'Managing Cultural Diversity in Technical Professions' provides managers of technical professionals with clear and tested strategies to improve communication and increase productivity among culturally diverse technical professionals, teams, and departments.<BR id="LF"><BR id="CRLF"> Dr. Laroche outlines the differences in education and training, career expectations, communication styles, and management expectations in countries around the world. He explains cross-cultural concepts and presents his case for the importance of cross-cultural competence supported by hard data, including charts, tables, and readily accessible schematics.<BR id="CRLF"><BR id="CRLF">You'll benefit from the author's experience and expertise as a manager and consultant in this area, illustrated by numerous anecdotes, critical incidents, and mini case studies, centered around two central themes:<BR id="CRLF"><BR id="CRLF">* Most technical professionals do not recognize the impact of cultural differences in their work<BR id="CRLF">* Cross-cultural issues lead to a significant under-utilization of talent and affect productivity negatively<BR id="CRLF"><BR id="CRLF">'Managing Cultural Diversity in Technical Professions' offers proven tactics for improving your personal effectiveness and the efficiency of your multicultural teams, breaking the communication barrier in the multicultural workplace.