ABSTRACT
Thomas Aitken, author of The Multinational Man: The Role of the Manager Abroad, presented humorously an impressive list of qualities to be expected from ‘a global manager’, multinational man. An ideal global manager should have:
the stamina of an Olympic runner, the mental agility of an Einstein, the conversational skill of a professor of languages, the detachment of a judge, the tact of a diplomat, and the perseverance of an Egyptian pyramid builder. [And] that’s not all. If they are going to measure up to the demands of living and working in a foreign country, they should also have a feeling for the culture; their moral judgement should be not too rigid; they should be able to merge with the local environment with chameleon-like ease; and they should show no signs of prejudice.
