Synopses & Reviews
In Management in Two Cultures: Bridging the Gap Between U.S. and Mexican Managers, Eva Kras confronts the problems that arise out of the cultural differences between U.S. and Mexican managers. Since the original publication in 1989, NAFTA has been ratified, and we can see how business relationships and practices are evolving. Mexico's ambitious Maquiladora program - designed to foster the establishment of foreign, especially U.S., manufacturing plants in Mexico along the U.S. border - has been strikingly successful. The result has been a significant increase in the amount of contact between managers from the two cultures and a dramatic rise in the stakes involved in their developing effective working relationships. This highly structured hanDavies-Blackook is based on extensive interviews with and sample letters written by Mexican and U.S. managers. Kras compares critical areas of managerial settings in which the values and behaviors of the two cultures differ, like staffing procedures, loyalty, family, ethics and competition, then offering specific recommendations on how to mediate these conflicts. Kras offers a sharper image of the business climate between the U.S. and Mexico and how to realistically tackle cultural differences in business etiquette and managerial styles.
Synopsis
Much has been written on the economic dimensions of U.S.-Mexican business relations but little on the more subtle and sensitive cultural issues involved. In this revised edition of her popular book, Eva Kras has provided us with an update in which she confronts the problems that arise out of the cultural differences between U.S. and Mexican managers. Since the publication of the first edition of this book in 1989, the Maquiladoras have increased in number, the NAFTA agreement was ratified, and business practices have changed and evolved in response. Kras has expanded her analysis of these developments and their meaning for interaction between U.S. and Mexican managers. She thus offers the reader a sharper image and a more penetrating analysis of her subject in light of these developments. This practical handbook is based on extensive interviews with Mexican and U.S. managers. Kras compares the critical areas of a managerial setting in which the values and behaviors of the two cultures differ and offers specific recommendations on how to ameliorate the disparities between them. Kras is a cross-cultural management consultant to Mexican and U.S. businesses.
Synopsis
Comparing managerial settings in which the behaviors of the two cultures differ with recommendations on how to mediate conflicts