Table of contents	6
	List of contributors	8
	Preface	10
	A word of thanks	14
	Introduction	16
	1 Managing time or timing management?	20
	2 Temporal orientation across the East-West divide: A comparative study involving Russia, Germany, Australia, and the United States	34
	3 Indian perspective of time and management	60
	4 Time and Management in Germany and Russia	84
	5 Collective memory as a factor of time management	104
	6 Perception and management of time: Perspective from India	116
	7 “Yes, Sir, immediately!” Notes on time and management in the workplace in India from a German perspective	136
	8 Perception of TIMES and management: One aspect of the French paradox	146
	9 Time-management in modern Russian building companies	166
	10 Time management optimization on the basis of modern management technologies	172
	11 Time horizon in German management: Goal-orientated helix	180
	12 Temporal orientation in a work context: Results from different vocational groups in Germany	194
	13 Regional aspects of the usage of time	204
	Author Index	214
	Subject Index	220