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Conflicting Cultures : Lessons from a UN Business Partnership

September 2007

Conflicting Cultures is a fascinating and highly revealing fictionalised account of a real partnership between a UN agency and a multi-national company. The case study uncovers some of the difficulties encountered by those partnering across two radically different types of organisation.

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