Managing multicultural teams

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When you are working with a diverse team there will be a greater chance of empowering creativity and innovation. The team will only be effective, if they solve any given problems of internal integration.<ref>Managing across cultures - schneider, Barsoux, Stahl 2014</ref> Havin a team of different cultures, may not necessarily be of national origins, but also implies the different spheres of organizational cultures e.g. financial department, HR, R&D, marketing etc.  
 
When you are working with a diverse team there will be a greater chance of empowering creativity and innovation. The team will only be effective, if they solve any given problems of internal integration.<ref>Managing across cultures - schneider, Barsoux, Stahl 2014</ref> Havin a team of different cultures, may not necessarily be of national origins, but also implies the different spheres of organizational cultures e.g. financial department, HR, R&D, marketing etc.  
One of the biggest issues a manager can encounter when working with a multicultural team is neglecting the cultural differences of the team member. Two team members, who have different national backgrounds may not have the same social relationship nor time perception; one may have a high emphasis on punctuality and specific deadlines whereas another may have a less strict perception of time.
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One of the biggest issues a manager can encounter when working with a multicultural team is neglecting the cultural differences of the team member. Two team members, who have different national backgrounds may not have the same social relationship nor time perception; one may have a high emphasis on punctuality and specific deadlines whereas another may have a less strict perception of what is timely.
  
 
=='''Cultural frameworks'''==
 
=='''Cultural frameworks'''==

Revision as of 15:55, 10 February 2018

Abstract

When you are working with a diverse team there will be a greater chance of empowering creativity and innovation. The team will only be effective, if they solve any given problems of internal integration.[1] Havin a team of different cultures, may not necessarily be of national origins, but also implies the different spheres of organizational cultures e.g. financial department, HR, R&D, marketing etc. One of the biggest issues a manager can encounter when working with a multicultural team is neglecting the cultural differences of the team member. Two team members, who have different national backgrounds may not have the same social relationship nor time perception; one may have a high emphasis on punctuality and specific deadlines whereas another may have a less strict perception of what is timely.

Cultural frameworks

One team member may perceive time as monochronic and therefore has a high emphasize on punctuality, whereas his team member view time


References

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