Journal of Business and Technical Communication Jul 1997

The Alignment of Global Management Strategies, International Communication Approaches, and Individual Rhetorical Choices

CAROL LEININGER

Abstract

The international strategies of an organization—ethnocentric, polycentric, geocentric, heterarchic—are reflected in its international communication. The discussion presented here, based on Hedlund's application of Perlmutter's categorization of management strategies, focuses on the alignment of an organization's goals and market positions with its international communication approaches. The categorization implies that an organization's global management strategies should be aligned with its international communication practices. As such, an organization that seeks a larger role in the international market yet takes an ethnocentric stance in its communication strategies may be less successful than one with a more polycentric, geocentric, or heterarchic approach to international communication. Thinking about international communication within such a framework enhances not only consulting practice but teaching as well.

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Journal of Business and Technical Communication
Published
1997-07-01
DOI
10.1177/1050651997011003002
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