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How to Manage Globalized Teams 

by The Silk Road Communications Consulting Unit

This e-guide explains the challenges of geographically dispersed teams, and the skills managers will need to effectively manage the technological and human aspects of projects in which staff do not work under the same roof.

Managers will learn:

• a new paradigm for determining the scope of projects;

• cultural issues that complicate communications;

• an effective project management structure;

• communications skills;

• negotiation approaches;

• how to use technology effectively.

Published September 2002. 50 pages. $14.95. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.