International Management: Culture, Strategy and Behavior

by Fred Luthans, Jonathan P. Doh

As a discipline of academy inquiry, International Management applies management concepts and techniques to their contexts in firms working in multinational, multicultural environments. Hodgetts and International Management was the first mainstream International Management text in the market. Its 5th edition continues to set the standard for International Management texts with its research-based content and its balance between culture, strategy, and behavior. International Management stresses the balanced approach and the synergy/connection between the text’s four Environment (4 chapters): Culture (4 chapters), Strategy and Functions (4 chapters) and Organizational Behavior /Human Resource Management (5 chapters).

Genres: Business, School, Management

672 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2008

Reviews

[Greg]

This book has warts, too many generalities and over-reliance on peer-reviewed research that suffers from biases related to what can be measured statistically at the expense of what is not amenable to a mean and standard deviation, but it does have some truly excellent chapters on management and leadership models for multinational corporations and a really great chapter on how to manage political risks, especially with entry into new markets.

[Joe Villaman]

International Management: Culture, Strategy, and Behavior

[Macy]

Not me putting my college textbooks in here to keep up my yearly book count. Reading for school is still reading!

This was a good overview of the considerations of managers that work internationally, and I really liked the real-life examples of successes and pitfalls that managers in real companies have faced by understanding or not appropriately understanding culture.

The last 4 or so chapters started to feel like I was just rereading topics that had already been addressed. I feel like 100 pages could be removed and I still will have learned just as much.

[Agatha Astari]

probably the best narrated and most helpful book for my International Management study.

[Ben Lever]

I suppose not many people will read a textbook like this by choice, but on the off-chance you're a teacher wondering whether to set it as required reading: it was pretty average. Frequent spelling and grammatical errors, fundamental misunderstandings of the way several technologies or scientific principles work, and a whole lot of "Free trade agreements are unquestionably awesome, PS we heart Maggie Thatcher."

It did have some reasonably good patches but overall, not recommended.

[Kate]

For a textbook, I thought it was a pretty good read. It was full of insightful information on cultural issues that related to international management. The book did seem to be a little redundant at times, but overall I liked it.

[Nick]

A very thorough coverage for the new global enterprise. Leading in the 21st century requires this read. A great reference book.

[Amber]

Not my favorite international management text. This textbook has some great content but was visually incredibly dry. I prefer 'International Business' by Charles W.L. Hill.

[Azeem Iqbal]

good

[Marwan Rahaja]

Very good and easy for maping