Report on Organizational Behavior and People Management Practices

This report delves into the realm of organizational behavior and people management, analyzing the advantages and challenges associated with managing global teams. It highlights the benefits of diverse perspectives and experiences within these teams, particularly in complex projects. The report identifies cultural conflicts and language barriers as key challenges for project managers operating across international boundaries. To mitigate these issues, the report recommends cross-cultural training as a crucial strategy. This training aims to educate employees about cultural differences, facilitating effective communication and collaboration. The report emphasizes the importance of proactive measures to foster a cohesive and productive work environment in a global setting. This report is a valuable resource for students seeking insights into organizational behavior and people management, offering practical solutions to navigate the complexities of international collaboration.

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1. Advantages to groups/teams comprised of members from around the globe?
One of the advantages is related with better decisions. By having member from around
the globe, it would be easy for the project manager to take the right in relation to the
different projects as the employees have diverse ideas and views. Also, the different
members have different experience and understanding about the market. This will help to
boost the growth of the company in the highly competitive market.
2. Advantages are different in complex projects?
If the experience is better then it will help to solve the challenges they are facing in the
complex projects. The different employees have different experiences which will be
beneficial for them to solve the problems at the time of managing the projects that are
complex in nature. The employees can easily use different strategies that will help in
attaining the positive outcome in relation to organizational activities (Eaton & Kilby,
2015).
3. Challenges faced by PM in managing a project group over international
boundaries?
Cultural conflict and language issue can be considered as the challenges that will be faced
by the project managers at the time of managing the groups. The conflict can take place
in relation to the values and beliefs of the different individuals. Also, the employees will
have different languages that can create difficulty at the time of managing the different
projects.
4. How can you prepare for, or minimize these challenges?
Cross cultural training
To reduce the challenges related to cultural conflict and language issue it is important to
focus on offering cross cultural training so that it could be easy to attain positive
outcome. Cross culture training is related with the training that is given to the workers in
context to the cultural differences between the nations. This strategy can assist in offering
training to conduct the activities and also it involves different nations and cultures
(Hennink, 2017).
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References
Eaton, D., & Kilby, G. (2015). Does Your Organizational Culture Support Your Business
Strategy?. The Journal for Quality and Participation, 37(4), 4.
Hennink, M. M. (2017). Cross-Cultural Focus Group Discussions. In A New Era in Focus
Group Research (pp. 59-82). Palgrave Macmillan, London.
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