Book recommendations: Business language course abroad with Boa Lingua Business Class

In the following, we would like to familiarize you with selected books that deal with topics like language training, foreign languages, globalization and cross-cultural understanding.

Richard D. Lewis

When Cultures Collide - Leading Across Cultures

The «Wallstreet Street Journal» calls Lewis’ book «an authoritative roadmap to navigating the world's economy». Not a surprise, Richard D. Lewis has been one of the icons of cross-cultural communications for decades. Besides offering general tools on cultural diversity, the book provides the reader with useful information on more than sixty of the world’s most important countries. It’s an insightful and handy tutorial to help build a strategy for effective communication across cultural borders.

Richard D. Lewis - When Cultures Collide. Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing; ISBN-10: 1904838022, ISBN-13: 978-1904838029.

The book can be ordered through Amazon.

Steve Flinders

Key Terms in People Management

«Key Terms in People Management» is a helpful, English language glossary for topics such as «people management», «human resources» and «employee representation» including the most important field-specific terms and explanations in an easy-to-understand format. More than 1,200 words and expressions that are of particular importance for HR managers and employers’ representatives are explained in this book. Thematically, it deals with the fields of recruitment, selection and retention, remuneration, training, development and appraisal. The terms are clarified using typical word associations as well as suitable examples. At the end of each chapter, the reader has access to self tests. Additionally, there are subject-related questions for further discussion and case study examples.

Steve Flinders - Key Terms in People Management. Publisher: York Associates; ISBN-10: 1900991136, ISBN-13: 9781900991131.

The book can be ordered through Amazon.