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Cross-border

Across the pond

May 17, 2008

If you enjoyed the recent series on cross-border projects you might be interested in this article from Peter Onime, about the cultural differences in project management between the UK and the US.

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Cross-border reading list

April 28, 2008

Enjoyed the series on managing international projects? Here is some further reading that you might like:

Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers, Anthony Mersino (Amacom, 2007)

Polyglot Dictionary of Project Management Terms, John Bartlett (PMToday.co.uk)

Managing Without Walls: Maximize Success with Virtual, Global, and Cross-cultural Teams, Colleen Garton and Kevin Wegryn (MC Press, 2006)

And of course my own [...]

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Tackling the issues of cross-border projects

April 21, 2008

This is the last in a 3-part series about managing cross-cultural and international teams. Missed the earlier posts? Read the first bit here, and the second bit here.

The biggest issues for international projects are cultural understanding and communication. The former isn’t something that can be neatly tackled by a software package. [...]

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Challenges for the project manager

April 14, 2008

This is part 2 of a 3-part series about managing cross-cultural and international teams. Missed part 1? Read it here.

Project managers taking on international projects face a variety of practical challenges. For example, time zones are important. How will you conduct real-time team meetings? Who is going to be the [...]

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Cross-border projects

April 7, 2008

This is the first in a 3-part series about managing cross-cultural and international teams.
The world of business is continually shrinking: we work in an environment with real-time audio visual communication with colleagues on the other side of the world and online translation tools. Even small companies can operate internationally with outsourcing agreements and partners [...]

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