University Project: Global Team Discussion on Acorn Industry PROJ6006

This discussion post analyzes the complexities of global teams in project management, addressing both advantages and disadvantages. The student explores the benefits of diverse perspectives and increased creativity within multicultural teams, citing the Acorn Industry as a relevant example. The post highlights the communication challenges that arise from cultural differences and proposes strategies for mitigating these issues, such as setting clear goals and fostering open communication. The student also responds to two other posts, further expanding on these themes by discussing the importance of national teams and the role of technological innovation in global projects. The discussion draws on academic sources to support the arguments, providing a comprehensive overview of the subject matter within the context of organisational behaviour and project management.

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There are several advantages to working in a team. Firstly the productivity of the team is
increased as the chances of the free idea will be endless. Secondly, there will be a rise in the
creative sector, this advantage is closely connected with productivity, and thirdly, the problem-
solving arena will be broadened and will increase.(Part 1) However, when a project of a larger
scale is involved, then the problem arises. Firstly communication problem will be cropping up in
handing the project as the people who are involved in the project comes from the diverse cultural
background the idea and the approaches to the project are very different from that of other
(Browne et al. 2016). The learning capacity of adherent individuals is different when two many
people will be involved in the project the creative aspect will transform into negative conflict,
and it will hamper productivity.(Part 2) The PM will face different challenges during the entire
tenure which includes keeping teams on the same directed specifically to the same page, The
unrealistic deadlines have to be dealt with, and the most important that is involved in the risk
management (Kerzner, 2017). When different countries are involved in the same project, the risk
arises to a far greater extent. (Part 3) To minimize the challenges, certain steps can be taken wich
involves the clarity of the goal should be properly set out accommodating different perspective
respecting each other opinions, and all the participants in the project should be open and
available. (Part 4) The Acorn Industry is an example of the working in a team the company when
came into being and transformed the industry from a midwestern corporation to the single
product line it faced several issues in terms of the project management as the company went
nearly international and revamped the process in the year 1999 by collaboration with the
government and forming different marketing department inside the team, the goal was addressed,
and the department worked for the organization.

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Reply to response post one
I totally agree with this posting yes that dealing with the statement that multicultural
company has different advantage and disadvantages. Apart from the advantages that are
mentioned in the post, I would like to add a few more, for instance, a multicultural workplace to
increase creativity. According to o eminent scholars, the teams which have people coming from
diversified background have more experience and more creativity to work on, which in turn
solve the problem (Henderson, Stackman & Lindekilde, 2018). This statement is appropriate in
case of Acorn as it has been observed that the company has diversified the recruitment process
and the project manager actually employed young talent. The more network it is spread, and
more cultural diversity its is there are more ideas and perspective which is coming to the table.
Another point I would like to add on it actually helps in the formation of the brand image of the
company . By showing how diversified it is in terms of the hiring and also help to serve the
customer in a better way as there is more assimilation of perspective and increases the
understanding level of the customer (Girdauskiene & Eyvazzade, 2015). The challenges that are
faced by the acorn industry shows the true picture of the negative impact where the
communication rises up as a barrier. When a different cultural perspective does not match
communication problem arises and in fact, hinder the productivity of the company just like it can
be observed in this case.
Reply to response post two
I totally agree with the point that there are several advantages to working in a team at the
multi level. The national team will be able to nuances and the various social political and
economic factors that are only in their grips ad they are closely tied to the work. There are
several national factors which the national team will only know as they have experience with the

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situation in the country (Hajro, Gibson & Pudelko, 2017). Furthermore, the international team
associated with the team will bring about more advanced technological innovation in the table. In
the Acorn industry it could be seen that there was involvement of the different functional
department in the area which helped in implementing both national as well international
perspective in the situation. These two factors will only help in accelerating the work, and the
output will have better quality. The point that there will be problems also is correct as
communication and cultural factor will come into play and affect the quality of work (Lisak et
al. 2016). However, there are certain strategies that can be taken, like recognizing the work and
understanding the colleagues.

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References
Browne, W., Dreitlein, S., Ha, M., Manzoni, J., & Mere, A. (2016). Two Key Success Factors
for Global Project Team Leadership: Communications and Human Resource
Management. Journal of Information Technology & Economic Development, 7(2).
Girdauskiene, L., & Eyvazzade, F. (2015). The profile of an effective female leadership in
multicultural context. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 210, 11-20.
Hajro, A., Gibson, C. B., & Pudelko, M. (2017). Knowledge exchange processes in multicultural
teams: Linking organizational diversity climates to teams’ effectiveness. Academy of
Management Journal, 60(1), 345-372.
Henderson, L. S., Stackman, R. W., & Lindekilde, R. (2018). Why cultural intelligence matters
on global project teams. International Journal of Project Management, 36(7), 954-967.
Kerzner, H. (2017). Project management: a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and
controlling. John Wiley & Sons.
Lisak, A., Erez, M., Sui, Y., & Lee, C. (2016). The positive role of global leaders in enhancing
multicultural team innovation. Journal of International Business Studies, 47(6), 655-673.