Global Project Management: Communication, Collaboration and Management Across Borders

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CRC Press, Apr 22, 2016 - Business & Economics - 312 pages

Global Project Management describes how to adapt your organisation and your projects to thrive in business environments which require distributed skills, around-the-clock operations and virtual team environments.

The book goes beyond simple recommendations on collaborative tools, to suggest the development of best practices on cross-cultural team management and global communication, recommend organisational changes and project structures, and propose alternatives for the implementation of the new practices and methods.

Filled with real-life examples and techniques, the book illustrates how to apply the recommendations as part of the successful management of any global project.

 

Contents

List of figures
1979
Preface
1985
Global Teams
2004
Global Project Leadership
Trust Building
Conflict Resolution
Coaching Over Distance
Global Communication
Global Collaborative Networks
Implementation of Collaborative Tools
Interactive Audio and Video
Interactive Text and Images
Knowledge Sharing
Collaborative Project Management Software
Adoption of Collaborative Tools
Effective Audio and Video Conferences

Meeting Rules and Templates
Global Communication Strategy
Global Communication Techniques
Global Creativity
Global Organisations
Selection of International Human Resources
Global Program and Project Offices
Organisational Support
Coordinating and Attending Online Meetings
Fostering Knowledge Exchange
Collaborative Project Management
Implementing the Global Project Management Framework
Implementation Strategies
List of Accronyms and Abbreviations
Index
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About the author (2016)

Jean Binder, PMP, has more than 20 years of experience working in project environments, most of them living abroad and communicating in multi-cultural and multi-language environments. He has particular experience of managing global projects, having implemented collaborative tools and techniques in a number of global organisations. The Global Project Management Framework that served as a basis for this book was developed by the author at the Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh.

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