Introduction
As globalization rises many organizations are developing competencies that will help create successful global leaders, this process will combine job exposure, international assignments, creating global project teams and various cross-culture sensitivity workshops. The purpose of this assignment is to create a formal annotated bibliography using the annotated bibliography entries from the six works related the inquiry topic I have created in Units 1, 2, and 3, the research article are as follows; The Elements of Leadership in a Global Environment, Global marketing managers, Developing leaders’ strategic thinking through global work experience: The moderating role of cultural distance, Responsible Leadership in Global Business: A New Approach to Leadership and Its Multi-Level Outcomes, Global Leadership: A New Framework for a Changing World, and Competitive Action in the Diffusion of Internet Technology Products in Emerging Markets: Implications for Global Marketing Managers. This six articles will analyzes each article research overview, purpose of study, methodology, key findings and limitations and opportunities of global leaders in various business sector.

Article 1
Bishop, W. H. (2013). The Elements of Leadership in a Global Environment. Global Business & Organizational Excellence, 32(5), 78-85. doi:10.1002/joe.21505
Overview
The articles states that American marketplace and globalization have led to recognition of diversity initiatives as not only the right thing to do ethically and culturally, but also a competitive imperative. To be effective in such an environment, leaders must do more than pay lip service to the general concept of diversity. They must first realize that diversity manifests itself in multiple ways. To do so, leaders must carefully develop sociotechnical systems that effectively merge the strengths of ever-evolving