The advantage to having people from all over the world on a team is that you may find that you have more innovation and creativity, and that you’re closer to your local markets. The disadvantage is that multinational teamwork is usually a lot less efficient than monocultural teamwork. When we’re all from the same culture, we don’t have to talk about how we work together. We have the same assumptions—we just get to work. If we’re from all over the world, and if we don’t spend time talking about how we’re going to work, we end up wasting a lot of time because we have different assumptions. Global teamwork has big rewards, but it also requires a big investment.
Content: Quotation
Author: Erin Meyer
Source: “strategy+business”
Subjects: Culture, International, Organizational Behavior, Teamwork
Author: Erin Meyer
Source: “strategy+business”
Subjects: Culture, International, Organizational Behavior, Teamwork
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