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 - Excellent bookVery 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. Rating:  - Somwhat dissapointedI am a Consultant on Cross-Cultural Communication Mexico-U.S. I read this book in a few hours last night in preparation for a research project. I was expecting to find new information or information based on the latest cross-cultural research. Then I looked at the publishing date and found my answer. The first edition is from 1989, thus some of the information even on second edition is outdated. Ms. Kras does a wonderful job comparing and contrasting an exhausting list of cultural values which works as a first step. Yet, I am looking for the next level. What happen to the Mexican and U.S. managers when they actually interact and how those misinterpretations and misunderstandings get resolved effectively? A "laundry list" is a good start but does not answer questions nor does give light to getting pass those differences. Rating: - 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... Rating: - Management in Two CulturesMuch 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 Rating:  - Good guideVery good analysis of US and Mexican cultures and management styles. Easy to read, great for employees working in both US and Mexican business cultures. page 1 of 2
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