We've talked about the challenges of working with different people from around the world. We also know that this is where the future lies when it comes to jobs for future engineers. We all have to learn how to work together and combine our different strategies to have a better solution.
We should have some knowledge of a different person's background. Without it, problems and awkwardness might arise, and the job will probably not be finished. It still might be a little awkward even though you know how a person is, but you will understand more because you know that person's perspective.
Again with the product that the Germans and Americans were trying to make was terribly planned, which resulted in a huge waste of money. If the two sat down and had a conference about the quality, the time, and the building of the product, maybe the product would have been made.
I completely agree with you. On a business level, that too international business level, one should be aware about the culture of the people/ business clients they'll be dealing with, in order to avoid conflicts and misunderstandings.
ReplyDeleteI feel that the cultural workshops mentioned in the passage are one the best ways to avoid business failures.
The project of developing a multi-purpose telecommunications unit for the executive market between the Americans and Germans would have not failed if they would have organized a cultural workshop. The team communicated mostly via phone and weekly video-conferences which continuously declined the quality of cooperation between the two groups within the team. This would have not been the case if both the teams understood each other.
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