] Management as the word is presently used is an American
] invention. In other parts of the world not only the
] practices but the entire concept of management may
] differ, and the theories needed to understand it, may
] deviate considerably from what is considered normal and
] desirable in the USA. The reader is invited on a trip
] around the world, and both local management practices and
] theories are explained from the different contexts and
] histories of the places visited: Germany. Japan, France,
] Holland, the countries of the overseas Chinese, SouthEast
] Asia. Africa, Russia, and finally mainland China.