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Assignment: Leading in a Multicultural Virtual Organization
Refer to the article "Successfully Transitioning to a Virtual Organization: Challenges, Impact and Technology," where the author presents factors that can enhance or derail success in a virtual organization.
Imagine that you are a certified project manager at Arup. Arup conducts robust post-project peer reviews. You are assigned to assess the Water Cube team's performance managing a global, virtual, and diverse project team. Prepare a 2(1.5 space) page paper that addresses these items:
• Select two enhancers from the model in Figure 1 below. Assess whether or not the Water Cube project management team achieved the selected enhancers. Identify specific examples to justify your assessment.
• Select twoderailers from the model in Figure 1 below. Assess whether or not the Water Cube project management team successfully avoided the selected derailers. Identify specific examples to justify your assessment.
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Figure 1: A Model to Enhance Leadership Skills for Success in a Multicultural Virtual Organization
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Enhancers
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Derailers
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Promote trust and maintain effective working relationships with virtual workers.
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Inability to establish the additional levels of trust required with remote workers
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Establish virtual guiding principles and organization charters to ensure the organization is in alignment.
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Inadequate communications skills required for virtual network effectiveness
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Identify and define virtual worker roles, responsibilities, and accountability.
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Lack of comfort and expertise with technologies required for success in the virtual organization
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Establish a reward and recognition process commensurate with the virtual organization characteristics while maintaining consistency with traditional organization structure.
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Inability to address conflict resolution within the group
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Demonstrate cultural competency when interacting globally.
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Lack of sensitivity toward different styles of communication
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Source:
Successfully transitioning to a virtual organization: Challenges, impact and technology. (2010, April). HR Magazine, 55(4), 1-9.
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