Does Culture Influence Decision Making in Project Teams?: A Multi Case Study in Sweden
2016 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesis
Abstract [en]
Purpose: In the contemporary society in which companies operate there is increasing interest in understanding the effects and changes of culture on projects in connection to decision making. This is evident of the fact that most companies are using groups or teams composed of mixed culture to perform their tasks and develop their activities into different geographical regions by adopting project management as a “way of working” other than a tool or technique. The objective of this study is to explore the cultural influence decision making in project teams through a multi case study of applying Hofstede’s dimensions of culture model to selected Swedish firms.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2016. , p. 63
Keywords [en]
Culture, Cultural influence, project management, decision making, project teams, industrial engineering, Sweden and China
National Category
Other Engineering and Technologies
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-22971OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-22971DiVA, id: diva2:1052537
Subject / course
Industrial engineering and management
Educational program
Management of logistics and innovation – master’s programme (one year) (swe or eng)
Presentation
(English)
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Research Questions: (a) How does culture influence decision making in project teams?2016-12-092016-12-062017-08-23Bibliographically approved