Georgetown University Communications Across Borders Global Project Management

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Tyvggre22

Subject

Business Finance

Course

MPMT662

Description

Just please use rubric I think it says you have to cite work (See Attached Rubric)

Discussions (25%):

Class participation provides opportunity for you to demonstrate your understanding of the theories, concepts, and practices. More importantly, it allows you to further develop your persuasive communication skills. Therefore, success in this course depends on the preparedness and active engagement of all students. The readings and assignments listed on this syllabus should be accomplished prior to class.

------------QUESTION 1

Purpose

The purpose of the discussion is to consider your classmates' priorities for a successful meeting in a multicultural, multi-timezone environment.

Directions

You’re asked to organize a video conference meeting involving several international time zones, nationalities, age ranges, genders, and cultures.What are your top five priorities to ensure a successful meeting?Focus on the communications aspect in a multicultural environment.Invite comments on one of your priorities.

Initial/Original Post

Your responses to this discussion prompt must be 200-250 words. Your response must have a clear, well-formulated thesis; sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, and spelling count. Your response should be insightful, thoughtful, and analytical.

Responses to Others

Your responses to two classmates' postings must be 50-75 words and should be thoughtful, substantial, and polite -- not just a "well done" phrase or "I agree." Consider points of agreement, disagreement, assumptions, and value judgments. You should provide new insight or constructive comments.

--------------------QUESTION 2

Purpose

The intent of this discussion is to understand the role of a global project manager by being exposed to classmates' examples of global projects that they managed, and the management structure adopted.

Directions

You’ve been promoted to a global project manager. Give a real or imagined example of the global project you will manage, and the management structure you adopt. Ask classmates for their input regarding an aspect that gives you pause or about which you’re uncertain.

Initial/Original Post

Required Textbook

Title: Global Project Management: Communications, Collaboration and Management Across Borders
Author: Jean Binder

In addition to the above text, you are required to purchase six Harvard Business case studies. These will be provided in the form of an online coursepack.

This course pack contains the following Case Studies:

Assemble the Dedicated Team: Seven Common Traps to Avoid When Building an Innovation Team, Vijay Govindarajan; Chris Trimble.
Cisco Switches in China: The Year of the Manager, Lynn Isabella; Gerry Yemen.
3M Taiwan: Product Innovation in the Subsidiary, Christopher Williams; Liaw Emily.
Innovation and Collaboration at Merrill Lynch, Boris Groysberg; Ingrid Vargas
MindTree: A Community of Communities, David A. Garvin; Rachna Tahilyani

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Discussion Rubric Developing Developed (70-79) (80-89) Participates The student Contribution in class contributes demonstrates discussion when asked. preparedness forums and Adds little to and learning no new content understanding activities or analysis to of the relevant the discussion. readings. The Critical student freely analysis skills shares are experiences insufficient. and knowledge that illustrate the issues at hand. Uses critical and creative thinking to build on the ideas of others. Contributions Student does The student The student to learning not respond to responds but carefully other students’ the answer considers the contributions does not points in the to the forum. contribute to topic question understanding and provides of the topic or succinct, is not professional appropriate for and helpful a scholarly response. discussion Solicits input (e.g,, is from others in sarcastic, a collegial flippant or manner. cryptic). Criteria Initial (0-69) The student provides no input into class learning activities. Or, input is provided but is not relevant, is not scholarly, is incomplete or difficult to comprehend. Highly Developed (90-100) Student provides insightful and critical analysis of the relevant concepts and practices. Contributions stimulate and/or invoke further discussion and analytical thinking. The student provides scholarly responses that more fully explore the topic and deepens understanding of the rest of the students. The responses support enhanced understanding on the part of the other students. The responses build on what others contribute and lead the team to new insights and capabilities. Responses are constructive in nature. Citations Student does not use relevant citations from the scholarly literature. The student uses some citations from the scholarly literature but they are incomplete, not relevant, or not cited in APA format. The student uses appropriate citations from the scholarly literature as directed. The citations are presented with brief The student’s comments that use of citations relate to the does not topic. improve the discuss of the The citations topic and the are in APA student does format. not explain their relevance clearly. The student cites materials from the scholarly literature that illuminate the work at hand and help other students improve their grasp of the course materials. The comments provided with the citation clearly identify the relevance of the citations and relates them to the overall discussion clearly. Student responses include discussions of scholarly literature beyond the textbooks. The citations are presented in correct APA format.
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