Global Management Universal Theories and Local Realities [Paperback]

The book provides a comprehensive and critical reflection on the widely documented phenomenon of globalization in business. It assesses the implications of the diversity of individual economies and enterprises for general theories of management and concludes by presenting new approaches to the study and research of management and organizations.This book re-examines management theory `after Globalization'. Combining key names and studies from across the world, it explores the local realities that resist universal theories and that permeate the daily lives of practising managers.

The book provides a comprehensive and critical reflection on the widely documented phenomenon of globalization in business. It assesses the implications of the diversity of individual economies and enterprises for general theories of management and concludes by presenting new approaches to the study and research of management and organizations.Introduction - Stewart R Clegg, Eduardo Ibarra-Colado and Luis Bueno-Rodriquez
PART ONE: GLOBAL MYTHS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
How the Giraffe Got its Neck - Graham Sewell
An Organizational `Just So' Story or, Continuous Improvement and the Limits to Managerial Orthodoxy
From Imperialism to Globalization - Albert J Mills and Jean Hatfield
Internationalization and the Management Text
`If You Want Loyalty Get a Dog!' - Richard Dunford
Loyalty, Trust and the New Employment Contract
PART TWO: REMAKING THE WORLD LOCALLY
The Regulation of Poverty - Victor M Soria
The Failure in the Official Program against Poverty in Mexico-a Modern/PlS<