Towards managing diversity- Cultural aspects of conflict management in international business environments

In times of globalization mergers & acquisitions assignments of expatriatesand negotiations with business partners from different cultures are on theday's agenda. The success of those international collaborations does not onlydepend on managing economic and legal obstacles. A large number of mergers& acquisitions fail. Many assignments of expatriates end before theircontract termination. These problems mostly arising from intercultural conflictsgo together with substantial costs for the persons and companies involved.Thus management of diversity has increasingly become a topic forcompany personnel and business researchers.In order to better manage intercultural conflicts i.e. to manage diversity thisinvestigation provides knowledge about the cultural influence on conflict behaviour.On the basis of culture conflict and business research practical implementationsare shown as managing intercultural conflict constructivelymeans managing cultural-based conflict differences effectively.This book is targeted to business researchers consultants coaches and humanresource departments.