Harmony- "How to succeed in Global Projects by Japanese Way."

Team Members; Kentaro Sakamoto, Shinichi Osaka, Tatsuo Yanagidaira

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How to succeed in Global Projects by Japanese Way

Introduction

Identify the characteristic of Japanese Way and apply for Project Management.

We have to lead global projects with international project members in Japanese way

Non-Japanese members are difficult to identify Japanese Customs and business styles

Every Group member understand and respects Japanese way

Our core competence is harmony

Today we are going to talk about execution and the details 

First the characteristics of Japanese Project Management execution

The decision making is done by Project Team Members as a group through discussion and agreement

Japanese approach for decision making is a bottom up approach

Three detailed aspects of Japanese problem solving

First Cost cutting is not done by laying off people which might disturb the Harmony of staff members.

Second catching up on the schedule is done by the team member by overtime work, not by hiring new members

Third the higher quality is made by the higher motivation of the workers

Conclusion

Non-Japanese members are difficult to identify Japanese Customs and business styles

Our core competence is harmony

Brainstroming Global Stakeholder Management

How to manage multi-cultural Global Project Teams?

Projects are about people. Identification of the stakeholders, understanding their requirements and setting their expectations is challenging on global projects separated by location and time. A Global project challenge is to harmonize cultural differences; for example explicit written formal project documents and tacit verbal informal shared value project management. This café will explore the, techniques to asses various cultures communication preferences, how to have effective communication between cultures and what is the best way to influence stakeholders using soft skills.

Link to full screen Collaborative Brainstorm

2010 S1W2 Stakeholders