CHALLENGES OF GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTRIBUTED TEAMS The more virtual your teamwork is‚ the more demanding it becomes. Collaboration across locations‚ time zones and cultural boundaries increases the demands on organization and management. Mobility and temporary project work may complicate employees’ own work management and leisure time arrangements. Mediated communication offers opportunities for virtual collaboration. Yet team members also need to be aware of the pros and cons of various communication
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Case The following issues were faced by Greg James‚ a global manager at Sun Microsystems‚ as he managed his global team spread across US‚ France‚ UAE and India: 1. Lack of Common Goals and Objectives * No macro-view * Working in Silos * No video-conferencing 2. Lack of Accountability‚ Ownership and Leadership No “on-team” and no bonding among team members 3. Lack of Motivation – Intrinsic and Extrinsic Different team member group has different intrinsic and extrinsic motivations
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MGS32015E Global Human Resource Management Spring 2012 MANAGING A GLOBAL TEAM: GREG JAMES AT SUN MICROSYSTEMS‚ INC. Overview of SUN Microsystems Inc. Sun Microsystems I nc. (SUN) provided companies with complete information technology (IT) solutions that included hardware‚ software‚ storage and services. One of Sun ’ s competitive strategies had been to form global teams in order to provide excellent and prompt support to its client at any hour of the day. Greg James is the global manager
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Cultural Differences America is a melting pot filled with many different cultures and ways of life. In this paper‚ three of the many will be discussed and explained. First‚ will be the Asian American culture‚ next the Latino culture and finally the African American culture. Exposure to these cultures will be imminent in the medical field and the information provided will help one who is looking to work with people from these cultures on a daily basis. Knowing information on a patient’s culture helps
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Global Culture Success Countries and cultures depend on each other to survive and cultivate their own societies. In T.S. Elliot’s essay from Notes on a Definition of Culture he states and recognizes this fact by writing: “This is‚ that no one nation‚ no one language‚ would have achieved what is has‚ if the same art had not been cultivated in neighboring countries and in different languages”. This statement holds a lot of truth to it. Countries are dependent on one another culturally and economically
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problems that may come to surface when dealing with virtual teams. Problems can range from not making it a conference call to not completing a required assignment. Being in a virtual team does not give any member lenience towards any assignment because it is expected from the teacher for the team to work together in order to get it done. I believe that the teacher will not give a team an assignment if there was no way to complete it. Teams are organizational units that share a common goal and whose
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Studies on Asia Wabi-Sabi‚ Mono no Aware‚ and Ma: Tracing Traditional Japanese Aesthetics Through Japanese History Lauren Prusinski Valparaiso University‚ Valparaiso‚ Indiana Introduction Japanese cultural standards and definitions of beauty have been nurtured over many generations. Starting in the Heian era‚ Japan revitalized its focus on the natural world‚ embracing its unpredictable fluctuations and adopting a sensitivity to and appreciation for nature. The Japanese developed a distinct sense
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DOING BUSINESS INTERNATIONALLY DOING BUSINESS INTERNATIONALLY The Guide to Cross-Cultural Success Second Edition Danielle Medina Walker Thomas Walker Joerg Schmitz McGraw-Hill New York Chicago San Francisco Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan New Delbi San Juan Seoul Singapore Sydney Toronto Copyright 02003 by McGraw-Hill. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976‚ no part of this publication
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Global Business Cultural Analysis: Canada Subin Panta Liberty University Abstract Canada is Canada is the 2nd largest country in the world with population over 30 million. Canada’s two largest and most important industries are logging and oil. The eight dimensions of business culture in Canada and the differences with US. Things to consider for US business retailers who wants to expand to Canada. How the free trade agreement between US and Canada started and settled
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Case Analysis - 3 Achieving Success in Virtual Teams Overview: In today’s competitive world‚ companies are gradually vacating their cubicles and enter into the virtual workforce to increase work efficiency‚ reduce cost and resolve organizational problems (Ahmed & Ebrahim‚ 2009). Nowadays‚ companies are investing a bulk amount of money on virtual teams to enhance their performance since it has become an indispensable prerequisite for companies to stay in competitive in the era of globalization
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