International management and language

1. Setting the scene -- 2. Language matters -- 3. Management and language -- 4. International management and language -- 5. English as the global lingua franca -- 6. Spreading the management gospel, in English -- 7. German : a language of management designed for Klarheit / Nigel Holden -- 8. Russia's long struggle with western terms of management and the concepts behind them / Nigel Holden, Olga Kuznetsova and Gerhard Fink -- 9. Language and careers in multinational corporations / Rebecca Piekkari -- 10. The business-unit concept at AKZO and the interpreting role of the CEO / Luchien Karsten and Luc-Jan Wopert -- 11. Communication 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 / Suzanne Tietze -- 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.