Books by Jean-Louis Barsoux

Based on a two year comparative study by British and German research teams, the book challenges the universal view of management presented in so many management books, by showing how differently German middle managers think and act.

Twelve lively accounts are given, based on searching interviews, of very different kinds of managerial jobs. The jobs are compared and lessons are drawn for career guidance, selection and management development as well as how far managerial skills are transferable.

An account of management in the contemporary French business world. The formal nature of work relations and the rituals of French business life are analyzed and set against the role of senior executives, and the book looks at the corporate culture of four leading - but very different - companies.