    I recommend: Fukuyama, Francis. (1995). "Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity". London: Penguin.

    I've also attached a draft of a work in progress that is intended when completed as an introduction to the topic.

    I find all the major theories to lack E.T. Hall's understanding of the use of time, space, and contextual communication. I know of no overarching summary of Hall's theories, so:

    The Silent Language (1959)

    The Hidden Dimension (1966)

    The Fourth Dimension in Architecture: The Impact of Building on Behavior (1975, co-authored with spouse Mildred Reed Hall)

    Beyond Culture (1976)

    The Dance of Life: The Other Dimension of Time (1983)

    Handbook for Proxemic Research

    Hidden Differences: Doing Business with the Japanese

    Understanding Cultural Differences - Germans, French and Americans (1993)



    Hope for the USA? "If something is unsustainable, it will stop."--Herb Stein, an economic adviser to Richard Nixon
    Romie F. Littrell, BA, MBA,PhD, FIAIR, An fánaí fiáin
    AUT Business School N.Z., romie.littrell@aut.ac.nz
    http://www.romielittrellpubs.homestead.com/
    Facilitator, Leadership & Management in Sub-Sahara Africa Conferences
    Contents copyright Romie F. Littrell

    --- On Sat, 21/5/11, M.P.Fenton-OCreevy <m.p.fenton-ocreevy@OPEN.AC.UK> wrote:


    From: M.P.Fenton-OCreevy <m.p.fenton-ocreevy@OPEN.AC.UK>
    Dear IMDers,

    I am putting together an Executive MBA course on cross-cultural management and assembling a reading list. The course will take multiple perspectives on the challenges of managing across national boundaries. I am particularly looking for articles or book chapters which make academic ideas accessible to practitioners.

    Key topics include

    Impact of culture on management and business practice (going beyond simple frameworks like Hofstede)
    Institutional Theory perspectives ( varieties of capitalism and national business systems)
    The problems of knowledge transfer across national boundaries
    Traits and skills which make managers successful in international contexts (eg cultural intelligence, expatriate success factors)

    I would be very grateful for suggestions of key readings which others have found to work well for their students. Thoughts about exercises and student projects which have worked well in teaching these topics would also be very welcome.

    If you email suggestions to me directly rather than via the list, I will assemble all suggestions and feed them back to the list (fully attributed).

    Many thanks for your help.

    Mark

    Mark Fenton-O'Creevy
    Professor of Organisational Behaviour
    Open University Business School
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