Revision as of 16:13, 22 September 2015

Anna: As a feedback to your topic idea, I would suggest that you focus on a specific tool to deal with the issues related to cross cultural teamwork. This will help you narrow the scope and create a more tool oriented and specific article. Remember that your article has fall into one of the two categories: method or case study.

Reviewer 1 (s150793)

I really like the topic that you have chosen because I find it very interesting. Here are my suggestions:

• Structure: For me, the structure of the article doesn’t really follow the “methods” structure. I would suggest to start with an Introduction (1) of the theme, as you have done, but in my point of view it should also include points 4 and 5, as they develop “Cross cultural teamwork” background. The next part could be the Application (2) of techniques to reduce “Cross cultural teamwork” problems. This could be analysed from the three perspectives that you have selected: Project Human Resource Management (2.1), Project Communication Management (2.2) and Project Stakeholder Management (2.3). The last part of the article (3) before the References (4), could talk about the limitations and drawbacks that “Cross cultural teamwork” have in Global Project Management.

• Length: The introduction that you have made is interesting but I would maybe reduce a bit the first points of your article and pay more attention in the application part. You already have around 2800 words and as you have indicated, you want to develop some points more. I would try to focus on the main ideas so that the article doesn’t end very long.

• Images and tables: I think that the use of other images and some tables will help the readers to understand the main points. For example, your 4th point (Challenges faced in cross-cultural teamwork) could be more visual if you use a table.

• Writing style: The text is easy to understand but maybe some sentences are a bit long.

• References: If you try to use more high quality references such as books and articles, your article will be more accurate. You should also reference all the passages of the text to reflect the sources where the information comes from. Remember also to reference all the figures. You should also write a brief summary of each source.