logo

Challenges in Managing Global Items

   

Added on  2020-04-01

12 Pages3115 Words47 Views
Running head: CHALLENGES IN MANAGING GLOBAL TEAMSCHALLENGES IN MANAGING GLOBAL TEAMSName of the student:Name of the university:Author note:

1CHALLENGES IN MANAGING GLOBAL TEAMSIntroduction:More and more organizations over the world have taken the strategy to develop ageographically dispersed workforce so that they can successfully build a global economy. Theymainly initiate it by building teams which are capable of providing the best functional expertisefrom all over the world. This is however combined with the deep local knowledge and idea of thepromising markets (Reiche, Mendenhall and Stahl 2016). The main benefit of maintaining such ateam is that it helps to maintain an international diversity which thereby helps in bringing peoplefrom different cultures that aligns with varied work experiences as well as different perspectiveson organizational and strategic challenges. These mainly help the multinational companies tocompete successfully in the modern business environment. However a large number ofchallenges are faced by the managers working in such organizations as they lead the globalteams. It often becomes difficult for managers to successfully create work groups when all theworkers is local and share the same office space as they might not be able to adapt the workingstyle of the mother organization that is based in a different country. again, it is also seen thatdifferent team members come from a variety of countries and different functional backgroundsand work in different locations, there might be deterioration in communication,misunderstanding can happen and also cooperation can degenerate leading to distrust (Johnston2014). The present report will mainly look over the challenges which a particular organizationmay face when handling global teams. The knowledge would help budding professional to beknowledgeable and hence act accordingly to decrease the chances of the effects of improper teammanagement.

2CHALLENGES IN MANAGING GLOBAL TEAMSProject objective:The main objective of the report is to:Collect information about the factors that affect the productivity of the organizationwhich harbors diverse workforce in different overseas branches of the organization.Describe the factors that lead to facing challenges by the managers when they try tomanage the global teamsIssues faced by the workers of the different teams of the different branches of theorganization in different nations among themselves which act as challenges for theemployers affecting the productivity.Project scope:It has been seen that organizations who manage global teams have a competitive advantage overother companies who do not expand internationally. These helps in expansion of the productivitylevel of the organization and also help to increase the number of clients or consumers. More theexposure of the organization to different nations more will be the reputation of the organizationand the brand value will eventually increase due to greater expansion of fame. Differentgeographical regions have their own traditions and cultures which have specific ways ofhandling matters (Morgan et al. 2014). When these suggestions are incorporated in theorganizations, it often results in innovative strategies which help in the overcoming of differentissues which were seen previously in the organization. Moreover, such branches of theorganization in different nations help the mother origination by inputting their own adviceswhich can thereby increase their sale within that particular nation. However, the maintenance of

3CHALLENGES IN MANAGING GLOBAL TEAMSsuch global teams are not as easy as it seem as there are many different types of challenges thatrise form handling such teams. It becomes very important for the senior management to take upimportant steps to overcome the challenges which if not done properly results in huge loss ofproductivity (Erez et al. 2013). A professional should develop knowledge about the challenges sothat proper innovative strategies can be provided accordingly. Literature review:One of the most important challenges that are faced by managers all over the world isallocating group meetings following the time zones. Often managers who handle global teamsare seen to complain that they face huge issues when they try to plan a meeting for global teammembers who are spread all over the globe. It often becomes unethical for the managers toadvance team members to stay back in work for more hours or com early to work so that theycan catch up with a meeting held globally (Babar & Lescher 2014). Therefore missing of suchmeetings often result in loss of valuable information which if shared verbally or visually wouldhave made better productivity or quick completion of projects in comparison to sharing thisinformation through mails. Keeping proper information about correct navigation of time ones tocommunicate with all individuals properly is indeed difficult and needs to be properly handled sothat proper communication among every team members irrespective of their time zones can beensured (Story et al. 2014). They can pick up smart software like that of the TimeandDate.comwhich comprises of a world clock system which shows the right time at any place of the world. italso has a tool called meeting planner too which helps them setting a meeting and at the sametime present in app system. Therefore managers have to develop flexible minds so that they canuse different apps to overcome the challenges and fix proper meetings.

End of preview

Want to access all the pages? Upload your documents or become a member.

Related Documents
INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT & Globalization
|7
|1323
|13

Managing Global Teams in Business
|14
|3205
|41

Business Research Assignment
|12
|3014
|37

Workforce Diversity and Its Implications for Organizational Behaviour
|8
|2141
|292

Management Report 2022
|11
|2188
|11

Management Communication: Managing Virtual Workforce
|8
|1462
|448