American consultants. Two co-supervisors were assigned to this team - Ellen Moore from American consultants’ side and Jack Kim from Koreans’ side. Consulting project was estimated to be one of the largest undertaken in South Korea to date. Problem There are several factors that affect project results: Cultural gaps between two nations – western and eastern Korean culture has different values than in the North American culture. Korea has long historical influence from religion and philosophy, like
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« Ellen Moore (A): living and working in Korea » * Why is Ellen successful as a manager? Ellen Moore is a hard-worker person and she did a lot of study to acquire a good status. Every job she had, before going to Korea, were successfully achieved. In fact she quickly got a good level in the hierarchy of every company which she had worked for. So, she was chosen to accomplish this project with a truly confidence of her superior. In addition of her skills and study, she also had a really hard
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The case “Ellen More (A): Living and Working in Korea” shows us how the Systems Consulting Group (SCG) is struggling with challenges stemming from cultural difference, gender difference in leadership (even though the gender difference was ratified in the earlier stages), lack of direction from leadership, fundamental challenges with cultural hierarchy and authority, challenges with group dynamics, low morale, and communication barriers. Due to the cultural diversity, communication barrier has posed
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Ellen Moore: Living And Working In Korea A female American consultant Ellen Moore has to face different problems working in Korea as a project manager. The Korean project Ellen is managing is month behind schedule. The tensions have arisen between her and her Korean co-manager, and the Korean project director Mr.Song is blaming Ellen for the problems. There obviously are differences between American and Korean culture. Some of the differences in relation to the Hofstede’s Framework: The Index
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Ellen Moore Living And Working In Korea Management Essay In recent years, globalization has accelerated the emergence of many global companies that operate across geographical borders and require high levels of cross-national interdependence and cross-border flow of products, technology, capital and people. Businesses are expanding internationally through alliances and joint ventures, as well as mergers and acquisitions. This driving force has resulted in a growing number of people seeking international
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have to deal with variety of cultural differences. Ellen Moore, an experienced consultant from Systems Consulting Group despite some warnings that woman is not prefered as manager only if she is high qualified, was sent to Korea to work as a manager of korean consultants. Ellen's advantage why she was elected for this position was her experience in project management and her international experience from work in Bahrein. As Ellen arrived in Korea, she takes every possibility to learn language and
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Case Analysis 3 Ellen Moore Jenna Gilson Talal Khader Britton Larson Aubrey Morgan MGT 400 2/20/12 1. Identify the problems that the focal company/person in the case face. There is an unclear hierarchical reporting structure within the project team, making it impossible for the project to continue and limits communication and knowledge transfer. The main problem that the Systems Consulting Group faces is that they need to
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Manager’s Day (D) Case Study Hazelton International Limited and An International Project Manager’s Day Teaching Note Hazelton International Limited and An International Project Manager’s Day: Decision-Making Exercise Teaching Note Ellen Moore (A): Living and Working in Korea Ji’nan Broadcasting Corporation Teaching Note Quasar Communications, Inc. Jones and Shephard Accountants Fargo Foods Government Project Management Falls Engineering
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M A G A Z I N E FA L L 2 0 0 2 Volume 20 Number 2 SPANNING THE GLOBE Duke Leads the Way in International Law Teaching and Scholarship inside plus Duke admits smaller, exceptionally well-qualified class Duke’s Global Capital Markets Center to launch new Directors’ Education Institute from the dean Dear Alumni and Friends, It is not possible, these days, for a top law school to be anything other than an international one. At Duke Law, we no longer think of
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