Management in Two Cultures: Bridging the Gap Between U.S. and Mexican Managers

by Eva S. Kras

A cross-cultural management consultant to Mexican and U.S. businesses 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0933662734
• ISBN13: 9780933662735
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Intercultural Press
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent book

Very easy to read and simple but clear layout the culture differences between US and Mexico. One can draw parallel easily from this book when comparing other cultures in similar clusters. Although the data was collected years ago, it seems the conclusions are still valid based on the feedback from my Mexican classmates. Highly recommended.

Excellent investigation!!

It provides specific differences between US & Mexican executives, the way they work, plus the cultural & educational reasons to react different to a same situation. It's a great tool to undestand and learn how to work with executives from both sides of the border...

Management in Two Cultures

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. Eva Kras has now provided us with a book that confronts head on the problems that arise out of the cultural diferences between U.S. and Mexican managers. And it could be not be more timely. Mexico's ambitious Maquiladora program - designed to foster the establishment of foreign, especially U.S., maunfacturing plants in Mexico along the U.S. border - has been strikingly successful. All along the border jointly management industries have sprung up. 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 practical handbook is based on extensive interviews with Mexican and U.S. managers. Ms. Kras compares the critical areas of a managerial setting in which the values and behaviors of the two cultures differ, and offers specific recommendations as to how the disparities between them can be handled. In the process, she deals realistically with the problems and misunderstandings that arise between Mexican and U.S. managers and demonstrates clearly how simple but hard-to-achieve changes in attitude and style can resolve them. --- from book's back cover

Best management comparison book

I took a class from Eva about 8 years ago in Guadalajara, Mex. and used her book as a textbook. To this date, I still use it as reference and good refresher about the cultural differences in management between the US and Mex. It's easy to read and very informative.

Excellent

When I moved to Mexico one year ago to run a division for my company, I read many books -- this one is the best!It clearly outlines differing cultural norms and pitfalls.I did feel some of the "case study" scenarios were a bit contrived and awkward, but this book nails the central issues facing American managers in Mexico.Mexico can be a great place to work and live, particularly if you are sensitive to the business culture and its nuances.Experience is the only true teacher, but this book makes the lessons far less painful.Enjoy!