Leading and Motivating Global Teams - Integrating Offshore Centers and the Head Office

List of contents

Introduction. Be "Truly Global" in Outlook and Character. Authority and Freedom to Offshore Center Management. Integrate Offshore Center with Head Office but Retain Local Work Culture. Career Growth for Offshore Center Employees to Global Top Positions. Fair Representation of Offshore Center Management in Global Committees. Look Beyond Offshoring Only Peripheral Projects. Avoid Over-Insistence on the Cost-Reduction Purpose of the Offshore Center. Unified Awards across the Offshore Center and the Head Office. Roles and Responsibilities of the Offshore. Being an Expatriate Manager from the Head Office to the Offshore Center. Using the Offshore Center to Make Strategic Contributions to the Company.

About the author

Vimal Kumar Khanna is the founder and managing director of mCalibre Technologies. He has more than 31 years of industry experience and has won multiple international honors for his contributions to the management and technology domains. He is listed in Marquis Who’s Who in the World and is also Honorary Editor of IEEE Communications. His sole-authored papers have been published in leading global refereed journals, magazines, and conferences. He is a frequent speaker at Project Management Institute (PMI) Global Congresses—North America, EMEA, and APAC. He has also acted as a source and contributor to multiple PMI global publications.

Summary

This book provides techniques for offshore center managers and head office managers to motivate and manage globally distributed teams, and thereby achieve higher productivity. Readers learn how to integrate the offshore center with the head office to make the offshore team an extension of the head office.

Product details

• Authors: Vimal Kumar Khanna, Vimal Kumar Khanna, Vimal (Mcalibre Technologies) Kumar Khanna
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.05.2017
• EAN: 9781498784740
• ISBN: 978-1-4987-8474-0
• No. of pages: 186
• Series: Best Practices and Advances in Program Management; Best Practices and Advances in Program Management; Best Practices in Portfolio, Program, and Project Management
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT; Software Engineering, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Project Management, REFERENCE / Yearbooks & Annuals, COMPUTERS / Software Development & Engineering / General, COMPUTERS / Information Technology, computer science, Project management, Engineering: general, Network Management