Boeing’s Dreamliner delayed because of cultural differences?

BusinessWeek’s Bruce Nussbaum on questions raised by the most recent delay of the Boeing Dreamliner project:

How much autonomy do you give partners in a global collaborative effort? How much direct control do you need? What about trust? How do you account for differences in culture?

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It is exactly this latter question that this blog aims to explore. These issues affect not only global managers; anyone involved with designing and deploying artifacts on the web is a participant in a global conversation and must take cultural differences into consideration.

Posted on January 16, 2008
Filed Under Collaboration, Culture |

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