Project Management: Diversity, Global Teams & International Projects

This discussion board post addresses the advantages of having globally diverse project teams, highlighting the blend of language skills, varied perspectives, and diverse skill sets that contribute to innovation and enhanced problem-solving in complex projects. It also acknowledges the challenges of managing international projects, including cultural differences, budget constraints, and potential communication barriers. The author emphasizes the need for a skilled project management team capable of anticipating and mitigating time losses, financial instability, and coordination issues. Furthermore, the post recognizes the importance of addressing communication hindrances faced by individuals lower in the hierarchy and suggests hiring experienced management to resolve such problems. It concludes by reflecting on the complexities of balancing project progress with cultural sensitivities and the importance of effective communication strategies.

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In the era of globalization and multiculturalism culturally diverse group is not only
significant for workforce diversity but a great opportunity of assembling language skills,
varied perspective and thought process and skills into the project. In a complex project
this would be advantageous for the culmination of varied attitudes and skills to achieve
better productivity in the project (Harvey & Allard, 2015). As it is with varied group
belonging from different cultural background, people will bring into the project multiple
perspectives that would foster the innovative angle of the project. Any complex project
should never adhere to one stereotyped or clichéd idea, but should venture out to include
more. This could be achieved by taking into consideration multiple perceptions and
voices with the help of an enhanced communicational method. The amalgamation of
different perspectives would help in increased productivity and faster resolution of
complex issues (Harvey & Allard, 2015).
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One of the many challenges of assisting project internationally is to implement
strategies in proper synchronization with other communities and their cultural beliefs.
Communal discontent is one of the burning issues today, some of the practices are
moreover threatened by globalization. As a PM it becomes indeed difficult to strike a
proper balance in introducing major policies and challenges in a progressive manner
without hurting the sentiments of people at large (Singh, 2017). Another crisis while
looking after international projects could be planning an effective budgeting which could
be affected by the economy of the other countries thereby resulting in financial depletion
and unnecessary expenses. While assisting international projects is unforeseen expenses

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and lack of collaboration on the part of the countries to come to a negotiation (Lynch,
2017).
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As far as my opinion is concerned, assisting projects internationally requires a
very able project management team who would be able to predict possible time loss,
financial instability, and lack of co-ordination in time schedules while completing the
work (Beck, 2018). People who are connected with the project, positioning lower in
the hierarchy of power often faces communicational hindrances due to lack of
education and communication skills. As a PM responding to all these circumstances
is a matter of time and money. Hiring experienced management team can eradicate
the problems.

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Reference List:
Beck, U. (2018). What is globalization?. John Wiley & Sons.
Harvey, C. P., & Allard, M. (2015). Understanding and managing diversity: Readings, cases,
and exercises. Pearson.
Lynch, F. R. (2017). The diversity machine: The drive to change the white male workplace.
Routledge.
Singh, N. K. (2017). Mahesh Dattani's Final Solutions: Deconstruction of
Communalism. International Journal on Multicultural Literature, 7(2).