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1 online resource () |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction to projects, project management, and project managers -- 2. Introduction to culture: what is it and why is culture involved in projects? -- 3. A review of culture in project literature -- 4. Project teams: the subculture within the organization -- 5. Developing and maintaining an effective project team culture -- 6. Cross-cultural project teams and cultural influences -- References -- Bibliography -- About the author -- Index. |
| Summary |
Culture can be a significant contributor to, or hindrance to, a team's success. Research has clearly established that failing to have a cohesive team culture creates a severe challenge to any team effort. Culture is also something that everyone brings with them to the team. Yet, developing an understanding of what the team culture is, what constitutes a cohesive team culture, and how to modify it such that it enhances the probability of team success is a challenge to team leaders. Cultural team challenges exist within holistic, that is, teams from a single nation, or multinational teams. Cultural Influences in Engineering Projects provides team leaders and interested individuals a cohesive source of information, ideas, and approaches on how to understand, analyze, develop cultural transition plans, and methods which can improve or modify a team's culture toward success. Cultural Influences in Engineering Projects also includes an extensive literature review reference set which provides the reader a ready source where they can continue to expand their cultural knowledge base and ultimately improve their probability of successfully managing holistic and multinational teams. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Engineering -- History.
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Engineering. |
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History. |
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Engineering -- Social aspects.
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Engineering -- Social aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Henrie, Morgan. Cultural influences in engineering projects. [Place of publication not identified] : Momentum Press, 2014 1606504827 (OCoLC)858126971 |
| ISBN |
1322333556 electronic book |
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9781322333557 electronic book |
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9781606504833 electronic book |
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1606504835 electronic book |
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9781606504826 |
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