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Alfonsus (Fons) Trompenaars (born 1953)〔(PND: 113516541 )〕 is a Dutch organizational theorist, management consultant, and author in the field of cross-cultural communication. known for the development of Trompenaars' model of national culture differences.〔Geert Hofstede (1996) "Riding the waves of commerce: a test of Trompenaars' "model" of national culture differences", in: ''International Journal of Intercultural Relations'' 20(2): p. 189-198.〕 == Biography == In 1979 Trompenaars received his MA in Economics at the Vrije Universiteit and in 1983 his PhD from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania for the thesis ''The Organization of Meaning and the Meaning of Organization''. In 1981 Trompenaars started his career at the Royal Dutch Shell Personnel Division, working on job classification and management development. In 1989 together with Charles Hampden-Turner he founded and directed the consultancy firm ''Centre for International Business Studies'', working for such companies as BP, Philips, IBM, Heineken, AMD, Mars, Motorola, General Motors, Merrill Lynch, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, ABN AMRO, ING, PepsiCo, Honeywell. In 1998 the company was bought by KPMG and renamed "'Trompenaars Hampden-Turner''.〔Roeland Muskens (2001) "(Fons Trompenaars )." in ''MT''. Jan 1, 2001. Accessed Sept 9. 2013.〕 Trompenaars was awarded the International Professional Practice Area Research Award by the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) in 1991. Subsequently, in 1999 ''Business'' magazine ranked him as one of the top 5 management consultants next to Michael Porter, Tom Peters and Edward de Bono.〔(Fons Trompenaars ) at thtconsulting.com. Accessed Sept 9. 2013.〕In 2011, he was voted one of the top 20 HR Most Influential International Thinkers by HR Magazine. In 2011 and 2013 he was ranked in the Thinkers50 of the most influential management thinkers alive〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Thinkers50 )〕 Positions - 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fons Trompenaars」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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