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Culture can be a significant contributor to, or hindrance to, a team's success. Research has clearly established that failing to have a cohesive team culture creates a severe challenge to any team effort. Culture is also something that everyone brings with them to the team. Yet, developing an u...

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Main Author: Henrie, Morgan E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, [New York] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Momentum Press, 2015.
Series:Industrial, systems, and innovation engineering collection.
Subjects:
Teams in the workplace.
Corporate culture.
Engineering > Management.
artifacts
assumptions
behaviors
beliefs
collectivism
communication
convergence
country
cross-cultural
cross-culture
crossvergence
cultural
culture
culture transformation
divergence
engineering
ethics
group
heroes
hybridization
individualism
multicultural
multinational
nation
nation-state
norms
organizational culture
power distance
projects
scientific management
state
sub-culture
systems science
team
technology
traits
uncertainty
values
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction to projects, project management, and project managers
  • 2. Introduction to culture: what is it and why is culture involved in projects?
  • 3. A review of culture in project literature
  • 4. Project teams: the subculture within the organization
  • 5. Developing and maintaining an effective project team culture
  • 6. Cross-cultural project teams and cultural influences
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • About the author
  • Index.

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