Cover; Copyright page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. The Global Mindset: An Introduction; Chapter 2. Global Mindset: A Review and Proposed Extensions; Chapter 3. The Chess Master and the 10 Simultaneous Opponents: But what if the Game is Poker? Implications for the Global Mindset; Chapter 4. Cultural Intelligence and the Global Mindset; Chapter 5. The Role of Psychological Capital in Global Mindset Development; Chapter 6. Leading with a Global Mindset; Chapter 7. Learning Cultures on the Fly
In his best selling book The World is Flat, Friedman (2005) argues that many more countries and companies now compete in global markets than ever before. The effects of globalization are pervasive and are leading to the emergence of new social, political and business models. This flattening of the world represents a fundamental change and requires that managers of organizations throughout the world develop and use a global mindset.A global mindset is "a set of individual attributes that enable an individual to influence individuals, groups, and organizations from diverse socio/cultural/institu
