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With project management becoming an increasingly global endeavor, a comprehensive and international student text that reflects this reality is essential.
International Project Management does just that, systematically linking the key elements of cross-cultural management and the particularities of an international context, with the tools and techniques of project management.
With full pedagogical support including:
- A wide variety of examples and illustrations, including an in-depth, end-of-chapter case study with case questions
- Student exercises and Review Questions
- Detailed further reading
- The full support of a companion website, featuring a Teacher's Manual, PowerPoint slides, and SAGE online readings
The textbook will be an indispensable resource for all students, both undergraduate and MBA, with a project management element to their studies.
Co-operating in International Projects
Co-operating in International Projects
Learning Objectives
After studying this chapter, you will be able to:
- conceive the impact of national culture on co-operation in international projects
- analyse how diversity impacts on the creation of trust
- apply different measures to create trust
- discuss the ground rules for effective co-operation in international projects
- explain conflict and its influencing factors in international projects
- understand different strategies of conflict resolution
- explain these strategies to manage diversity in international projects.
Introduction
Co-operating efficiently and effectively in any project and with any team is charged with difficulties. However, it turns into a paramount challenge for international projects and their diverse stakeholders because co-operation has to overcome geographical, cultural, organizational, and temporal boundaries. In a study Govindarajan and Gupta (2001) conducted on global business teams working in international ...
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