The first book to thoroughly address the issue of management and language from a rigorous academic perspective, International Management and Language takes an international approach to the subject, covering several countries in detail as well as examining the entire topic from an international perspective.

Susanne Tietze is Professor of Human Resource Management and Organisational Analysis at Nottingham Trent University.

1. Setting the Scene Part 1: Introduction 2. Language Matters 3. Management and Language 4. International Management and Language 5. English as the Global Lingua Franca 6. Spreading the Managhement Gospel: In English Part 2: Introduction 7. German: A Language of Management Desigened for Klartheit Nigel Holden 8. Russia's Long Struggle with Western Terms of Management and the Concepts Behind Tem Nigel Holden, Olga Kuznetsova and Gerhard Fink 9. Language and Careers in Multinational Corporations Rebecca Piekkari 10. The Business Unit Cpncept at Akzo and the Interpreting Role of the CEO Luchien Karsten and Luc-Jan Wopert 11. Communications Strategies and Cultural Assumptions: An Analysis of French-Japanese Business Meetings Hiromasa Tanaka 12. An Italian Perspective on International Meetings, Management and Language Gina Poncini and Elisa Turra 13. Humour and Management in England Susanne Tietze Part 3: Introduction 14. Management in Other Languages: How a Philological Approach Opens Up New Cross-Cultural Vistas Nigel Holden and Carole Tansley 15. Conclusion: International Management and Translation