Globalwork delivers a plan for modern organizations to work within the challenges of geographic distances, diverse workforces, shrinking time boundaries, and technological revolution. This guide to the future of business addresses both the human and technological issues of working across barriers. Line art; charts; graphs; drawings.

"One of the few cutting-edge books you'll read this year. It's as valuable for the new perspective it'll give you as for the tools you can put to use now."--Soundview Executive Summaries" This practical handbook makes sense of hte daily conflicts, uncertainties, and pleasures of work in cross-cultural teams, global outposts, and even cyberspace through the cultural lenses used by anthropologists--language, time, context, power, and information flow."--Industry WeekPractical answers to the most pressing questions faced daily by today's global managers. Based on groundbreaking research conducted by the Institute for the Future on behalf of such organizations as Apple Computer, AT&T, and American Express, this guide to the challenges of managing globally identifies the key competencies that managers need to succeed in the global workplace.