The Global Manager

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The Global Manager

The rapid growth of globalization has created a boundary less

organization. To manage such an organization, there is a need for a

global manager, one who manages across distances, countries and

cultures. Considered by some authors to be a myth, wider research,

readings and understanding suggest its existence. There are certain

criteria which define a global manager, which are truly essential to

successful manage in the international context. These managers are

invaluable to the organization as they provide the competitive edge.

However, there has been shortage of such global managers due to the

recruitment of such managers only from the home country of the

organization. This is created a limited pool of next generation

managers. With the changing trend, organizations have been emphasizing

on the recruitment of managers from home country and third nation

country. Women, too, are being considered. The major challenge facing

global organizations is attract and retain such global managers.

In view of some authors, such as, Christopher A Barlett and Sumantra

Ghoshal[1], “there is no such thing as a ‘universal’ global manager,

rather there are 3 groups of specialists: business managers, country

managers, and functional managers and there are top executives at

corporate headquarters, who manage the complex interactions between

the 3.” According to Yehuda Baruch[2], there is “no such thing as a

global manager”, because “the examination of a wide possible

characteristics indicates that there seems to be no distinct set of

individual qualities that constitute such a manager.”

With globalization becoming a basic economic reality, national

boundaries have become insignificant. As a result,...

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[1] Barlett, C.A., S. Goshal (2003), “What is a global manager”,

Harvard Business Review, v 81, pg 101

[2] Baruch, Y. (2002), “No such thing as a global manager”, Business

Horizons, v 45, pg 36

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