What Is a Global Manager?
John Smith is a global manager. He is not an expatriate. He lives in New York and his office is in New York, but he manages across distances, cultures, and countries through the use of the telephone, e-mail, and faxes. He frequently has to travel. Every time John picks up a phone, gets off an airplane, or checks his e-mail, he is faced with a management issue. This is true of any manager, but John must assess and respond to each issue through the ever shifting lenses of distances, countries, and cultures.
Global managers must assess and respond to each management issue through the ever shifting lenses of distances, countries, and cultures.
When John manages across distances, he is dealing with the inconvenience of ...
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