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| The global-mindset concept has been
studied and written about for decades. If you search for "global
mindset" on amazon.com or bn.com, you'll find more books than you probably
care to read. Shorter papers and research reports are easy to find
on the web.
- - DEFINITIONS - Here are three of the many definitions that have been put forward. A global mindset... - "...helps leaders see the world from multiple perspectives, make decisions that work both locally and globally, and increase the ability of their company to compete in the global marketplace."1 - "...is the ability in influence individuals, groups, organizations, and systems that are unlike the leader's."2 - "...is a highly complex cognitive structure characterized by an openness to and articulation of multiple cultural and strategic realities on both global and local levels, and the cognitive ability to mediate and integrate across this multiplicity."3 - - SIMILAR TERMS - "Transnational mentality" is another name that's been given to this constellation of competencies.4 Still another is "geocentric orientation, said to be characteristic of managers who downplay the significance of nationality and cultural differences in determining who is competent or trustworthy."5 - The meaning of "cosmopolitan" is similar. Cosmopolitans are defined by their "willingness to engage with the Other, openness toward divergent cultural experiences, [and a search] for contrasts rather than uniformity." They have learned the "ability to make one's way into other cultures through listening, looking, intuiting, and reflecting."6 One authority notes that it is "not travel that defines cosmopolitans -- some widely traveled people remain hopelessly parochial -- it is a mindset."7 - - GROVEWELL'S SYNTHESIS - Based on insights gathered by researchers over decades as well as our own 20 years of experience providing Global Leadership Solutions worldwide, we are confident that... - 1. "Global mindset" designates a constellation of mental and behavioral competencies; - 2. These competencies comprise...
3. These competencies can be learned or, if already possessed, can be enhanced. - 4. An expatriate assignment is not the only, nor even necessarily the best, way for a manager to develop or enhance his or her global mindset. - SITE MAP
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Global Executive Coaching Global Leadership Programs Global Strategic Consulting Globalizing Diversity & Inclusion Effective Presentations Worldwide Expatriate Effectiveness Solutions Professional Knowledge Center About GROVEWELL - Top of Page | Contact Us | Home | Comprehensive GROVEWELL Website Map - - - - - - - - - - References - 1. D.R. Baltzley & S. Beechler, "Developing Leaders with Global Mindset," Duke Corporate Education, HRPS Webinar 21 July 2009. - 2. Mansour Javidan, "Global Mindset: Why Is It Important for Global Leaders." PowerPoint presentation developed at the Thunderbird School of Global Management, no date, slide 7. - 3. O. Levy et al., "What We Talk About When We Talk About 'Global Mindset'; Managerial Cognition in Multinational Corporations." Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 38, 2007, pp. 231-258 (italics added). This is the most valuable non-book-length work on global-mindset currently known to GROVEWELL. For more information, click here. - 4. C.A. Bartlett & S. Ghoshal, Managing Across Boarders: The Translantional Solution. Harvard Business School Press, 1989. - 5. H. Perlmutter, "The Tortuous Evolution of the Multinational Corporation," Columbia Journal of World Business, Vol. 4, 1969, pp. 9-18. - 6. U. Hannertz, "Cosmopolitans and Locals in World Culture," in U. Hannertz, Transnational Collections: Culture, People, Places. Rutledge, 1996, p. 163, 193. - 7. R.M. Kanter, World Class: Thriving Locally in the Global Economy. Simon & Schuster, 1995, p. 23 (italics added). - |