J. Stewart Black Knihy

In this age of globalization challenges--from economic uncertainty to emerging markets--there are no mapped out answers for the international manager. Global Explorers guides the global manager from the periphery to the center stage of international business leadership. In a 1997 survey of Fortune 500 firms conducted by authors J. Stewart Black, Allen J. Morrison and Hal B. Gregersen, virtually all companies indicated there was a severe shortage of global leaders. The demand for competent global leaders far outstrips the supply. Global Explorers provides the skills and outlines the competencies future global managers need to fill the leadership gap. Using extensive research, real-life examples, and 130 in-depth interviews with senior executives representing 50 global companies, including IBM, Disney, Exxon and Sony, Global Explorers suggests the reasons for the global leadership shortage, and identifies the necessary skills to compete in the international marketplace.For managers who want to safeguard their corporate future in these changing times, Global Explorers will help them develop a personal program for developing and balancing the skills they need to become successful global leaders.

As many as 60% of organizational change initiatives fail. This means that many normally successful, motivated, and determined managers nonetheless struggle to lead change effectively. Most of those leadership failures share a common cause: managers mistakenly believe that organizational change is brought about by changing the organization. The truth is this: organizations change only as much or as fast as individuals change. And, to change individual behavior, you must first change the mental maps guiding that behavior. In It Starts with One, Third Edition, J. Stewart Black identifies the three critical "brain barriers" managers must break through in order to start, deepen, and sustain needed change. With new cases, examples, and tools for executing successful change initiatives, this edition dives even more deeply into the personal aspects of leading strategic change - as well as the unique challenges posed by driving change in global business environments. One step at a time, Black shows how to use their tools and techniques to bring solutions to life -- and transform change from a hope to a profitable reality.

Helps executives, managers, and human resource professionals leverage each international assignment into a tool for competitive advantage. Looks beyond the simple logistics of setting up global programs to discuss such issues as how to balance family concerns with the demands of overseas assignments. Includes ground-breaking research on the repatriation of employees returning to Japan, the United States, and Finland. Turn every international assignment to your competitive advantage. This book looks beyond the simple logistics of setting up global programs to explore such issues as how to balance family concerns with the demands of oversees assignments, and explores the repatriation of employees returning home.

This book is different from most in that it offers a comprehensive and balanced presentation of strategic management and organizational behavior concepts. It is all about bringing together the micro skills of people management with the macro skills of running a business. Strategy is often portrayed as the province of top-level managers only—the reality is that practicing managers need to know the strategy both in order to address the current challenges they face and to exploit the future opportunities they identify; it is not an either/or choice. The unique but interdependent specialties of the three co-authors not only help to balance the treatment of strategic management and organizational behavior across the chapters but also to integrate these concepts within chapters. Chapter titles Managing Change, Evaluating the External Environment, Ethics and Social Responsibility, Strategic Management, Organizational Structure and Design, Planning, Decision Making, Communication and Negotiation, Managing Human Resources, and Organizational Development and Transformation. For anyone in a professional business environment, preparing for a position in management.