{"product_id":"9780784402221","title":"Managing International Operations: A Guide for Engineers, Architects, and Construction Managers","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book provides practical guidance on coping successfully with the challenges of international operations and foreign business. Understanding client communications, new cultures, and local politics and dealing with a diverse group of senior professionals make international work unusual and challenging. By developing attitudes of awareness and understanding, professionals will be better equipped to enter and compete in the international market. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKangari and Lucas offer detailed discussions of practical approaches for planning and executing fact-finding studies, selecting associates, marketing, presenting proposals, and negotiating contracts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTopics include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eorganization\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eproject management\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003elogistics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003epersonnel\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003efinancial management techniques\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eclaims\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003epolitics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eunstable conditions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ebuildingcommitment\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe qualification process\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003einterviews and presentations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003esuccessful negotiations and strategies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003emanaging multinationals\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ewars, military coups, and terrorism.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book will be particularly useful to design professionals; graduate and undergraduate students studying international construction; individuals, such as exporters, bankers, lawyers, accountants, contractors, suppliers, who work internationally. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eRoozbeh Kangari, Ph.D., is professor and director of the Construction Resource Center at the College of Architecture at Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChester L. Lucas (1915-1996) had more than 45 years of engineering experience with the U.S. Army and Sverdrup Corporation, culminating in work as a consultant to architects, engineers, and contractors with international operations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"American Society of Civil Engineers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47015601078512,"sku":"9780784402221","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780784402221_p0.jpg?v=1763659691","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780784402221","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}