Sławomir Magala is Professor of Cross-cultural Management at the University of Erasmus, the Netherlands.

Praise for the first edition: 'This is a scholarly, perceptive, well written and very interesting book that covers wide ground and addresses important aspects of societal and organizational culture in a dynamic and international world where the ability to understand the varieties of culture is crucial.' - Mats Alvesson, Professor of Business Administration, Lund University, Sweden

• Introduction 1. The Ends, Means and Meanings of the Tower of Babel (Case: Professional Bureaucracy in Action: The BBC) 2. Clashing Civilizations: The Global Connection (Case: Kazakh Immigrants in Poland) 3. Networking Organizations: Organizational Cultures by Design (Case: Cross-Border Nordic Mergers, The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Panoptic Control in a Public Company, Austria versus Germany and Germany versus Great Britain) 4. Creative Communication Conclusion

Sławomir Magala is Professor of Cross-cultural Management at the University of Erasmus, the Netherlands.

Praise for the first edition: 'This is a scholarly, perceptive, well written and very interesting book that covers wide ground and addresses important aspects of societal and organizational culture in a dynamic and international world where the ability to understand the varieties of culture is crucial.' - Mats Alvesson, Professor of Business Administration, Lund University, Sweden

• Introduction 1. The Ends, Means and Meanings of the Tower of Babel (Case: Professional Bureaucracy in Action: The BBC) 2. Clashing Civilizations: The Global Connection (Case: Kazakh Immigrants in Poland) 3. Networking Organizations: Organizational Cultures by Design (Case: Cross-Border Nordic Mergers, The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Panoptic Control in a Public Company, Austria versus Germany and Germany versus Great Britain) 4. Creative Communication Conclusion

Sławomir Magala is Professor of Cross-cultural Management at the University of Erasmus, the Netherlands.

Praise for the first edition: 'This is a scholarly, perceptive, well written and very interesting book that covers wide ground and addresses important aspects of societal and organizational culture in a dynamic and international world where the ability to understand the varieties of culture is crucial.' - Mats Alvesson, Professor of Business Administration, Lund University, Sweden

• Introduction 1. The Ends, Means and Meanings of the Tower of Babel (Case: Professional Bureaucracy in Action: The BBC) 2. Clashing Civilizations: The Global Connection (Case: Kazakh Immigrants in Poland) 3. Networking Organizations: Organizational Cultures by Design (Case: Cross-Border Nordic Mergers, The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Panoptic Control in a Public Company, Austria versus Germany and Germany versus Great Britain) 4. Creative Communication Conclusion