Building Multinational Teams: The Challenge

Using experience from running courses for British and overseas companies at the Centre for International Briefing in the U.K., and his own training consultancy, the author examines the challenge presented to management in building multinational teams in the current climate. Concentrates on need to b...

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Main Author: Hurn, Brian J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Proquest 1997
In: International journal of value-based management
Year: 1997, Volume: 10, Issue: 3, Pages: 237-246
Further subjects:B sustaining
B Training
B attitude to time
B Language
B building trust
B JVs
B the challenge
B Multinationals
B Humour
B conducting meetings
B team selection
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Summary:Using experience from running courses for British and overseas companies at the Centre for International Briefing in the U.K., and his own training consultancy, the author examines the challenge presented to management in building multinational teams in the current climate. Concentrates on need to balance cultural values and practices, maximising cultural synergy. Considers problem areas of perception, team selection, choice of common language, building trust, use of humour, attitude to time, critical success factors in conducting meetings, training and sustaining multi-cultural teams. Offers a checklist of principles to follow.
ISSN:1572-8528
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal of value-based management
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1023/A:1007775210276