A New Approach to Cross-Cultural People Management: People are People - Paperback

by Robert Grosse (Author)

When managing cross-culturally in a polarized world, recognizing similarities and establishing common ground can be key to success. This book argues that despite differences in language, political systems, income levels, and other factors, people are people.

Author Biography

Robert Grosse is Professor of International Business and Director for Latin America at Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University in Phoenix, Arizona. He joined Thunderbird in August 1994, and rejoined in 2016. He was Director of Leadership Development at Standard Bank in South Africa during 2006-9, Dean of the graduate business school, EGADE, at Monterrey Tec in Mexico after that, and then Dean of the business school at American University of Sharjah in the UAE before returning to Thunderbird. He holds a B.A. degree from Princeton University and a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina, both in international economics. He has taught international finance and global strategy as a full-time faculty member in the MBA programs at Thunderbird, the University of Miami, the University of Michigan, and at the Instituto de Empresa (Madrid, Spain). He has also taught in many universities throughout Latin America. Professor Grosse is a Fellow of the Academy of International Business and of the Business Association for Latin American Studies. He was President of the Business Association of Latin American Studies in 2005-6 and President of the Academy of International Business during 2012-14.