george Washigton DNSC6290 assignment 1

International Project Management – Fall 2014: Assignment 1

Due COB Friday September 12^th, 2014

True/False: (5 points each)

1. Expatriate PM should work within the framework of PM’s home country’s laws and regulations.

2. War and terrorism is part of political sub-factors of GP-Sub Factors.

3. International project manager should not worry about host country’s geo-political situation.

4. There is no difference between PM and International PM.

5. Masculine" orientation is concerned with things such as earnings, signs of visible success, and possessions.

6. Before applying for a global project manager position you should evaluate your ability to travel internationally.

7. Technical expertise does equate to cultural sensitivity.

8. Understanding the human aspect of culture will confuse a IPM’s while planning, executing, and controlling the global project and take the focus away from project management.

9. Virtual teams also lessen the disruption of people's lives because the people do not have to travel to meet.

Complete the sentence: (5 points each)

10. Examples of barriers in communication are (name any three)”________________”.

11. Relationships take precedence over rules for “_________________”.

12. In “___________________”, rules are not influenced by relationships

13. In selecting appropriate technologies, the types of tasks that teams work on can be divided into “________________” broad categories

14. A “____________” is different from a networked team because it has a distinct membership that identifies it from the rest of the organization

15. The two primary categories of variables that make virtual teams more complex are: “____________________________________________________”.

Short answer type questions

16. You are managing a project where resources are in US Eastern time zone, as well in France and China. You need to setup a weekly conference call for an hour, when do you think is the best time and why? (25 points)

17. Explain - “the most expensive mistake that you can make is to think that your seniority or power trumps the need for cultural sensitivity”. (50 points)

18. Why “HR policies” a critical success factor for virtual teams? (50 points)